Financial Insanity … and Hope
Financially, this has been the year from Hell in the Editormum household. I still have my full-time administrative assistant job, thank God, but the freelancing work fell off dramatically this year. (Note to my current clients: Thank you! I value each and every one of you in ways you cannot begin to guess.) I have […]
And We Wonder Why Our Society Is In Trouble
This story shows exactly why our society is in the mess it’s in. And so, for that matter, does this one. We have completely lost our sense of personal responsibility. I mean, completely. But let me start with a more personal example of taking personal responsibility. Twenty-four years ago, I was walking home from school […]
Biting the Budget Bullet
Gas prices and grocery prices are killing me. Actually, it’s really that the consumer debt I’ve racked up over the years eats a lot of the paycheck. So I don’t have the wiggle room to adjust for a $40 fill-up. Or apples at $1 apiece. I had made a good-sized hole in paying off the […]
Two Checkbooks?
Yes, I have two checkbooks. I’m not as disciplined about my money as I ought to be, so I found a way that I could keep myself from spending too much. When I had only one checkbook, all of my savings was accessible through that account as well. Which meant that the emergency fund often […]
Still Running on Overdrive
It’s still terribly busy in my life, but I can see some lights at the end of the tunnel. Taxes will be out of my hair this weekend. I can put the flannel sheets back in the attic and bring down the percale. My utility bill should be very low this month, as I’m running […]
Ho Blinkin’ Hum! This Job Search Thing Is BO-Ring
It wouldn’t be so bad if there were something I could do, but there isn’t really. I go online every Sunday and print all the ads I might be qualified for, write my little cover letters and mail, fax, or e-mail them all first thing Monday morning. On Monday and Thursday I hit the job […]
Is It Life? Or the Weather?
I just cannot shake this funk. It ebbs and flows a bit, as I keep busy or not, but it’s always there, lurking. It could be the weather. It’s been overcast and mostly rainy here since Sunday, though I did get out and mow the backyard on Sunday afternoon. But it started raining that night […]