Our lives are not all fun and silliness, is it? After my wife and I passed a full week away from the real world on vacation, it was time for the two of us to confront reality. From exorbitant interest on our credit cards and our auto loan to home projects left pending, she and I had our work lined up for us. And you know, I’m persistent old dog, so I was not quitting on my GPS project, either.

First we addressed the credit cards. Gratefully, even in this time of tough credit, credit card companies and auto loan bureaus seem anxious to please individuals with good credit. My wife did a great job isolating the optimum deal on transfers of balance to move our debt to cards with lower interest.

I’m grateful somebody in the house has some responsible sense of our finances… and it sure as heck is not me. But the lower interest rate and smaller monthly bills should really supply us a little extra breathing room.

Next we had to discuss a number of home betterments we had been planning for quite some time. Some may suppose we have no business investing in improvements at this time, but what can I say? We prefer to stubbornly push onward.

My wife has been looking over the different available steam shower units and we both agree on the bathroom lights and bathroom sinks we want for our bathroom remodel, but after looking over some discount bedding tips, we’re no longer on the same page for the new bedding.

Gratefully, she’s being either supportive or patient of my little gadget obsession. I’m not too bad about it, but I have my weakness. Presently I have narrowed it down to a handheld tv, DVD projector or a Garmin Golflogix GPS. Speaking of GPS, we both agree it is time to develop a better understanding of a GPS vehicle tracker for our vehicle safety.

I think GPS tech has refined enough and grown cheap enough that we need to integrate it into our life.

I am just relieved my girl and I are on the same page for a majority of this material. Life can be so much more challenging when the people around you use your troubles as launching points for their pride rather than chances to unify and grow.