The damn car saga

From the Thomas Stanley book I’m reading p. 179 – he’s talking about cars.”…Income is not the same measure of wealth (I knew that). If you do not have investments (of which your home can be no more than 25%) valued at 1 Million or more, you are not wealthy. (I did not know that.)”Over … Read more

Asie achieves his goal

This is my 7 year old son Asie. In 2012 he decided to set some goals (with our help) that were related to his health. He wanted to learn to swim, learn to ride a bike, run in the Lake Norman Turkey Trot 5K and row 100,000 meters on my Concept 2 rowing machine. He … Read more

2012 Physical Accountability

Z’s 2012 Physcial Quest accountability with 11 months finished, 1 month to go.- Push up goal 26,000: right now 25,160 (1,297 ahead of schedule)- Sit up goal 52,000: right now 49,620 (1,894 ahead of schedule)- Pull up goal 500: right now 494 (35 ahead schedule)- Burpee goal 1000: right now 957 (39 ahead schedule)- Row … Read more

Soliders Thank You Project

I had an awesome experience yesterday. On Facebook I saw a friend and said hi in the chat box. It wasn’t her but her husband. He was logged in from Afghanistan 5 time zones away, he’s on active duty. So I ended up chatting with a very close friend who won’t be at home during … Read more

February 29 Update

Here’s the update on the 2012 Quest, Golas: 26,000 Pushups…52,000 Situps…500 Pullups…1,000 Burpees…1,000,000 Meters Rowing. As of 2/29 I have the following:4,315 Pushups, I’m 41 ahead of pace.8,500 Situps, I’m 48 behind the pace.125 Pullups, I’m 43 ahead of the pace.239 Burpees, I’m 75 ahead of the pace.220,949 Meters, I’m 89,442 Meters ahead of the … Read more

January 31 Update

Here’s the update on the 2012 Quest…26,000 Pushups…52,000 Situps…500 Pullups…1,000 Burpees…1,000,000 Meters Rowing.As of 1/31 I am officially 45 years old and have the following: 2,075 Pushups, I’m 133 behind the pace. 4,080 Situps, I’m 480 behind the pace. 62 Pullups, I’m 20 ahead of the pace. 105 Burpees, I’m 20 ahead of the pace. … Read more

2011 Physical Goals: Mission Accomplished

My goal for 2011 was to do the following: 25,000 Push Ups 52,000 Sit Ups 6,000 Miles on the bike The mission is officially accomplished! I knocked out 26,454 Push Ups, 52,748 and 6,000.8 miles on the bike. It was definitely a mental and physical stretch but the thing that almost killed it was the … Read more

Read this at your own risk – it’s about money

I’ve been getting into some recent discussions about money.  Not necessarily making money but how to preserve, invest and grow what you already have.  I’m very tight lipped about this subject b/c it’s highly non-duplicatible AND somewhat scary.@Kimberly Buttar and I don’t have a savings account, IRA’s, 401K’s, SEP IRA’s or any kind of money … Read more