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Word of the Month…
Studies have shown your income and
wealth are directly related to the size
and depth of your vocabulary. Here is
this month’s word, so you can impress
your friends (and maybe even fatten
your wallet!)…
Copacetic
: (ko-pah-set-ik) adj
Meaning:
completely satisfactory
Sample Sentence:
The client’s smile let
me know that everything was copacetic.
Celebrities Raised By Their
Grandparents
Many celebrities give credit to their
grandparents for making their personal
success possible.
These celebs were abandoned by their
natural parents: Maya Angelou, Willie
Nelson, and James Earl Jones.
Jack Nicholson and Eric Clapton were
raised in the same home with their
biological mother, but both thought she
was his sister.
Oprah Winfrey, George Lopez and
Carol Burnett also cherish the years of
being parented by grandparents.
Not quite celebs, but famous: President
Barack Obama and former President
Bill Clinton spent part of their lives with
grandparents taking the parenting role.
National Park Schedules
Check for new hours because budget
cuts caused many parks to reduce hours:
www.nps.gov/parks.html
Quotes To Live By…
You can have anything you want if you
want it badly enough. You can be
anything you want to be, do anything
you set out to accomplish if you hold
that desire with singleness of purpose.
–Abraham Lincoln
Your true passion should feel like
breathing; it’s that natural.
–Oprah Winfrey
To the person who does not know where
he wants to go there is no favorable
wind.
–Seneca
How To Stop Fighting With
Your Spouse About Money
Fighting about money is one of the biggest threats to a happy
marriage. Take these five steps to diffuse financial frustration and
regain your marital bliss:
Step #1: Set aside time to talk
. Calmly assessing your financial
situation may be hard. But putting your relationship on hold because
you don’t talk about it can be even more difficult. Getting upset at the
problem, not each other, will help you remember the love that brought
you together in the first place.
Step #2: Stop blaming.
Break the cycle of constant fights by taking a
time-out. It’s not productive to point fingers about who ran up the
credit card bill. Instead, review the numbers together with honesty and
an open mind. Look at your income, bills, and debt. Carefully analyze
your retirement and investment accounts to get a full money picture.
Step #3: Set financial dreams.
You may think it is a crazy time to
think about the dreams you share when each day may be a struggle.
When you started as a couple, did you dream of travel or buying a new
house? Those dreams offer energy to see beyond today’s stress and
bring you together as a couple. Write down your mutual dreams and
use them for the next step.
Step #4: Budget.
Set aside a little money each month for your shared
dream because it will motivate both of you when the shared dream fund
grows. Your plan should also allow for some personal financial space.
After bills are paid, you should set aside the same amount for each of
you to spend on whatever you want.
Step #5: Stay on track.
Restricting your spending to a budget may
cause changes that are difficult for one or both of you. You may want
to agree to a specific word to use as a gentle reminder of your goals
without any blame.