Two adults plus three kids equals seven loads of laundry two times per week. Somehow I never learned that particular equation in math class. I’ve become quite the expert since.

Christmas presents are opened and already broken, New Year’s Resolutions are made and likely broken as well, and it’s time to turn our thoughts to the next rollicking holiday: Burns Night.

Robert Burns, the poet bard of Scotland, born 250-some years ago in January, inspires a yearly party to rival St. Patrick’s Day. We’re all Scots on Burns Night, when we can wear the family tartan, sip a dram of whiskey and drink in the cacophony of the bagpipes.

Almost time to vote for president again. It’s a rite of autumn, when you can exercise your right to vote. Mark your calendars for Election Day, the first significant event after Daylight Saving Time ends. I love it that our clocks fall back and we get an extra hour of sleep the weekend before the national election. Those politicians must want to make sure we’re well rested before we take on the awesome responsibility of choosing the next president. I just have one question: Do they really think one extra hour of sleep will help?

So you want to be a millionaire? You could take the advice of Benjamin Franklin: “Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.” Old Ben knew a thing or two about the benefits of hard work, but what if you want to get rich without getting up early in the morning? There’s where the get-rich-quick schemes come in.

There are two main ways to get rich quick: convince someone else to give you a lot of money, or do something spectacular to earn it.