Another Day Of Life

Marrige Vows are a learning process

Family Man — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:40:24 +0000

Today is my wedding anniversary. Now if I stop for awhile to think about it the actual amount of time we have been married, as opposed to the amount of time it feels like we have been married, are very very different. By now though I thought I would have the whole marriage thing down, [...]

Way Back Wednesday For July 15, 2009-Remember the roads

Family Man — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 09:49:40 +0000

This week for Way Back Wednesday, I was sitting and thinking about our new car, a Kia Sedona. As I was thinking about it I began to thing about the demise of the Pontiac Brand, and other car brands that have gone by the wayside over the years. One of my first cars in fact [...]

Rebuilding without a Hammer

Family Man — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:00:53 +0000

Image by M.Omairvia Flickr Rebuilding you life, no matter you personal, professional, or financial is a challenging task. It can be fun, exciting, rewarding, and eye opening. It is also exhausting, annoying, frustrating, depressing at times, and downright painful. The first thing I would say to anyone is that you never have to go through it [...]

Reflections In the Financial Mirror Part 3: The Ugly

Family Man — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:00:48 +0000

Image by Getty Images via Daylife Today will be the final segment of the series, “Reflections in the Financial Mirror”. Aptly called the ugly it is full of the really bad and stupid things we can all do with money. The things we all do when time get really tough, and don’t stop in time to [...]

My Return, Part II

Family Man — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:49:33 +0000

Image by alles-schlumpf via Flickr Well my break started out as a “few days” of moving, and in my mind I saw it going quickly, easily and smoothly. I was mistaken. Not only was the move complicated and not as organized as I once imagined it to be, the cleanup of our old house took a [...]

The Delay

Family Man — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:34:58 +0000

I had planned to be back during the week of the move, but the move was more than I thought it would be. So I didn;t get the change. This week at work is not fun either, but more on that later.

The Move is on….

Family Man — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:16:14 +0000

The regular posting will resume this week, Thursday will have part III of the special series.. We are in the process of moving…. Until Then. ~Family Man

Friday’s Findings for June 26, 2009

Family Man — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:33:43 +0000

Welcome to this weeks, Friday’s findings. This week I am going to highlight three posts about something we all have to have, but seldom like to do. A home budget. I hate the idea of calling them a “budget”, and instead like to think of it as a “family spending plan”In scouring the webs to [...]

Reflections in the Financial Mirror Part 2: The Bad

Family Man — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:02:08 +0000

Image by red5standingby via Flickr In the last part of this series, we touched on some of the good thing I have done financially. I really only touched on it. Today’s part of the series, I will look a little more at some of the bad things I have learned, and probably mastered, that are the [...]

Way Back Wednesday for June 24, 2009-Meet Andy Taylor

Family Man — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:35:28 +0000

Welcome to this week’s edition of Way Back Wednesday. This week instead of showing three various clips, I am instead going to bring you an episode of one TV show in three parts. This episode has the title, Meet Andy Taylor, an episode of the show “Make Room For Daddy”. The Danny Thomas Show a.k.a. Make [...]

Reflections in the Financial Mirror Part 1: The Good View

Family Man — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:21:14 +0000

Image by jswieringa via Flickr If you read the prologue, you know that financial reflection can be something that is a benefit, and something that is extremely hard to do. You have to be able to look at not only the good things you do financially, but face the bad things, and the mistakes you have [...]

Special Series-Reflections in the Financial Mirror

Family Man — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:34:41 +0000

This week is the beginning of a Special Series called, “Reflections In the Financial Mirror”. I had initially begun this series back in February of 2009. I got through the prolouge, at which point I was forced to stop the series, and in essence this blog. Life took hold, and I needed to devote my [...]

Friday’s Findings for June 19, 2009

Family Man — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 11:21:18 +0000

It’s Friday, and for this week, I wanted to highlight some interesting links for this week. This week the topic is family finances. If you have followed my blog for any period of time, then you know that finances have been a struggle in our household. Some of which is our lack of good financial [...]

I get Parent Tips, but the kids don’t listen

Family Man — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:59:23 +0000

Image via Wikipedia I have three boys. Teenager, Pre-teen and toddler. All the really rough ages all rolled up into one big household. Throw into that a stay at home wife, and what seems to be a limited supply of money. One thing that I get a lot of is “parent advice”. You know the parent [...]

The 400th Post

Family Man — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:23:25 +0000

It all started a little over 2 years ago in March 2007, with this post. And with that Another Day of Life was born. That seems now like forever ago. And now two year later, I am still here. The road has been a rough one, and not always a fun one. But it has [...]