Please Sir, May I have a Hair Hat?
Sometimes we need an outlet to express even the good feelings so as not to nauseate our loved ones. This is that outlet.
I'll even try you share videos and music, too.
Straight from the Frozen Tundra...
…that is our office fridge.
Cold Bananas are good.
Taxes under Obama?
Taxes:
If I make $45k a year AND make dividends on investments and make money from the sale of my home, how will I be taxed?
That’s my question. If I am invested in the market, with a 401K and a 529 and a ROTH IRA, will I be taxed on my passive earnings?
I wish someone could answer those questions.
a heart of gratitude.
i spend a lot of time complaining. i didn’t realize it until i read a few of my ‘blogs’ and it slapped me right in the face. i also spend a lot of time bashing myself. this will stop, too, i think. with a heart of gratitude.
so, here’s my word for the month. not for the year. the month. of september.
gratitude.
always one to break a word down, let’s do that with gratitude.
grat. it’s latin. means free.
tude. it’s what my wife calls me when she’s being funny and i’m being a dork.
gratitude. you’re free to be yourself. lighten up. it’s not about you, it’s FOR you.
like the Bible. it’s not about you. it’s for you.
say thank you.
like this morning. i get up, i go for a surf. all by myself. just me. talking to God. really, i talked to God. we talk.
it’s like in the surf, when no one is out because the tide’s really too high and it’s not supposed to be all that great, but i’m out there and it’s actually kinda fun? that’s the time to talk to God about the big stuff. the why’s and the what for and all that. by the time i get out of the water i’m all ready to be a good guy. to hug my baby a little longer. to speak kindness when i’d rather be a toad to my boss. stuff like that. life’s too short to complain. i mean, really, what do i have to complain about.
wife? check
daughter? check
job? check
house? check
health (everyone)? check
money in the bank? check
love? yup
so what’s the big deal if someone said something that hurt my feelings? get over it and smile. laugh if you have to.
be thankful. you’re alive to make a difference in that person’s life. give them a hug and tell them you’ll buy them some undies that don’t bunch up. maybe tomorrow they’ll smile a little more.
yeah, so, God: thank you for Ashley and Loralai and waves. for this air that we breathe and the fact that i could work today and provide for my family. thank you for the car and truck and boat and van in the driveway. thank you for the driveway. for the fence in the yard. for the yard. for the dogs. for the house that doesn’t leak in a rain storm. for the love that leaks out of the house through the people in it. thank you.
thank you.
