From Mike.com

I think I’m going to debunk the “the slower you drive the better your mileage” story.  I have been driving 60 mph for a couple weeks now, and I’ve noticed some great gains.  However, this weekend, I think I noticed something different.
This weekend, I paid no attention to my speed.  Partly because I wanted to […]

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I’m still driving 60, and it’s still working out great!
I filled up tonight on my way home after taking the girls out to the park, after rolling the trip odometer over 400 miles again.  This time filled up to the tune of a (relatively) sweet 25.07 mpg.
The bigger thing I noticed though, was my last […]

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Can anyone spot what I’m showing in the title? Outside of the fact I’d name my kids “Oldest” and “Youngest” (and I’ll be screwed if a third one comes along… “Youngest Really”). If you can’t spot the difference, don’t worry, neither could I.
It’s always been “The Girls”, or OldestAndYoungest when referencing the offspring. […]

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…falling is easy
It’s getting back up that becomes the problem
Becomes the problem
If you don’t believe you can find a way out
You’ve become the problem
Become the problem
–Staind, Falling
Staind could not have said it better… Falling is easy, and getting back up is the problem.
I’m happy to say that the crunch at work is over. […]

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Pedal down, on ramp, trigger pulled, I read “P-O-L-I-C-E”, foot hits brake…
but not fast enough.
My first “emergency” attack on my tight and aggressive budget would come, sure enough, from my own stupidity. Coming back from picking up the girls this weekend, getting on the interstate, I let the Charger get away from me […]

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Girls and I went grocery shopping a couple weeks ago, picked up some spaghetti and sauce, amongst other things. I was teaching the girls to look at the red numbers (price per unit) and not just the big yellow price. I learned that relying on the red numbers, exclusively, is a practice of […]

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