I was in Beverly’s the other day buying scraps of fabric for the Money Jars I will be having kids make at an upcoming book signing. I totally lucked out on the fabric scraps! The day before, I had gone in to purchase the fabric and was told that I could save a lot of money by waiting until the next day where I could fill a bag with as much fabric scrap as I wanted for only $2. So,…
I hung out in a second grade classroom last week to talk about saving money and then have the students make their own Money Jar. It was a fun lesson and the Money Jars turned out unbelievable. Kids and their creativity never ceases to amaze me. While we were discussing money issues, I asked the students how they got money. Of course, the usual answers came up…allowance, chores, birthday money. Then one little guy raised his hand and volunteered, “You have to spend…
Nathan and I were driving to a doctor’s appointment yesterday, chit-chatting about this and that, when he started to chuckle. “Oh, yeah. I forgot to tell you about (Mike) yesterday.” Nathan has been going through golf try-outs for the high school team. Yesterday was the last day of try-outs and I’m pretty confident that he will make the team. And (Mike) will, too, but not because of his attitude. Golf has a way of turning mild-mannered people into cranky two-year olds. I’ve seen…
I love watching commercials. Especially with Ryan. He wants to go into marketing as a career so it’s always fun to critique commercials with him. But last night, Ryan wasn’t with me while I had tuned in the Olympics so John got to hear me get annoyed at the t.v. instead. It was a Tide commercial and a young girl, about 12 years old, came on and started complaining about not being able to get the $100 pair of jeans she wanted because…
We were driving home from Nathan and Ryan’s basketball game yesterday when I asked Nathan what he planned on giving his girlfriend, Shea, for Valentine’s Day. “I bought her a rose,” he said. “My math teacher did an equation in class the other day where he proved girls were evil,” said Ryan. Ryan often throws out what I think are non sequiturs, but which actually turn out to fit in with the conversation. It just takes a few additional questions…