Unemployed (AGAIN!)

Well, here I go again, on my own.  (Sorry White Snake.)  I am officially UNEMPLOYED!  Damn economy.  I’m not going to get into all of the gritty details, but suffice it to say, my long-term temporary position (that lasted over 17 months) is over!
Since this is not the first time this has happened (or the [...]

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Free emergency fund

Dave Ramsey is giving away $999 a day until 9/18/09!  Here is the entry form.
Go. Now. Register to win once a day. Hurry!!!

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These hands

I was sitting on the couch the other night, looking at my hands.  Grease was embedded in the ridges and whorls, stuck under my fingernails even after scrubbing, from changing my headlight.  And the softest pink yarn was threaded between these fingers, knitting a baby blanket.
I was struck by the contrast in these images.  Which then caused [...]

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And the winners are…

Kelly and Lisa!! Congratulations on winning free Fruit2day.
Check your email for a request for you address! 
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Last chance for free juice!

Be sure to leave a comment here before midnight tomorrow, July 19th for a chance at winning a coupon for two free bottles of Fruit2day!

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My first give away!

I was recently sent free samples of a new juice product.  Fruit2day is a fruit juice that contains bits of real fruit.  Each bottle contains 2 servings of fruit.
My 7-year-old son loved it!  We got to try all 4 flavors and he devoured every one of them.  Anything that helps the kids get their 5 [...]

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Responsibility

It’s soooo easy to bitch, but not do anything to change the situation.  Jim loves to tell everyone that we suffer from a lack of communication.  Which we do.  But not for trying on my part. 
The latest…He feels it is my responsibility to call him and offer him the kids on Father’s Day since it falls on [...]

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Happy Memorial Day!

We are having an impromptu cookout tonight.  Hamburgs and steak are defrosting, picked up some hot dogs for Miss Bekah, macaroni is cooked and cooling, waiting for me to add the rest of the ingredients for my amazing tuna mac salad, onion dip is made, kids will be shucking corn soon, and for desert:  apple-cherry-blueberry pie [...]

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Deep Sorrow

Things will be quiet around here for a few days.  A family friend passed away this weekend.  She was the wife of the boy who took me to my junior prom.

Enfield Woman Dies; Hit By Van Driven By Mother
By VANESSA DE LA TORRE | The Hartford Courant
6:51 PM EDT, May 16, 2009
 
ENFIELD – After [...]

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Buy a new car!

I was home the other night when the phone rang.  It was the dealership where I bought my van.  Apparently, they have sold some vans similar to mine recently, and they need to restock.  Wouldn’t I like to come down this weekend and have their appraiser tell me what my van would be worth?
I explained [...]

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