Monopoly Madness

Monopoly at McDonalds has hit a whole new level for me this year.  Outside of the fact that I eat there fairly consistenly while the game is being played, something new has begun.

There are at least 5 people that I can think of right now who also go to McDonalds, but do so with the plan of giving me the pieces.

One person even told me today that they wanted Wendy's more than McDonalds but couldn't pass up the opportunity to get me more pieces.

I never once asked anyone for pieces, but they keep piling up in my wallet and on the table in our living room, thanks both to my eating habits and my friends (and some family).

I'm Long Winded

Over the last couple of weeks I've spent two and a half hours or so lecturing on the first five books of the Bible.

Unfortunately (in my opinion), next week I have to start teaching books 6-8 (Joshua through Ruth).  I don't feel I've done anything more than scratch the surface with the first 5, and would love to spend many more hours talking about those.

I suppose I'm more long winded than even I had guessed, and I've known for a while that I'm long winded.

Good Substitutions

Got to make our favorite kind of substitution at the soccer games this evening.

We pulled a player because he had already scored a hat trick (3 goals) and wanted to give others an opportunity to score as well.

A 7-0 victory always feels nice, especially cause had we left the starters in, it could easily have gotten to 12 or so.

Go NCU.  Regional tourneys are just over a week away, soon my afternoons will be mine again.

Re-Organizing

As things have been getting moved upstairs (largely because Jenny has spent her Sunday and Monday making this happen) we notice how some things get put in the black holes of our house.

Jenny found a pair of earring she didn't even know she had.  These are the kinds of things that happen when you feel the need to sort and organize the second junk drawer.  Not the kitchen junk drawer we have, or our countertops which are mainly covered with junk, but the top drawer of a dresser that apparently got all sorts of useless things that weren't even memorable enough junk to go in our normal junk drawers.

Money On The Mind

With the buying a new car thing, and the fact that I'm meeting with our financial adivsor (and brother in-law) tomorrow (a friend wanted to be introduced), I've had money on the mind quite a bit the last couple of days.

Any nifty tricks any of you have used to start making financial matters more awesome? 


C.D. Ladders, envelope systems, super awesome budgetness.... what has worked well for you?