The Life and Times of Bryan Sr. and Family

I finally brought the load of scrap metal that I have been collecting to the recycling place I go to.  The price they were paying this past Saturday had finally gone up from the 11 cents a pound to 13 cents a pound.  The load was a little lighter than the 1700 pounds that I have been averaging, but at least I was a little closer than 2 weeks before  [ Read More ]

Do you know why there is a February 29th?  Do you know why we have a February 29th every 4 years? How in the world did we come up with the idea that an extra day needed to be added to the calendar every 4 years? There are some strange stories of how leap day/leap year came about.  The world once followed the Julian calendar, as the Julian calendar introduced  [ Read More ]

So this week, I managed to stay within my weekly eating out budget. I attempted to keep it under $40 this past week. The biggest reason for this dollar amount was, that was all the money I had.  I was fortunate enough to get some help from work, as they fed me 2 times for lunch.  One time was when an assistant principal brought some awesome Cajun home cooking. Man that was some  [ Read More ]

I have fallen a little from my efforts of collecting scrap metal the past few weeks.  The children’s basketball games have been going on, I have worked a few overtime spots at work and by the time I have made it to the house, I have not had the energy or a strong enough desire to go out “driving for money” as I call it.  The last load we took  [ Read More ]

I have found myself struggling with the amount of money that I spend each week eating out at work. To some, it may not seem like a great deal of money.  Of course, it may seem like a total misuse of funds to others. I see it as a mixture of both, as I want to eat, I just need to figure out a way to accomplish this that is  [ Read More ]