tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971956414892223422024-03-05T00:57:21.549-08:00The Chad JacobsenMy lifeThe Chad Jacobsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13033527596941722292noreply@blogger.comBlogger376125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-97195641489222342.post-35628027793242215062020-07-02T20:39:00.000-07:002020-07-03T19:28:23.544-07:00Mowing by Corbyn<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
This is 5 years ago. Corbyn was 8 and was already learning to mowing the yard. </div>
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Only a couple years later he started mowing yards in the neighborhood to earn some extra money. </div>
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One of his customers gave him this trimmer/edger and the mower you see on the right hand side on top of his weekly pay. </div>
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He has now picked up customers in the next neighborhood over. </div>
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While using the RYOBI battery operated mower that his customer gave him, he decided he preferred that over the gas mower. So we upgraded his battery mower to a RYOBI self propelled battery mower. </div>
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Among other upgrades this year is the way he hauls his gear to each job. This has allowed him to mow lawns beyond just our street. </div>
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We were at The Home Depot this week and they had a RYOBI special going on. They have a Battery, charger, and bag combo that you buy and get a free (select) RYOBI tool. He decided to do that and get the blower for free. He's been using my leaf blower that is awkward a too big. </div>
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The RYOBI representative that was at The Home Depot also gave him a free t-shirt. </div>
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Not a paid product placement for RYOBI or Snapper. </div>
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However, I'm sure Corbyn wouldn't be opposed to a RYOBI sponsorship. </div>
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The Chad Jacobsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13033527596941722292noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-97195641489222342.post-74459902896812771182019-06-18T19:40:00.002-07:002019-06-18T19:40:54.169-07:00Want Cash for Your Used Textbooks?<div style="text-align: center;">
What do you do with your college textbook after your class is over? Do you keep it around to reference back to? Or put it on the shelf to collect dust? Or maybe you do something creative with it. </div>
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I just now sold mine quick and easy on <a href="https://booksrun.com/?afk=4843">BooksRun.com</a></div>
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The Chad Jacobsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13033527596941722292noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-97195641489222342.post-73364788668456304042018-12-17T16:33:00.000-08:002019-06-18T19:56:43.325-07:00How Much Does DoorDash Pay?<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So here is the story. I was looking for a part-time job to make a little extra money. The catch for me is that my full-time job doesn't have a consistent schedule that would allow me to give a different employer set times each day that I'd be available to work. In my search I came across Uber and DoorDash. Either of these allow you to work a very flexible schedule. I don't want people vomiting in my car, so I never really started Ubering. I did try a few Ubereats deliveries though. My experience is that they do not pay well. I don't recommend Ubereats for a part-time job. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I signed up for DoorDash and have now completed over one hundred deliveries. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">First, know that when your application is approved they will send you a package with a Red Card to pay for your orders at some restaurants, and a thermal bag to keep your orders warm. Always take these with you when you go Dashing. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There are times when the Red Card doesn't work. Sometimes technology fails us. I learned that you have the option of paying with a different form of payment and then submit for a reimbursement. The reimbursement will be deposited with your regular direct deposit. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">When I first started I would drive around waiting for an order to popup. This of course is a waste of fuel. Now, after I make a delivery I drive towards downtown. Then if an order hasn't shown up, I just park and wait. This reduces how much the cost of fuel for me. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sometimes the customer will put requests in the delivery instructions. They might request chopsticks or extra dipping sauces. Normally these are items they could order from the online menu. As far as I know, the delivery instructions are not available until you have received the order from the resteraunt. It is important to check the delivery instructions before leaving the restaurant. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">At first it was very often I could login and start Dashing. As more people signed up and started Dashing it became more important to schedule the times that I'm available to Dash. It seems that the Dash Now option (the ability to just check in and start Dashing) becomes more limited as the market grows and the algorithm balances out. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So how much does it pay. Their website says up to $19/hr. I love spreadsheets and tracking things. When I started Dashing I created a spreadsheet so that I could make sure this would be worth the time. As I tracked my trips my pay per hour for the first 32 trips fluctuated between $8 and $18 an hour, for an average of $14.31 an hour. My most recent 12 trips have fluctuated between $13 and $27 an hour for an average of $19.31 an hour. My average since starting is $15.22 an hour. In the beginning I didn't think it was going to be worth it. Now that I have been picking up more orders and the pay per hour has gone up, I think its a pretty good part-time job. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If you are looking for a part-time job that offers very flexible hours, and pays well, I'd recommend checking if DoorDash is available in your area. Use my link to apply to become a DoorDash driver today! </span></div>
