Archive for December, 2008



My appliances hate me

Published on December 19, 2008

The repairman cometh. And then he lefteth. And a friggin’ part is on order.  Should be here in 3-4 days.  Ho! Ho! Ho! That puts it here maybe Monday? Then call them and schedule a service call.   Uh, could you stop by on Christmas Eve, please, ’cause all the kids are coming home, and […]


Mom was always right

Published on December 18, 2008

I so enjoyed a news/finance article I read this morning.   It brought back fond memories.  I could hear my mother’s voice. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The article was in the US News and World Reports Money & Business section, entitled The 10 Worst Assumptions of 2008.   It read like I was sitting across the kitchen table from my […]


Updates

Published on December 12, 2008

Daughter and the Move All appears to be well – everything and everyone arrived safely, and the slow process of getting things organized in a new location commences.  She reports that her new home has lots of closets/storage – I don’t think a house can have too much storage.  It will take them a while to […]