The Inconsistent Writer

2013 was quite the challenging year. Household and auto emergencies sprung up right after Lisa and I graduated Financial Peace University  (FPU). In fact, our water heater decided to stop doing its one and only job -- providing hot water for the household -- the very next morning. Let's just say that the Eddy Household 4TH Quarter Expenditures greatly outweighed the Income Category. That being said, 2013 has provided many valuable life lessons. These learned lessons I have graciously provided below. 1. You can do a budget and stick to it. It is true what they say: "the 3rd time is the charm." After our third attempt at attending FPU, we finally graduated. I honestly believe that most of it was due to the fact that Lisa and I had finally mastered the monthly budget. Several months before re-enrolling, month in and month out, we had weekly or bi-weekly budget meetings, always going back and reviewing our spending. This was the only way for us to truly obtain financia

While I haven't written much this year -- which only means that my blog title is all the more appropriate -- I have gathered up my favorite Facebook posts of 2013. I know I have an audience out there. I've even witnessed it... occasionally. Please enjoy my "selected" status updates. Snippets of what went on in my life, my introspective commentary on certain events, or of those that I influenced enough for them to include me in their own thoughts or conversations. They're in no particular order and most of them are amusing, or at least I this so, but I'll let you be the judge. The pictures or videos in here are to help help reference what I may have been talking or thinking about at the time. "He's parkour ing the horses." A phrase I never thought I would hear. Thanks, Nathan and Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Killer (Lisa) You know you've entered middle age when you look at the Top Selling Music Artists or the Best of 2012 albums and r