Living the Dream [my 30th birthday]

I turned 30 today. It was really a wonderful day, because my parents kept our two kids last night, so that my wife and I could go out and be together for the evening. We went out to dinner, got some coffee, took in a movie, and talked until late before going to bed. This [...]

Fears and Dreams

I was at lunch with a friend discussing movies that were surprisingly emotional. The Pixar film Up was mentioned. My friend said that the movie was so sad to him because his worst fear was getting to the end without having lived out his dreams. I didn’t think he understood the point of the story [...]

60 Days of Habit Forming

Tonight Meagan and I got to bed late because we were cleaning up the house in preparation of putting it back on the market, this time with a full time realtor and willingness to do what it takes. As I’m walking around straightening up, I’m thinking, “Why have I not just developed the habit of [...]

How I Got Here

I went to school for graphic design, realizing in my 3rd year that it wasn’t what I wanted to do with my life. In 2004 I graduated with a BS in Communications (with a major in Graphic Design…confusing I know). I applied for jobs and graphic design agencies, but didn’t find anywhere that wanted to [...]

Controlling a Budget; Restaurants

My family unit (at this point in time) is myself, my wife, and my 16 month old daughter. In the past year we have budgeted sporatically, but as of late have gotten back on the wagon. The biggest area of controllable spending for us was restaurants. This past month, with some extra travel expendatures and [...]

Playing Video games again…probably too much

I’ve been playing  Call of Duty 4 lately, which I bought when it first came out, but didn’t play too much online. Lately though, it’s been sort of an obsession to get to the highest level, and subsequently I have gone through several levels in a rediculously short time. For any gamer geeks, I’ve been [...]

Moving On…

A year ago my wife and I were driving home from going to the grocery store and noticed a home for sale in our neighborhood. We thought it was really cute, and could be everything we wanted, so I called a realtor friend of ours and asked if he could show me the house. The [...]

I love being a Dad

I haven’t posted in awhile, so I wanted to post this update. We had our little girl Norah Grace Hinson on October 26th, 2010. She’s a sweetie, and I’m very excited about having her. A few days ago we went out to Dairy Queen to grab a treat and the car was full. Hannah and [...]