Renters in Minnesota, give your Certificate of Rent Paid (CRP) a close reading this year. Your friendly state government has stolen some of the renters’ property tax refund money to balance the budget. Instead of estimating property tax as 19% of rent paid, they are using 15%, and the money to pay the [...]
But I got some sewing done yesterday: four more pairs of underwear. Sewing underwear is about as relaxing as sewing can get, because the mistakes will all be hidden under other clothing.
TLG has been taking ten-minute naps again. But he sleeps ok at night, as long as you [...]
I recently read The Alpha Strategy, by John A. Pugsley, which asserts that the best investment in an economy like ours is tangible goods, because of inflation and other eroders of value. A post at Coffee Tea Books and Me outlines basically the same strategy.
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I was reading in Nehemiah how debts with (if I [...]
We survived toddler duty at church yesterday. It’s been a while since we were drafted for that role, and in the meantime the toddler room has acquired, of all things, a Little Tykes car. I already had some issues with the toys in there, it is quite well-equipped to be a day care, [...]
Government careening into a great deal more onerous and family-squelching legislation and regulation? Check.
Whole subcultures of society being trained to hate people like us? Check.
Obstacles and petty annoyances at ever turn? Check.
God shielding us from the worst of the storms, and sustaining us without fail: Check.