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This week was a long and upsetting week for me. I got a lot of bad news from several different family members and several friends. I care a lot, deeply, for life and when bad things happen, my heart aches. One of my good friends that I’ve know since the 1980′s is retired and having [...]
When I was kid, we had new cars every couple of years. It was just something that my parents did and we never questioned it. But as an adult and with my finances, I don’t see how I can possibly afford to buy a new car every two or even three years. It makes much [...]
After driving across three states this past week, we got home safe and sound and tried to pick up from where we left off before the funeral. Hubby had a lot of work to catch up and, sadly, his assistant manager had a family emergency and needed to be off for several days, so that [...]
Gas prices have kept going up and are over $4.00 a gallon now in the Franklin gas stations. Closer to my house it hovers around $3.89 per gallon. This is a huge increase over last year’s prices of around $2.39 – I remember freaking out that it was over $2.50 in San Francisco. Now I [...]
My favorite way to spend a few minutes on a mental health break is to play online backgammon or some of the free card games on Yahoo or other online game sites. I first discovered online games way back in the early 90′s, when Microsoft launched their “Village of Games.” Now there are dozens of [...]