Last Minute Valentine’s Date Ideas

Think beyond the usual packed restaurants and candy hearts.  Here are some unexpected things to do with your sweetie.  Denver-centric, so out-of-town readers you will need to find something comparable in your neighborhood.   Need release some pent-up pandemic rage? Try a Break Room.  Bring your own unwanted stuff and Smash It Break Room will…

Great Deals for Ski Season!

It’s winter, and I am excited to get on the slopes on the regular.  But, it is an expensive sport, especially for a family.  Here are a few tips:   For growing kids, look for used ski clothing. Whoever outgrew it probably only wore it for a couple of seasons at most.  Same for your…

5 Funny Quotes About the Holidays

“Santa Claus has the right idea. Visit people once a year.”—Victor Borge.   “Christmas is a baby shower that went totally overboard.”—Andy Borowitz.   “A Hanukkah miracle would be feeling confident that you spelled Hanukkah correctly” – anonymous   “Most Texans think of Hanukkah as some sort of a duck call” – Richard Lewis.  …

Too Much Time On My Hands?

How much is too much time?  No, I’m not talking about time on the Earth. More like free time all by yourself.  Thanks to alert reader and fellow financial planner Cameron Morgan, we have an answer!   Cameron kindly sent me this article from The Guardian.   In the article it states that free time,…

5 Laughs and a Recipe

Ahhh, Halloween, the funniest holiday of the year.  Well at least according to these people.   “Halloween was confusing. All my life my parents said, ‘Never take candy from strangers.’ And then they dressed me up and said, ‘Go beg for it.’ I didn’t know what to do! I’d knock on people’s doors and go,…