It was a beautiful day here at the Palatial Horvath Estate. The sun was shining, the birds were chirping, and Betsy was mowing the lawn because she got tired of waiting for Philippe the houseboy to do it. The upshot of the whole thing was that I didn’t write a blog post. Instead, I thought […]
Archives for 2012
The Importance of College
May 17, 2012 by
I finished my bachelor’s degree in 2002. I started my college career shortly after high school, and I took at least one class (almost) every semester, with a break of a few years in the middle. All in all, it took me about 21 years to actually get my degree. Along the way, I took […]
A Brief Status Update (2)
May 15, 2012 by
When last we left Betsy, she was contemplating her three goals for 2012. They are: 1) stop eating sugar and get the diabetes under control 2) write every day 3) pay down that debt! So, how am I doing? I think I’m doing pretty well, although there’s definitely room for improvement. 1) stop eating sugar […]
Working In The Garden
May 13, 2012 by
So I was out working in the garden today. I had a ton of weeding to do, as you can see from the picture to the left. In fact, I was afraid the garden was mostly weeds, but I was pleased when I found many plants I’d planted as well. The weeds were just more […]
Wisdom from SIMS
May 8, 2012 by
Oft times I find myself the object of ridicule or friendly good-natured mocking for my devotion to my SIMS (I play SIMS 3 and have most of the expansion packs). Say what you will, but those little bundles of computer pixels sure can offer up a lot of good advice about living life. Don’t […]
Living Our Story
May 6, 2012 by
I think that each of us has a story that we tell ourselves about ourselves. I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately, and I think we tell ourselves a story of who we are and how other people see us. Then we live within the plot line of the story we’re telling. If, for […]
