Little things…

• Sometimes, it’s the little things that become big things.  

• No matter how hard you try, it’s still (sometimes) not enough.

• Even if you cut back on spending, do away with non-necessities, cut out the fat and put money away for a rainy day; something will usually happen that completely blows the budget off the charts.

•  No matter how much you save, it’s probably not enough.

• No matter how much you plan, sometimes your plan “Z’ won’t be even in the ball park of being effective.

• No matter how great of a parent you think you are, your children will rebel, talk back, disappoint you or turn their back on you at some point in their lives.  If you’re lucky they won’t find a publisher for their tell-all book.

• Even if you think you’re a horrible parent, if your children graduate from high school and aren’t on welfare, you’ve done a pretty good job.

• There is no such thing as too much money.  People with money have medical, emotional, physical and family issues just like everyone else.  Money only gives them more options to deal with those issues.

• Sometimes working hard just isn’t enough.

• Wanting something isn’t the same as needing something.  But sometimes you need to do things you don’t want to do to get things you need to have.

• Some days the only reason I get out of bed is because my back hurts and I have to use the bathroom.  And some days the only reason I don’t crawl back in bed is because I’m afraid the dog will get into something and then I’ll have to clean it up.

• No one should have to plan dinner before noon.  My stomach has barely digested breakfast, so I’m not in dinner mode.

• I really think I could eat sushi, pizza or Italian food every night and not get tired of it.

• Knowing and proving are two different things.  And sometimes you can’t prove what you know.

• Sometimes breaking the rules is necessary to keep on going.  And sometimes keeping the rules is the only thing that separates us from evil.

• Good people have bad things happen to them for reasons that are inexplicable, unforeseeable and unavoidable.  

• Laughter isn’t always the best medicine.  Sometimes a glass of wine or a box of cookies or a sad movie does the trick instead.