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The Chad Jacobsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13033527596941722292noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-97195641489222342.post-80714069302859928162018-06-11T18:10:00.000-07:002018-06-12T19:38:25.265-07:00Priorities <div style="text-align: center;">
My posts the last few years have been near nonexistent. There have been a lot of things that have contributied to this. Things that I have chosen or allowed to be the priority. The things in life that are chosen to be priority should lead you to the life you want. The things that are allowed to be priority should be reviewed to see if they are going to lead you to the life you want. If they aren't, then they need to no longer be allowed to be the priority.<br />
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My family recently moved 4 times in 19 months.<br />
In the spring/summer of 2016 Anthony of the Flores Group called wanting to sell our house for us and help us find a house to move in to.<br />
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The day after we closed on this home we got the call that I had been selected for the promotion that I had applied for in Utah. After living in the home for only a couple weeks we listed it and moved to Utah where we rented a house because we couldn't find anything comparable in the small community of Heber. </div>
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In March of 2018 our new home was ready for us to move in. </div>
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During the time of 5 homes, 4 moves, numerous projects, and lots of changes with home and work life I haven't done well at blogging. Even though I haven't made posting on here a priority, I have been sharing small snippets on Instagram <a href="http://www.instagram.com/thechadjacobsen" target="_blank">@TheChadJacobsen</a>. </div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">What a great, busy day. We closed on our house at Title One. Went to Home Depot, Burnt Lemon Grill, Walmart, and the park. Then we picked up our keys, went to the new house and unloaded the car. Multiple items that we purchased where broken, so back to Home Depot and Walmart. Picked up the kids and took them to the new house to have pizza for dinner. Then we installed all 15 sets of blinds. We are so excited to get moved in. </span></div>
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Today Carey and I went to Indian Creek Park and Whitenberger Park in Caldwell. I got to play with my drone and shoot some video and pictures. Check them out in my latest YouTube video.</div>
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I usually don't care about checking the mail. However, I love when my new Chatbooks arrive! I love looking at the pictures. On top of that, my kids love looking at the pictures. They talk about the fun things that we've been doing as they turn the pages. Chatbooks gets the pictures off my phone and into the hands of my kids and all I have to do I take pictures and share them. The book prints and ships on it's own. </div>
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Spring is here and we are having the busiest spring we've every had. Carsyn is on the school tennis team, performing with the concert and jazz bands, taking piano lessons, is in the boy scouts working to get his Eagle rank, and working on 2 online classes on top of his school schedule. Corbyn is doing all of his schooling online at home, is in cub scouts, is taking piano lessons, and will soon be taking an archery class. Cole has his schooling at home, is in cub scouts, is taking piano lessons, is currently playing soccer with the local soccer club, and will soon be taking an archery class. Cooper has his schooling at home, is playing soccer with the local soccer club, and wants to go everywhere his brothers go. And Caybrie, well she is almost 18 months old. </div>
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When my kids were younger, and I only had a couple to a few, I would here parents with older kids talk about how packed their schedule is with all the stuff their kids are doing. I thought to myself, "I'll let my kids each do a couple things and then our schedule won't be so crazy". When those couple of things all overlap in the spring it gets crazy. And I foresee many more years of craziness ahead as my kids get older. But I love watching my kids do things that they enjoy. I'm glad that I am able to allow my kids to participate in all these activities. And in a few weeks summer will be here and we will be looking for things to do to fill the time. </div>
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When you have 5 kids it isn't that hard to spend a small fortune on going out to eat. And if you don't track your spending you can easily let it get out of hand. When you spend $40 a meal at a fast food joint it doesn't seem so bad until you look at it being $200 for the month with only five family meals at a cheap restaurant. </div>
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In the past our family has picked a random month to not go out to eat. You read that right. One entire month without eating at a restaurant or from a restaurant. This year we picked January. Here it is the 26th of January and we're staying on course to reach the goal. It helps that we have done this several times before. The first time we tried it was quite a struggle. </div>
