I haven’t had much time for blogging lately, thanks to the stomach bug that will not LEAVE MY HOUSE. In lieu of an update that would mainly consist of describing how miserable we have all been in various stages over the last week, here are some interesting articles I’ve read recently:
Raising a Son within the Princess Culture – Interesting take on something I hadn’t considered. “Girl power” is awesome, but how does it affect boys?
Family Inc. – I’m not sure I would enjoy running my family exactly “like a business” as this article describes, but I do like the idea of weekly family meetings once Emma and any theoretical siblings are old enough.
Stop Payment. Now Stop It Again. and When you stop a check, you really don’t. – Did you know that stopping payment a check — at least in Texas — is only good for 180 days? And there is no way to indefinitely stop payment on a check other than renew the stop payment request every 6 months (which of course requires you to pay a fee each time)? And that while the bank doesn’t have to cash a “stale” check, they also don’t have to NOT cash it? I discovered all this today when I went to stop payment on the check for our yearly Homeowner’s Association dues, which has either been lost in the mail or lost by the HOA. I’m completely dumbfounded to discover that there is no way to permanently stop payment on a lost check.
