(c) Angie Mack June 2010
Went to WALMART today. (Ew! Ack! Cough!) Yes I abhor going to WALMART. But my husband seems to like it. So we went today to get a few things. And I seemed to notice that I said, “I don’t care” a lot.
“What kind of soap should we get?” he asked.
“I don’t [...]
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 became employed at another.
But, [...]
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 on [...]
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, you have no [...]
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 had visions [...]
With this current economic crisis, we are learning that money is not as sure as we once thought it was. The dollar has been worshipped for so long….too long….and we have exhausted ourselves trying to climb the corporate ladder.
We have forgotten a lot since the days of “Little House on the Prairie”. We have forgotten the [...]
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 just [...]