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<li>Make a menu for everyday of the month. Be sure to plan quick meals for stressful days. This will require that everyone in the family have all their scheduled activities on a shared calendar. You don't want to be working on your goal and then have a day that both parents are out of the home for the majority of the day and multiple kids have stuff going on after school. You finally get home and everyone is tired from day and nobody feels like cooking. Be sure to plan your menu around days like this. Slow cooker and freezer meals are great for those kinds of days. </li>
<li>Go grocery shopping, with a list. You'll want to be sure that you have all the ingredients needed to make the meals on your menu. Be sure that you plan out the perishable items and buy those throughout the month. You'll want to minimize shopping trips so plan one big shopping trip to start the month where you purchase all the nonperishable items for the month and the nonperishable items for the first week (or two depending on shelf life). When you return to the store for your weekly shopping trip it is a quick trip to grab just the additional perishable items needed for the next week. </li>
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Years ago Carey wanted to by a vinyl cutter. I didn't know why she wanted to spend so much money on something to make vinyl decals when she could by the decals for a lot less money in comparison. She convinced me to buy it. And to this day I am so glad that she did. She has built up a work from home business with it, and I get to play with it too. </div>
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When you work somewhere that likes to have decorations for everything, you sometimes end up with leftover stuff stashed in corners or closets from people who think we are really going to save it for a whole year to use the next time that holiday comes around. Well today while cleaning up a storage room I found some Christmas wrapping paper. I didn't want to just throw it away, that would be wasteful and the wrapping paper wouldn't get to fulfill its destiny. So I put it to good use. I even convinced someone else to sign a card to leave with the gifts. </div>
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While skimming through my Twitter feed I saw a tweet from Christy Wright about her favorite Christmas tradition that only takes 5 minutes. </div>
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I won't lie, it was the "only 5 minutes" part that really sparked my interest in what her favorite Christmas tradition was. Here is the link to her blog post - <a href="http://christywright.com/2014/12/a-christmas-tradition/">http://christywright.com/2014/12/a-christmas-tradition/</a>. She talks about each year when she packs up the Christmas ornaments she writes a letter to herself and talks about the past year and what she hopes for in the coming year. I thought this was a great idea not only for myself but to teach my kids more about journaling, being thankful, and setting goals. What a great way to look back to where you were a year ago and see how much God has blessed you in the past year. Also to see how you've grown and become stronger from the events of your life. </div>
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I always wish that I was better at journaling. I write in my journal every so often throughout the year. I also use my blog as a form of <a href="http://www.thechadjacobsen.com/2013/03/blog-to-book.html" target="_blank">journaling</a>. This tradition would provide me another moment to reflect and journal. </div>
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My wife told me about this great idea of building a storage bench from a toddler bed headboard and footboard. We found a free toddler bed and then bought the supplies that I needed to get started. </div>
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In the spring my wife and I found out that we were going to have a baby. Just for fun we didn't tell very many people until the baby was born. Because of that, until now I haven't been able to share the work we did to remodel one of our bedrooms into a beautiful nursery for our new baby girl.</div>
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Inspiration came from the "Pink and gray nursery" picture on <a href="http://www.sheknows.com/videos/articles/992109/gorgeous-gray-nursery-designs-youll-love">SheKnows.com</a> . </div>
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The room started out with white trim and tan walls (with plenty of holes to patch).</div>
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Corbyn loves helping me build stuff so he was there helping most of the time. Here he decided to take a bacon break. </div>
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You can see a lot of the holes that we had to patch. Boys can be so rough on a bedroom. </div>
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We sprayed some texture to touchup the holes that we patched. </div>
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We painted the bottom of the wall white and the top gray. </div>
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With the paint finished we added some trim to separate the gray and white colors to give a clean finish. </div>
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For an extra touch I measured and drew up an idea for these little frames. We had to go too two Home Depots to get enough sticks of trim to go around the whole room. After the boys and I got the pieces cut to size Carey painted them all with High Gloss White to match the rest of the trim and pop a little from the white on the wall. </div>
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We found this rug at home depot. I think it really fits the room well. The colors go well with the walls and doesn't distract from the nursery decor that we planned. </div>
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In the closet we added another shelf. We have done this in other rooms in our house and it helps a lot to give more space and keep the closets more organized. Plus with the baby being a girl I knew she'd need more room for all her clothes. </div>
