Sunday, September 28, 2008
RIP Paul Newman
If anybody deserves that peace it is certainly him. What a wonderful, gracious, intelligent, talented man. I loved everything I ever saw him in. While I preferred Redford in looks, the acting chops belonged to Newman all the way. His wife and whole family are a class act.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
What's on my mind lately..
1. The whole financial debacle - I have very mixed feelings about this so-called 'bailout" as I mostly consider it welfare for Wall Street and a movement towards socialism. Say what???
2. Loans and credit - 0The good news is we were able to get a car loan, and maybe that's the bad news. But we couldn't get one from our credit union not surprisingly since credit is so tight these days. But if all our loans were called in we could probably pay them out of the retirement fund - which would then of course wipe that out (if you included the mortgage). I am waiting with baited breath for the statement from our financial investment company.
3. My lack of social skills and friends et al. - I have been feeling kind of lonely lately. Partly because dh is working so much in the evenings and was basically gone for a whole month between travel and work. Also, dd is not so much company anymore since she has turned into a "teenager". With my BFF now deceased, and my few other friends not really close it has been tough. I do have some social anxiety (i.e. shyness) which has stemmed from childhood. Sometimes I do better than other times and sometimes I don't feel like putting forth the effort. So right now I am trying to get more involved in temple activities.
4. Work - while I feel appreciated and wanted I do wonder about some of the high muckety-mucks, who of course will be gone in 5 months anyway! Oh well. Such is bureaucracy.
2. Loans and credit - 0The good news is we were able to get a car loan, and maybe that's the bad news. But we couldn't get one from our credit union not surprisingly since credit is so tight these days. But if all our loans were called in we could probably pay them out of the retirement fund - which would then of course wipe that out (if you included the mortgage). I am waiting with baited breath for the statement from our financial investment company.
3. My lack of social skills and friends et al. - I have been feeling kind of lonely lately. Partly because dh is working so much in the evenings and was basically gone for a whole month between travel and work. Also, dd is not so much company anymore since she has turned into a "teenager". With my BFF now deceased, and my few other friends not really close it has been tough. I do have some social anxiety (i.e. shyness) which has stemmed from childhood. Sometimes I do better than other times and sometimes I don't feel like putting forth the effort. So right now I am trying to get more involved in temple activities.
4. Work - while I feel appreciated and wanted I do wonder about some of the high muckety-mucks, who of course will be gone in 5 months anyway! Oh well. Such is bureaucracy.
Monday, September 15, 2008
I'm no financial maven but....
In light of everything that's gone on I'm pretty proud of a couple of decisions I made. We still have a long way to get out of debt but I'm not always an idiot!
1. My parents had property down in FL for investment purposes. The first one my Dad almost totally lost on because he forgot to get the address changed when he moved and never paid taxes. But he was able to get a small settlement on it.
The other one he had kept up on. It was in Poinciana, which is about 45 minutes south of Orlando. The lot was in a really good spot - two houses were built around it by the early 90's. My parents paid about $8000 for it back in the early 80's. About 3-4 years ago I started getting tons of offers for it, plus with the value going up and up the property taxes were skyrocketing too I thought it was getting time to sell. So finally in early 2005 I got an offer which sounded pretty good. I had a lawyer look over it, and while he wasn't thrilled about some of the settlement terms it was legit. So I think I sold it for about $44K. Well, we all know the story of the real estate bust, especially down in Florida. I wonder what the property would be worth now - probably not much. S
2. We used to have Merrill Lynch, and when I got the rollover for the ESOP I moved everything over to T. Rowe Price. I hadn't been happy with them for a while and the account manager was a real snob. In light of everything it was a VERY smart move and T. Rowe Price has been great - NEVER gotten in trouble with the SEC, etc.
1. My parents had property down in FL for investment purposes. The first one my Dad almost totally lost on because he forgot to get the address changed when he moved and never paid taxes. But he was able to get a small settlement on it.
The other one he had kept up on. It was in Poinciana, which is about 45 minutes south of Orlando. The lot was in a really good spot - two houses were built around it by the early 90's. My parents paid about $8000 for it back in the early 80's. About 3-4 years ago I started getting tons of offers for it, plus with the value going up and up the property taxes were skyrocketing too I thought it was getting time to sell. So finally in early 2005 I got an offer which sounded pretty good. I had a lawyer look over it, and while he wasn't thrilled about some of the settlement terms it was legit. So I think I sold it for about $44K. Well, we all know the story of the real estate bust, especially down in Florida. I wonder what the property would be worth now - probably not much. S
2. We used to have Merrill Lynch, and when I got the rollover for the ESOP I moved everything over to T. Rowe Price. I hadn't been happy with them for a while and the account manager was a real snob. In light of everything it was a VERY smart move and T. Rowe Price has been great - NEVER gotten in trouble with the SEC, etc.
Sunday, September 14, 2008
My blood donation bust
Here I was trying to be a good citizen and donate blood this morning. I've done it several times over the last year, and while the last time I felt a little "off" for the next 4-5 days I'm feeling pretty high energy now.
Well, the nurse puts the needle in, and the vein immediately starts bruising up. So she takes it out because it would have been very bruised and the blood would not have come out as quickly as it's supposed to. She thought it'd be best if we not try on the other arm. So I left not being able to donate.
I feel disappointed and hope for better luck next time.
Well, the nurse puts the needle in, and the vein immediately starts bruising up. So she takes it out because it would have been very bruised and the blood would not have come out as quickly as it's supposed to. She thought it'd be best if we not try on the other arm. So I left not being able to donate.
I feel disappointed and hope for better luck next time.
Monday, September 08, 2008
Friday, September 05, 2008
Pitbull wearing lipstick????
Does that mean Sarah Palin is banned from a large number of counties and local municipalities???
Thursday, September 04, 2008
Why Americans Love Suburban Assault Vehicles
So this week because dh just got back from Colorado Monday afternoon we've only had time to test drive one car I ended up renting a car again for the week. Although I could have turned it down I ended up with a Ford Behemoth (otherwise known as the Ford Edge). Of course it is really nice, all tricked out with leather seats, cruise control, all-wheel drive, etc. It is HUGE and the largest car I've ever driven. I was kind of nervous because I've always had depth perception problems so I was worried if I could drive it - especially backing up. However, I seem to be fine with it and am extra careful with parking, backing up etc.
It is definitely fun to drive and I can see why Americans love them. You're up high, you get this feeling you own the road. It really explains why a lot of people who drive them are real a-holes when they get behind the wheel of one of these!
It is definitely fun to drive and I can see why Americans love them. You're up high, you get this feeling you own the road. It really explains why a lot of people who drive them are real a-holes when they get behind the wheel of one of these!
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