Death of capital...ism

It's not fun being broke, or facing the prospect of being broke. Our family has a strangely suicidal relationship with our bank accounts. If we live to work, we die to spend our wages. It's not a sustainable lifestyle. Makes the whole house go haywire. We go and go and go without stopping to plan beyond the current week. Dumb!

Little guys

A while ago I went with Korbin to the coffee and comic shop. He bought a spider Man comic with his own money. Today he wants to go back and buy a quartet of small figurines that he saw a month ago. He ran around until he found his wallet and put his extra dollar in it. After his nap, we'll go get the toys.

Dead mouse

It's about time one of the snap traps worked. My wife called to tell me, she was as excited as I am now. The mice have had it pretty easy for the past month. Now it's time to go! There's still at least one or two others waiting to make a misstep. I'll be vigilant until they are all destroyed. Compassion for all forms of life... Still working on that one.

Snur

It's another cold day. Colder than it should be, I think. A bit of snow is falling. Small flakes wizzing down and across, coating the streets and sidewalks, but leaving the dead grass poking up through the thickening cover. I like to watch the snow fall. To see it slowly amass on the ground, despite it's fragile nature.

Pop

Work starts whether i'm there or not. I feel somewhat complacent about my duties of late. The same thing over and over. It wears thin of course. I don't feel like i'm moving forward at the moment. I guess this is a lesson in patience.

Set build

This afternoon finds us once again at church, building the set for our play. I am nervous that my wife, the director, will find fault with the layout and want to change it all when she arrives for practice in three hours. Ah well. I accept my obligations to criticism from time to time.

Play practice

After a long sabbatical, I think it's time to resume. We're practicing our church play this morning. Everyone is having trouble getting warmed up. I hope I don't get a crippling case of nerves on the day of the show. In my mind, I see the act as it should be. If it translates at all in real life, I'll be satisfied that we haven't wasted the past 6 weeks.