Decision Tree

This past week has been fairly eventful in my little world.  We plan to leave in a couple days for our first out of state family trip in several years.  It’s not an extravagant trip, but it does take some planning as to when and where to go, coordinating hotels,...

Homeward Bound

My eight year old son left for camp for the first time yesterday.  He has been looking forward to this for some time and is going with a few friends from church, so we have been optimistic as to how it will go.  He has stayed away from home with his sister at his...

For Granted

  Have you ever done without something for so long that you just accept it as a new normal?  Over the past 5 years, due to a new child and some other factors, I developed some patterns of sleep that have been so unnatural, that a solid 8 hour night of sleep...

Worthwhile

I’ve heard a lot of talk the past couple days about a group of men who are lost at sea, or somewhere in the sea.  Five rich men were on an adventure to travel in an experimental submersible craft to see the wreck of the Titanic when communication was lost with the...

The Weakest Link

This last week, I got a call from a tenant who said there was an issue with the water heater.  After an inspection, I saw that there was a small leak, which indirectly caused the line to the pilot light to be compromised and was therefore not working properly.  I did...