Missed It

  Yesterday is already today!  And, I'm probably the only girl that missed Valentine's Day.  No flowers, no candies, no gifts....nada.  It's not the first time my V-day has gone amissed....but at least I was consciously aware it was V-day....and sadly I had received n-o-t-h-i-n-g.  This year.....I completely missed the day.

My husband did call me (I'm traveling) and we did our normal talk and "I love you's".  But no Valentine celebration.  SIGH

I'm getting older....obviously.  But, going forward I don't want to miss one single opportunity to celebrate....anything.  Including V-day!!  Whatever the next holiday is....count me in to celebrate and make up for lost time.

Hope everyone that remembered had a good one.

xoxoxo

Wife Wants Me To Cut Back On Tv

I appreciate the guest post, by Lindsay Valdez!

My wife and I finally bought our own house. To be honest, I thought I would be a lot more excited, but it has been so stressful. We found the perfect house and we both fell in love with it. The only problem was that it was slightly out of our “comfortable” range. We can still afford it, but we just needed to make some budget adjustments. Well, we thought the adjustments would be easy so we bought the house. Lately, we have been arguing about everything. I wanted her to cut back on her shopping and she wanted me to get the cheapest package she could find on http://www.expertsatellite.com/. I don’t mind saving money, but I need to have all the channels and the cheapest package doesn’t offer that. She doesn’t understand that the only way I can wind down after a long day of work is by mindlessly watching television. I understand that I don’t watch all the channels, but I need to know that I can if I need or want to. I just hope we figure this all out soon.

Dying for the Sales

A few years ago (pre-2008), if some one asked me where I worked, I would have smiled and spoken proudly.  "I work for a bank".   Now, I'm hesitant to tell people I don't know very well where I work.  It may get me hurt.

I get it.....  I'm angry about big corporate giants whose ultimate purpose is to make money for their shareholders and they lose sight of the little people.  The bottom line will dictate their actions.  Consumers get hit with additional fees, employees lose benefits or worse, they lose their jobs.  It's a tough world out there.

But, there's another slice of the corporate market that seemed to escape the media frenzy.  I'm not sure why, since it's a matter of life or death for hundreds of thousands of people.   Where are the shouts and anger toward the medical industry?  Where are the occupiers and why aren't they sitting in front of hospitals and pharmaceutical companies?

Doctors have very strong incentive to prescribe expensive name brand medicines.  It's part of their profits (and paid commissions).  The generic meds (that work just as well in most cases) are not being prescribed.  Economic 101, when demands go down, supplies will go down for the generic meds.  In fact, generic meds are in grave short supplies and the little people can't afford the expensive name brand meds. 

We live in trying times.  Our economy is a mess.  Our government is even worse, and they continue to dig us further in the hole with senseless spending that won't benefit the people. 

But, I've digressed.   We have a huge shortage of much needed medicines for people with curable diseases.  Without the medicine these children and adults won't have a chance.  Seriously, where are the occupiers?!?  Where are the shouts and screams and fist waving. 

How much wronger can this be???