Last night at dinner,

I confirmed that Jaime did know who Dave Ramsey was and she follows his principles. That is so awesome! She's only 20, yet understands how crazy it is to have car payments and debt! She's definately on the right track in that respect.

Are you a Minuteman?
I'm not, but I'm thinking about becoming one. Read More About Joining the fight to protect our borders at http://www.minutemanproject.com LMV may be producing a documentary on this effort in the very near future.

Can I support us? ... Yes.
Recent discussions in which I have partken center around the idea of support. I have a full-time job where I do ok, and then I have a part-time job where I also do ok.

The question posed is, "Why should my wife work fulltime and be away from our kids, when I, can provide more than enough financial support for our family?"

At the young age of 30, I have counseled and interacted with hundreds of people in all kinds of situations. One obvious trend is: Kids who have one working parent and one "full time mommy", tend to be more socially normal* (with the appropriate love and discipline applied), than those who have any other kind of combination of parental situation: divorced, remarried, single-parent, etc.

I'm not saying that's the case every time, but it is true the majority of the time.

So why have 2 working parents if you don't need to? Why take a chance on having a -bad- kid... stack the odds in your favor. It's a battlezone out there, and our kids are the casualities of what the world around us says is ok, when in reality, it's not.

*My standing definition of a normal person is someone who: shows respect for others and other people's property, exhibits ethical and moral character, works hard, and has a spiritual connection of some sort.

Meeting People
I enjoy getting out and meeting new people. One thing that amazes me is, people who go to bars and clubs to meet people... to date. Come on. Seriously. Do you really think you're going to find a 'quality' person at a night club? I don't think so.

In all my years, I've never heard anyone say, "I met my wife at so-so night club". Even if I had, I would venture to say that the statement would be more along the lines of, "I met my ex-wife at so-so night club.

Just a random thought there.