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Keeping up with the…..oh heck…keeping up with ourselves

Saturday, December 26th, 2009

When did it become a game of who can pretend to be the happiest person?

Who can live in the best environment and raise the perfect family…now by perfect it no longer means best schools, finest educations, richest neighborhoods. After all WE are in a recession — oh, OR is that over all ready? (I think I missed that part). By perfect family I mean the ‘well adjusted’ family – you know those who can stick together through thick and thin, those who can somehow or another make it as one cohesive unit when the rest of the universe is falling apart around them. The ones who have teenagers that are not going off to get high, or drunk, or god forbid — tattoos or piercings – What would the neighbors think? No, no, no, I mean what would – oh who cares anyway – when all is said and done who really cares what the neighbors think – do you have any idea what is going on inside the neighbors house? Better question: Do you care? If that answer is yes, you might want to go sit down and look in the mirror and ask yourself why.

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The Great Depression

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

Coming home from work today, with more bad news lingering in the air, I wondered how the media can compare what is going on now to “The Great Depression.” If the unemployment rate never got higher than a certain percentage and we are coming nearer to that number — big deal! There are more of us now! Why are we looking at percentages instead of numbers?

The recession is coming to an end? Where – - – I don’t see the prices going down – - I don’t see more money in my paycheck — actually I see less people coming to work and more work being expected out of the few of us that are left. So are the people that we layed off on recess — Is that the recession? They are supposed to be finding new work so the recession is ending? Hmmm, I haven’t seen any new jobs created out there — have you? Actually I hear they are talking about extending unemployment benefits for another 13 weeks. Sounds like 13 more weeks of recess.

I still have a family to feed and no matter how tight I cut the corners at the end of the day I still owe more than I make. I still have more bills than income, I still can’t stop and buy that occasional ice cream cone, just because I feel like it — unless I don’t want to have milk this week. And that makes me depressed, and I know that I am not alone in that boat. Look around, there are a whole lot of percent of depressed people. So maybe this is the Great Depression – or the Greater Depression.

Don’t you think Great Depression is an oxymoron and should go right next to jumbo shrimp and pretty ugly?

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Real Estate

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

Has the entire world gone mad? How is it that you can actually enter into an agreement with someone for a purchase price and then an arbitrary entity can come along and tell you that the price you agreed upon is ridiculous?

I sold my house. We went back and forth with an offer, a counter offer, a counter to the counter offer, a counter offer to the counter offer and then a final number. All the documents were signed. Both parties are happy, we’re ready to go forward and THEN the appraiser comes in. (I feel like there should be some music in the background going duh, dun, dun). And the appraiser says, sorry….that price is too high. The house isn’t worth that much. What happened to good old supply and demand? I obviously thought it was worth that much, and the buyer obviously thought it was worth that much…how dare a third party come along and tell us we were both wrong! What the H_ _ _ is this world coming to? So now I have a house I sold, or didn’t really sell… a new house I bought, but can’t buy because I haven’t really sold my current house, movers who can’t move me, carpet layers who can’t come in and lay new carpet, painters who can’t come paint, and on and on and on…..

We really wonder how we got into the mess we are in? How many other people like me are out there? Makes you stop and think, doesn’t it?

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Would’ve, Could’ve, Should’ve

Sunday, July 5th, 2009

Yesterday is gone and tomorrow never comes. But who really enjoys today? We are in such a rush to get things done that we seldom sit back and enjoy what we have sitting right in front of us. That is until it’s too late and it’s gone. Then we lament about all the things we would have done, or could have done, or should have done. That’s the would’ve, could’ve, should’ve talk. I dated a guy (about 15 years ago) that said that all the time. Mind you he was cheating on his wife at the time, so I’m thinking he knew a thing about regrets.

It’s funny this ‘would’ve, could’ve, should’ve,’ thing. When you stop and think about all of them and wonder what would have turned out differently you’d be in such a different place that you might not even recognize yourself. Maybe that’s not such a bad thing? Me? I kind of finally like myself – it’s only taken about half a century to get there, but now that I’ve found it I think I’ll stay here for a while.

I received an email from a man I’ve never met, but that I do business with. He had some harsh words for me, but I took them to heart, and I realized that you get much further in this world by playing by the rules than by being the bull in the china shop. I’ve also come to realize that I have an older brother that has always been here and I haven’t relied on him as much as I should have. (there it is – that old should’ve).

Time is like the wind, once its blown past you, you don’t get it back. Enjoy it while it’s here. There are no ‘do-overs’ in the real world, and most people don’t give you a chance for a fresh start.

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Blog Radio

Sunday, May 10th, 2009

Yesterday -May 8, 2009 – I had the most amazing experience. I talked to someone over the phone and thousands (well maybe hundreds) ((okay tens) of people listened to us via the internet.
Isn’t technology amazing!
But, the coolest thing was this — I sent a message to my mom during the broadcast AND I had sent out an email to certain people letting them know that I was going to be on at the time and a friend of mine that I have known since Kindergarten (yep I was 5!) listened in as well.

But really the most important part of the whole experience was getting the message out to more people about what the whole fiction with a purpose – one person can make a difference idea is all about. I do truly believe that if one person can be helped by a book that is all that matters.

NOW I hope all you mothers out there had a REALLY GREAT MOTHER’S DAY!

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