I just had the priveledge of spending some fabulous and restful time up north with my family.   We knew that we would have quite a bit of free time so we brought along Seasons 1 and 2 of the show, “Little House on the Prairie”.  After a week of bathing myself in my all time [...]

Financial Stress January 1st, 2008 (c) angmack Now that that holidays have come and gone and we have paid our annual property taxes, the financial crunch is on. January is always a tough month. The worst is medical care. My husband has always worked for hospitals. His position was eliminated from one hospital but thankfully he [...]

I’ve been spending today doing what I absolutely ABHOR…..handling finances.  My body works itself into a nervous and dizzy spin whenever I sit down to deal with finances.  It produces a ton of anxiety within me…..perhaps because of past trauma in that area of life.  idk…  However, I don’t let the anxious feelings get to me [...]

I often like to listen to the Clark Howard show (finacial expert) http://www.clarkhoward.com/ He had a quote today that just stunned me. It’s such an obvious point. But yet, I am appalled that, even still, so few “get it”. He said something to the effect of (Angie paraphrase): “If you don’t know how to treat people, [...]

Today was DAY #1 of “Rummage Sale Day” (despite after my last one I vowed not to do it again…..)  I feared the early morning professional rummagers and got up super early in the dark to set up.  My faithful (and laid off) Sicilian/Italian neighbor came over to assist when she saw me outside. We [...]

I really don’t want to write about this.  Especially here.  But I can’t seem to answer the question why a family of 5 making a middle class income is struggling to find food to put food on the table.  Of course, I do know.  But i’ts deeply personal.  And if I rant too much, I [...]