Yesterday, my wife and I finally removed a very large stressor from off our plate.  We gave a musical fireside for the youth of the church that I had committed us to a few months ago.

After writing, re-writing, practicing, …

I did it.

You thought I would chicken out, but I went through with it!

My journey into the inner sanctum of Scouting was complete, and I have come out the other side.

A few observations:…

The comments on yesterday’s posts were awesome!  I love how you all keep me honest and thinking about what I write, and I think it’s interesting the wide range of experiences and feelings that people have toward this issue.

Here …

I am an Eagle Scout.

Ever heard of it?

Apparently more and more people don’t even know what that is – and the days of “this is a good thing to put on your resume” are long gone.

This weekend …

We recently went and put my new wife’s name on my primary bank account.  While we both have several accounts at various institutions, this was the first step in the actual merging of our financial lives.

And why do I …