Living for today - Planning for Tomorrow
Check out this fascinating collection of color photographs of people during the last years of the Great Depression. It’s really fascinating to see how people lived back then and then compare that to how people are living today. The color adds such a punch to each of the pictures. http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2010/07/26/captured-america-in-color-from-1939-1943/
As I often do, I found myself standing in the front yard talking to a friend of mine while I was watering the lawn. He’s 51 years old and has been working at the same company for 20+ years. A few weeks ago, he told me that he’s going to have to start driving a lot farther to work each day due to the company
In a sign that the economy isn’t exactly rosy, I’m starting to see more and more impromptu garage sales. Actually, I think I should call them impromptu sales instead because I’ve seen a couple variations. Yes, I’ve seen your standard, run of the mill, garage sales but they seem to have a different “feel†to them. Instead of seeing various knick knacks out in the
ING Investment Broker, Rhonda Breard, appeared to have it all. She owned 3 luxury homes and 27 cars, trucks, boats and RV’s. She even had her own Infomercials titled, “Help Me Rhondaâ€. Unfortunately for all the investors, it was all a scam. Rhonda stole over $11 million over at least 10 years. Now she’s facing upwards of 8 years in jail. She cites the need
The New York Times has an article about Alexandra Jarrin. Alexandra has spent the last couple years on unemployment. She exhausted her benefits and now is struggling to make it day to day. She has a college degree and was working on her masters but ultimately lost her job as “Director of client services†in March of 2008. It’s always quite interesting to read about
I watched an interesting Dateline show last night that highlighted the suffering of various people in Ohio as they live their way through the Great Recession. Here is a link to the coverage on their website: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38382773/ns/dateline_nbc-america_now It’s definitely worth checking out. I found myself feeling very lucky and a little bit guilty to have so much while others have so little. It reinforces my
Well, not trenches actually. It’s more like a report from my neighborhood. As long time readers know, I keep a close eye on the real estate that’s for sale around my house. It’s really been a fascinating experience to watch houses fall in to foreclosure and then sit for many months unoccupied as the lawns grow out of control. I’ve often wondered what the circumstances
Don’t watch this if swear words offend you. Otherwise, I think you’ll laugh. A lot.
As I posted earlier, I was recently shopping for a clothes dryer after ours decided to quit working. I have to say, it was not an enjoyable experience. In the end, I managed to avoid the purchase and pick up a used one for nearly nothing from a neighbor, but the process that I went through to get to that point sucked. When I first
It never fails. We renew our commitment to build our savings to a higher level and things start breaking. In this case, our dryer decided to stop working. Knowing that you don’t have to be a rocket scientist to work on a dryer, I did some testing and discovered that the main control board in the dryer was shot. I researched the price for the
