Craig Haynie. https://www.craighaynie.com/ Tue, 09 Sep 2025 03:11:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://www.craighaynie.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/cropped-favicon-32x32.png Craig Haynie. https://www.craighaynie.com/ 32 32 date nights – making time for your love https://www.craighaynie.com/date-nights-making-time-for-your-love/ https://www.craighaynie.com/date-nights-making-time-for-your-love/#respond Tue, 09 Sep 2025 02:54:13 +0000 https://www.craighaynie.com/?p=895 My wife and I have been married for 21 years and together for 25 years. Our oldest kid is 12 so we had lots of years together just the two of us. After kids life can get busy – real busy. You think that you are out of the woods when they start sleeping through […]

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]]> https://www.craighaynie.com/date-nights-making-time-for-your-love/feed/ 0 I once read an entire book by accident https://www.craighaynie.com/i-once-read-an-entire-book-by-accident/ https://www.craighaynie.com/i-once-read-an-entire-book-by-accident/#respond Mon, 04 Sep 2023 03:48:44 +0000 https://www.craighaynie.com/?p=580 Reading Ain’t My Bag Baby If you’ve read my post about reading not being naturally easy for me, it might surprise you to learn that I once read a book by accident. A huge book. I did. Here is the story. I’ve not read a lot of books in my life. At the time this […]

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]]> https://www.craighaynie.com/i-once-read-an-entire-book-by-accident/feed/ 0 My return to Blogging. Third time’s a charm? https://www.craighaynie.com/my-return-to-blogging-third-times-a-charm/ https://www.craighaynie.com/my-return-to-blogging-third-times-a-charm/#respond Mon, 05 Jun 2023 01:29:03 +0000 https://www.craighaynie.com/?p=570 I may be a gypsy. Wow … it’s been 5 years since I have posted on this blog. That’s terrible! But, it’s not the worst I’ve ever done. My first post was in Feb of 2010 (wow, that’s a long time ago). I did ok until Nov of that year when I posted about the […]

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]]> https://www.craighaynie.com/my-return-to-blogging-third-times-a-charm/feed/ 0 An open umbrella in the wind https://www.craighaynie.com/an-open-umbrella-in-the-wind/ https://www.craighaynie.com/an-open-umbrella-in-the-wind/#respond Sat, 28 Oct 2017 03:52:06 +0000 http://www.craighaynie.com/?p=549 I don’t claim to be a poet. Tonight I had the words “An open umbrella in the wind” in my head and decide to put fingers to keyboard and see what happened. And here it is. An open umbrella in the wind The breeze of life tosses to and fro Tumbling yonder here and there […]

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]]> https://www.craighaynie.com/an-open-umbrella-in-the-wind/feed/ 0 You can’t steer a parked car https://www.craighaynie.com/cant-steer-parked-car/ https://www.craighaynie.com/cant-steer-parked-car/#respond Thu, 26 Oct 2017 02:48:22 +0000 http://www.craighaynie.com/?p=543 You can’t steer a parked car. In order for steering your car to have an effect, you must be moving. Sitting in your driveway turning the wheel back and forth takes a lot of effort, and gets you no where. The analogy is this: Stop sitting around thinking and talking about what you want to […]

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]]> https://www.craighaynie.com/cant-steer-parked-car/feed/ 0 The grass is always greener where you water it https://www.craighaynie.com/grass-always-greener-water/ https://www.craighaynie.com/grass-always-greener-water/#respond Wed, 25 Oct 2017 02:28:35 +0000 http://www.craighaynie.com/?p=539 "The grass is always greener on the other side (of the fence)". Not so. In fact, the grass is always greener where you water it.

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]]> https://www.craighaynie.com/grass-always-greener-water/feed/ 0 Tipping the Scales – The Trend Line of Weight Loss https://www.craighaynie.com/tipping-the-scales-the-trend-line-of-weight-loss/ https://www.craighaynie.com/tipping-the-scales-the-trend-line-of-weight-loss/#respond Tue, 24 Oct 2017 02:49:01 +0000 http://www.craighaynie.com/?p=480 About a month ago I was about 50 lbs overweight. How I am losing weight slowly by getting the trend line heading in the right direction.

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]]> https://www.craighaynie.com/tipping-the-scales-the-trend-line-of-weight-loss/feed/ 0 A little research trick – Googling using “vs” https://www.craighaynie.com/little-research-trick-googling-using-vs/ https://www.craighaynie.com/little-research-trick-googling-using-vs/#respond Fri, 20 Oct 2017 03:45:07 +0000 http://www.craighaynie.com/?p=531 Have you ever been looking for a company that does X, but you are not sure who all the players are in the space? Well boy do I have a trick for you! A little research trick - Googling using "vs"

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]]> https://www.craighaynie.com/little-research-trick-googling-using-vs/feed/ 0 Move along, nothing to see here https://www.craighaynie.com/move-along-nothing-see/ https://www.craighaynie.com/move-along-nothing-see/#respond Thu, 19 Oct 2017 02:05:56 +0000 http://www.craighaynie.com/?p=528 I’m taking a break from blogging tonight. But since I am writing this, am I REALLY taking a break? I’m really stretched thin lately … why do I do that to myself? I have 100 irons in the fire and an arm full of irons ready to go in, or that just came out. The […]

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]]> https://www.craighaynie.com/move-along-nothing-see/feed/ 0 Our Zig Zag Path to getting Debt Free https://www.craighaynie.com/our-zig-zag-path-to-getting-debt-free/ https://www.craighaynie.com/our-zig-zag-path-to-getting-debt-free/#respond Wed, 18 Oct 2017 03:35:21 +0000 http://www.craighaynie.com/?p=484 Debt is a slippery slope. Once you have a little, it's easy to get a lot. We have had some challenges, but here is Our Zig Zag Path to getting Debt Free

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