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Here is the beautiful crib that we got for her. We went with a soft pink for the crib set and other nursery accents. </div>
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And all her brothers loved helping to build it. </div>
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The changing table we got for a great deal online. While building it I discovered why. The drawer was about 1/4 inch to small for the rails to catch on the frame. So I got to use some creativity and parts from my shed to get the rails in to correct positions for the drawer to fit. To keep the nursery clean and organized we got these little gray, pink, and white baskets for the shelves. And we found a matching hamper to finish it off. </div>
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The last furniture item we needed was a dresser. I wanted a nice wood dresser (so that the dresser drawers wouldn't have the same issues as the changing table drawer), but I didn't want to put out the extra money. After searching craigslist for weeks we found this cute little dresser. And it came with a matching nightstand!</div>
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We found a nice white lamp that came with a purple lampshade and bought it so that we could swap for our pink lamp shade. When we got home with the new lamp we discovered that the light socket was not the correct kind to be able to swap the lamp shades. Not a problem, I bought the correct light socket and swapped it on the lamp. </div>
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Carey found this Scentsy warmer on eBay that matches the pink nursery nicely. And the "Newborn Nursery" Scentsy wax that smells like baby powder makes it the perfect addition to the nursery. </div>
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We still have a little work to do. We need to add the curtains, some wall decor, <strike>and we are going to cut a vinyl tree to put on the wall behind the crib</strike>. </div>
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Update 12/10/14 - Here is the vinyl tree that we put on the wall behind the crib. It is 3'x5'. We chose this design because it tied in with curves on the crib so well. </div>
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The Chad Jacobsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13033527596941722292noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-97195641489222342.post-65181547909311818912014-07-27T20:55:00.000-07:002014-07-28T19:31:16.114-07:00I need a Central Park.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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All the time your hear people talking about a good work-life balance. How exactly do you achieve that work-life balance? The more I focus on one part of my life the more another is neglected. This past week I re-listened to <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17249189-start" target="_blank">Start by Jon Acuff</a>. It is such a great book. In his book Jon gives great advice on this topic. One of the things that he talks about is how he took a vacation and didn't do what he normally does on vacation, like reading self-help books and coming up with new ideas. This vacation he read non-fiction books, and built sandcastles with his kids. He came home full of life. When telling his friend about how great it was, his friend ask "How do you do this next week?". Essentially, how do you take a break from all the demands and enjoy life without being on vacation? His friend Al Andrews told him, "You need to build your own Central Park". What a great analogy. New York City has a massive park in the middle of all the hustle and bustle of the city. A place where people can go to get away. That is what we need in our own lives, 10-15-30 minutes, each day that is dedicated to enjoying life and not accomplishing tasks. Time to just enjoy being alive. </div>
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The Chad Jacobsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13033527596941722292noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-97195641489222342.post-45667676198555397172014-07-15T15:48:00.000-07:002014-07-15T15:49:43.859-07:00Motorcycles are so much FUN!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I ride a motorcycle, and it is so much fun. It's funny to me that my wife has so many people ask her if she is ok with it, and so many of those same people won't allow their husband to ride a motorcycle. Yes, riding a motorcycle does have it's risks. So does driving a car. And in a car you can easily get a false sense of security because all the metal you are surrounded by and the number of airbags your car has. If you practice and ride smart it isn't scary like so many people think it is. I have been in one accident on my motorcycle. It happened when I was 18 and thought that everyone else on the road watched out for all other vehicles on the road, including motorcycles. A lady rolled through a stop sign and I hit the side of her car. Thankfully I wasn't injured. </div>
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Today I saw some good reminders as to where some people get crazy ideas about motorcycles being so scary. Today in the news is a story of a motorcyclist that tried to pass a car and when he changed lanes he saw a truck coming head on toward him. He tried to go in-between the truck that was coming at him and the car that he was trying to pass. I wasn't there and can't judge. I can say, "know your surroundings". On a motorcycle you should always be aware of your surrounds and what the other vehicles around you are doing, I learned this from first hand experience. </div>
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Also today, I took my wife and kids for ice cream. When we were driving home from <a href="http://blazenburgers.com/" target="_blank">Blazen Burgers</a> I witnessed an unsafe motorcyclist. We pulled up to a red light and when the light went green a guy on a motorcycle went down the dotted white line in-between my vehicle and the car next to me and passed us in the intersection. It is guys that ride like that that give all of the motorcyclists a bad name. </div>
