Hey Everyone!
Well after almost four years we are finally back and posting! It has been an amazing journey and I am looking really forward to sharing our adventures over the next few posts and beyond :)
But first, some of you may have noticed that we changed the name of the blog. That's because about four years ago Liz and I ventured into the world of Entrepreneurship....which has been a learning curve for sure...but that will be a tale for another post...and since that time we have had TWO MORE kids! which brings us up to NINE kids in the house. Oh yeah, we are also in a bigger house now too. I guess we have a lot to catch up on.
Anyway, the name TiPSI (Two Parent Single Income) no longer really applied especially since when you are an entrepreneur, you are always looking for multiple streams of income. And really, when you are not confined to the restrictions of a regular workday, life tends to get a little bit more...random. Not to mention a little noisy. but as the psalmist says, "Make a joyful noise unto the Lord: make a loud noise and rejoice and sing praise." (Ps 98:4)
Along the way we have learned some pretty powerful lessons, and now seemed the right time to begin to share these stories of faith, balancing the family and financial stewardship.
Anyway, we decided to change the name of the blog, instead of starting a whole new one. That way, all of the old posts you know and love would still be accessible and really, a lot of the lessons we have learned over the past few years are built on the foundation of the stuff I wrote about before.
Its great to be back and its totally going to be a great journey!
I am not great at some of the little things sometimes, so I am going to say thank you now, for sharing the journey with us. Thank You.
Talk to you soon
Geof
Tuesday 22 March 2016
Saturday 26 April 2014
Going Chrome
Greetings everyone!
So I guess this is a bit of a first! I am writing this post on my new Samsung Chrome Book, and while I am writing it, it will be my very first product review :)
So first off, I should probably iterate why I decided to purchase a Chrome book, besides pure curiosity.
I got the Chrome Book because most of the stuff I do these days is online and the majority of the time I am just checking Facebook and You Tube and I wanted a device that would give me a better web experience than a tablet or I-phone, and I did not really need all the computing power of a full laptop.
The first thing I would like to say about this device is that it is nice and small, weighing less than my iPad 2 and only a little bit bigger. It has a great wake up time from hibernate. Some hard core computer types will probably complain that there is a bit of a lag when loading netflix, but for what I need it for it works just fine.
I haven't really tried the camera yet, but I can already tell that you wont be taking great home videos with this thing.
My initial impression so far is that while it is not something that you would want as a primary computer, it's a nice secondary device for checking emails and working on Google documents.
Send me a message or leave me a comment if you want me to try something specific.
TiPSI Dad
So I guess this is a bit of a first! I am writing this post on my new Samsung Chrome Book, and while I am writing it, it will be my very first product review :)
So first off, I should probably iterate why I decided to purchase a Chrome book, besides pure curiosity.
I got the Chrome Book because most of the stuff I do these days is online and the majority of the time I am just checking Facebook and You Tube and I wanted a device that would give me a better web experience than a tablet or I-phone, and I did not really need all the computing power of a full laptop.
The first thing I would like to say about this device is that it is nice and small, weighing less than my iPad 2 and only a little bit bigger. It has a great wake up time from hibernate. Some hard core computer types will probably complain that there is a bit of a lag when loading netflix, but for what I need it for it works just fine.
I haven't really tried the camera yet, but I can already tell that you wont be taking great home videos with this thing.
My initial impression so far is that while it is not something that you would want as a primary computer, it's a nice secondary device for checking emails and working on Google documents.
Send me a message or leave me a comment if you want me to try something specific.
TiPSI Dad
Friday 10 January 2014
And the greatest of these is...
I was going over the Theological Virtues with Aileen today as part of her preparation for the sacrament of Confirmation and it struck me that Caritas can not accurately be translated into the English language!
I found it interesting that the most important of all the Virtues has no direct translation in the operating language of Western Society. People will either translate it as "love" which unfortunately has been over used to the point where "loving" can be used to refer to anything from watching garbage T.V shows to the emotion a mother feels towards a hew newborn infant.
At the other end of the spectrum it is limply translated into charity which for many has come to signify giving emotionless hand outs of unwanted things while turning a blind eye towards the real issues at hand. (How many of you "donated" that can of lentils at the back of your parents cupboard to the local food bank during the school food drive?)
In reality, outside of the truth of the Gospel, what passes for charity these days is in reality simply activism. What is REALLY sad is that there are legions of "Catholics" who have jumped onto the social justice bandwagon without a single CLUE about the social justice teaching of the Church, most recently clarified in Caritas in Veritate.
I guess what bugs me most is that NO ONE seems to be talking about this obvious and deliberate attack from the Enemy to obscure and distort the most important of all the virtues...without which ANY act of kindness, generosity, or Faith even, is effectively reduced to the level of fingernails screeching across chalkboard.
A person could tithe millions of dollars in their lifetime, but without Caritas, they are no better than the wealthy who were putting their spare change into the treasury. For those of you unfamiliar with tithing, tithing is the practice of giving 10% of the first fruits of your labor, usually that means money, to God and God's work, specifically by giving it to the church. By the way, you can't "tithe" to your local hospital or animal shelter...even though they are both honorable causes.
I know that someone out there in cyberville is going to come across this post and mildly, or not so mildly remark that some of my comments on this have perhaps not reflected Caritas, however, watching the growing number of professionals (ie teachers, chaplains and the like) promoting activism disguised as charity is like watching those who tried out for American Idol that could have used a singing lesson or two before being ridiculed on national television.
What the world really needs now is Caritas, sweet Caritas.
Tipsi Dad
I found it interesting that the most important of all the Virtues has no direct translation in the operating language of Western Society. People will either translate it as "love" which unfortunately has been over used to the point where "loving" can be used to refer to anything from watching garbage T.V shows to the emotion a mother feels towards a hew newborn infant.
At the other end of the spectrum it is limply translated into charity which for many has come to signify giving emotionless hand outs of unwanted things while turning a blind eye towards the real issues at hand. (How many of you "donated" that can of lentils at the back of your parents cupboard to the local food bank during the school food drive?)
In reality, outside of the truth of the Gospel, what passes for charity these days is in reality simply activism. What is REALLY sad is that there are legions of "Catholics" who have jumped onto the social justice bandwagon without a single CLUE about the social justice teaching of the Church, most recently clarified in Caritas in Veritate.
I guess what bugs me most is that NO ONE seems to be talking about this obvious and deliberate attack from the Enemy to obscure and distort the most important of all the virtues...without which ANY act of kindness, generosity, or Faith even, is effectively reduced to the level of fingernails screeching across chalkboard.
A person could tithe millions of dollars in their lifetime, but without Caritas, they are no better than the wealthy who were putting their spare change into the treasury. For those of you unfamiliar with tithing, tithing is the practice of giving 10% of the first fruits of your labor, usually that means money, to God and God's work, specifically by giving it to the church. By the way, you can't "tithe" to your local hospital or animal shelter...even though they are both honorable causes.
I know that someone out there in cyberville is going to come across this post and mildly, or not so mildly remark that some of my comments on this have perhaps not reflected Caritas, however, watching the growing number of professionals (ie teachers, chaplains and the like) promoting activism disguised as charity is like watching those who tried out for American Idol that could have used a singing lesson or two before being ridiculed on national television.
What the world really needs now is Caritas, sweet Caritas.
Tipsi Dad
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