On Saturday, I noticed that Emma was wearing one of the nastiest pairs of flip flops that I have ever seen.  They were old, filthy, worn out, and to top it off, about two sizes too small for her feet.  I can’t have my kids looking like they do their clothes shopping in the dumpster so we stopped by Old Navy to pick her up a new pair. Since Old Navy has them at two for $5 or one at $3.50, I bought Alex a new pair as well.  But what...

This past week we had our stake Lagoon day.  Since we had free entrance tickets and the ability to go on a few rides, we decided to take the kids and go have some fun. I love amusement parks.  It used to be that I could ride roller coasters all day long.  As I have aged, I’ve learned just how much fun traveling at high speeds in an open car along a steel track can be.  That being said, Lagoon just doesn’t excite me like it...

Today as I was eating my breakfast, I was visiting my usual morning websites when I came across one of the most amazing articles on global warming I’ve read in a long time. It was written by the founder of The Weather Channel, John Coleman. It’s a long article but it’s well worth the read. You can go here to check it out but, for your convenience, I’ve included it below. Global Warming and the Price of a Gallon of...

Over the past few months, the Colt has acted as though the the fuel pump was trying to die.  I decided that instead of paying somebody $500 to fix it, I would do it myself.  After talking with some “car guys”, I came to the conclusion that I should try replacing the $15 filter before I tackle the $199 pump.  It was an easy enough job and seemed to resolve the problem.  That is, until Monday. Monday afternoon I had to go to...

With gas at nearly $4.00 a gallon, Holly and I are looking for any way to save money that we can. We don’t do a lot of driving but I manage to go about 30 miles each day to and from work and Holly seems to be spending a lot on gas for the van. She doesn’t drive far but costs seem to be adding up due to the fact that it’s a van that doesn’t get great gas mileage. We’ve been talking about it for a few years, but...