Month: March 2012

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St Patrick’s Day

It was one heck of a parade we saw yesterday. We went to Norfolk, Virginia to see the annual parade they have there. I had a great time watching all the bands and people going by. My favorites were the little cars that do tricks as they go by and the baton twirlers. . It was a great day.

We met some friends of mine while we were there and we all ganged up together and had quite a time. We went to the park afterwards and had a grand cookout. I love holidays like this and it was well worth all the time.

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The president’s role

It seems that every time I go to get some gas at the gas station, the price has risen a few more cents. It is making things tough for me as I rely on my car for many things. I need to get back and forth from work as well as do my daily errands at this store or that. Many people blame the president for not doing enough to lower these prices.

I for one do not blame the president for this mess. I believe that those in the stock and futures markets are to blame. These Nervous Nellies are always worried about supplies getting low. I do not believe this will happen. When one country has a problem with supply, others will take up the slack. That is just my opinion.

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Divorced

The article written by Alonso Kramer

When I got divorced three months ago, I had no idea how much of our finances were handled by my ex husband. He paid the bills from the day we got married to the day we got divorced. I asked him to help me get things set up financially before our divorce was final, and thank goodness he did. He told me that he had just set us up for fixed-rate energy. You can click here to see what he set up. I even had to learn how to do online bill pay when we got separate bank accounts because I had never paid a bill online. I guess I was pretty dependent on my husband for handling our finances. I never really had to be solely financially responsible. When I had a roommate in college, she paid all of our bills for our apartment and told me how much I owed her each month. I would write her a lump check and be done with it. When I married my husband, he insisted on handling all of the finances and I was relieved not to have to handle them. I guess I will have to get used to handling all of the finances now that I am on my own.