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If you are <a href="http://youtu.be/36o5ZhuEt_I" target="_blank">new to riding</a> and would like to get a motorcycle and start riding I would recommend that you take a motorcycle safety course like <a href="http://idahostar.org/" target="_blank">STAR</a>. Even if you are experienced you can benefit from a course like <a href="http://youtu.be/zPGSll-DvEc" target="_blank">this</a>. </div>
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I've always been a fan of teaching my kids to work and earn money. Several years ago my oldest boy started selling soda and water at the Idaho State Convention. It is a great opportunity for him to learn about customer service, counting back change, being polite, having patience, and so much more. This year my oldest boy was gone camping with his scout troop so the learning opportunity got passed to the next boy. He had a great time, mostly. It was a struggle for him to not count his money every five minutes. And he kept wanting to go do other things that distracted him from selling. I got a lot of comments from others that varied from "That is great what you are teaching him" to "Isn't there a child labor law?" I like the way Dave Ramsey says it. <u>“As a parent, when you don’t teach your kids to work, you are not being kind or gracious; you are being irresponsible. It’s your responsibility to teach your kids about both money and work. It’s not the school’s responsibility. It’s not the church’s responsibility. It’s your responsibility. ”</u> <span style="font-size: x-small;">(Excerpt From: Dave Ramsey and Rachel Cruze. “Smart Money Smart Kids.” iBooks.) </span>It really is your responsibility as the parent to teach you kids about work and money. Don't leave it to society to teach them. Based on the number of credit card offers I get a day, society won't set your kids up for success.</div>
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When the weekend was over and my son counted up the money he had earned he was very excited. He started talking about all the stuff he could buy and all the things he could continue to save for. </div>
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Prayer is a powerful tool and often times it is so underused. I see a good number of posts on Facebook and Twitter of friends requesting prays to help them through certain situations. It is great to see that others are not afraid to ask for your prayers. And it is so great that people respond saying that they'll pray for them. How many times do we really go and pray for that friend though? Life gets busy and we forget. I would challenge you that the next time a friend asks for a prayer and you say that you'll pray for them, just do it, right then. Don't let life get in the way of you conversing with your loving God, and you asking Him to help your friend that He and you both care about. And you need help, go pray. Your Heavenly Father would love to hear from you, and would love to help you with through your stress, and hear a thank you for the things he has giving you. </div>
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It is important to remember that prayer isn't restricted to one religion or another, God wants to hear from all of his children. We can all pray to our Heavenly Father. </div>
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This past weekend our internet went down. I noticed Saturday morning when I was eating breakfast and trying to read some blogs. I didn't look into it because I had to go to work. The internet being down didn't affect anyone at home much because it was a busy day. Carey and the kids went on a cub scout activity in the morning and then they came out to my work and had lunch with me. It was Saturday evening before it became an issue. When I got home from work I tried trouble shooting it on my own. I didn't have much luck, so I left the modem and router unplugged all night. On Sunday morning when I plugged everything back in the modem wouldn't even come back on. I found a different plug and that got the modem to come on. Still no internet though. I gave up and called tech support. Wouldn't you know, they told me that my modem was toast. So Monday I got the pleasure of buying a new modem. </div>
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If you are like me, you have to control yourself this time of year. I love Girl Scout cookies and they can easily cost me a lot of money. The cookies are delicious and I've been told that the money helps pay for their Scouting activities, so it is easily justified in my mind. </div>
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This year I did something different. I read the stuff printed on the box. I was confused when I read this side. </div>
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It states that "Selling Girl Scout Cookies helps girls develop 5 skills that they use throughout their lives". The part that I'm confused by is that this year like most I have purchased 6 boxes of cookies and haven't yet had a transaction involving a Girl Scout. It is almost always their parent or leader doing the selling. How does this help the Girl Scout learn "Goal Setting, Decision Making, Money Management, People Skills, or Business Ethics"? </div>
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<li>This one I got from observing the teens near by. You have to be smart with your tech devices to pull it off though. You can play games or text your friends on your smart phone, as long as you are sure the sound is off, you keep the phone on your seat next to your leg away from your parent's field of vision, and you look up at the speaker occasionally to pretend like you're listening. Be sure to glance at you parents to make sure that haven't caught on. </li>
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<li>If these don't work then follow the Scout Motto and "Be Prepared". Bring a travel pillow and go to sleep. <a href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/1-kgs/3.5?lang=eng#4" target="_blank">Remember that the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream. </a></li>
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