Retraction

Yesterday, I came in and post long commentary about jobs... i could be wrong.

"I cannot help but feel that there are jobs out there, it's just that some people feel that they are over qualified, or underqualified, or they don't pay what they are looking for. Well, honestly, you won't get anything if you don't get out there.". Maybe there really aren't as many jobs out there. I keep hearing about the auto bailout, and I wonder if anyone cares that the unemployment rate is already around 6%. Soon, if there isn't some help for those large auto makers, there's going to be a huge unemployment surge in this country, and while I have been fortunate enough to have found a job, there is going to have to be a shift in this country to employ all those people.

I just felt that for the past 6 years while I was unemployed,it hurt. I never let my mortgage slip, (didn't pay it), but it was very very hard. Being in the kind of economy that is materialistic, our hands were tied. My self, my kids... my husband, who worked very hard just to make sure that we had the basic needs. Yes we drive a very old car, but it's clean, and it is paid for. Yea our house needs repairs, but we still own our home. And if I was with those who are currently unemployed, I found myself hoping and grasping for straws.

Hey, I even thought that I could make money doing surveys online. (that was the most foolish). What I did was open my email account for junk mail, that is still filling that box to date... so of course... I have an opinion. Several years back, when my back and neck issues were serious enough to cause me to lose my job, we lost our house, they repossessed our car, we became renters, and we drove ugly old cars.

We made it through with prayer and hope... but the main thing is that we made it through. Our spending habits took on a different outlook. And at this point in time, I wish that I could say that we are debt free... but we manage our debt a lot better now.

I think that what I am trying to say is that it has been my prayer all along that congress would help those who are currently in foreclosure to help save their homes. And it's my hope that jobs will open up. As a matter of fact, I believe that once President Elect Barack Obama becomes President, and can tackle some of the paperwork on his Presidential desk, JOBS will be on top.

Thanksgiving?

Wonderful, Thankful, Grateful, Hopeful, and Blessed

It's yet another year having gone by to bring in the Thanksgiving season 2008. This year it's different though. Around every table with every meal will be prayers of thankfulness for our New President Elect Barack Obama. I know that it will be so around our table. Along with the thankfulness of having food on our table.

Prices have risen so high in the supermarkets, that I too have begun using coupons, and a little known secret that they don't announce is that Tuesday-Thursday, the prices are less than Friday - Monday. I have been watching this for weeks, and have found it to be so, but due to a busy work schedule don't always have the time to get out to the supermarket during the not so busy days of the week. But you can best believe that next week, it won't be so. If you are going to get your vegetables fresh, you can be sure that they will raise the prices next Sunday, and keep them up through Friday. Sad as it is, that's where a lot of our extra money has gone, so we don't really have a lot of money for the holidays to spend on gifts.

I have already begun making my handmade gifts. I know that they possibly seem a little hoaky, but you can best believe that when I make something from love, it is definitely cherished more from my heart!

My post crossing has been going on now for an entire year. I have received such beautiful cards from around the world, and wonderful gifts of love from people all over the world. I will ever cherish these cards. Site to view my blessed cards to come in the future.

Since my surgical procedure in September 2006, I finally found a permanent part-time position, and have now been working for more than 6 months! Glory to God! I am so thankful, because when you lay around sick and in pain, you are possibly toxic to people in your family without even knowing it. The pictures of my family two years ago, versus pictures of my family now are remarkable. There was a lot of suffering, and it wasn't on purpose, it was sickness. So I can really identify with those who are depressed, and cannot seem to make things happen in a positive direction. But honestly, as scared as I was to enter the working world, the thought of being broker than broke caused me to go to a temporary job agency, where they believed in my work experience and sent me out on jobs. This is how I began. And right now, I would recommend that way of beginning for anyone just getting started again, after having been broke, depressed, and sick. I cannot help but feel that there are jobs out there, it's just that some people feel that they are over qualified, or underqualified, or they don't pay what they are looking for. Well, honestly, you won't get anything if you don't get out there.

I want to wish you all a wonderful holiday next week. It's now been a year that I have been blogging here too! And I am very happy to say that my life has changed for the better. NOT A LOT! But enough for me have something to be thankful for.

VOTE vote VOTE

Today's the day that we have all been waiting for. The back and forth smearing; the back and forth debates; the back and forth commercials; and finally those idiot robot calls... it's all going to be said and done, finally. I voted early, because I didn't want to worry that possibly my vote might be stolen. I don't think that I am alone in that belief since more than 2 million people voted early, like myself.

See, I voted for Kerry, and I was very hurt when he didn't win the Presidential nomination. And then before that there was Gore. I voted for him too. And I was very upset when he didn't win either. So, on this occassion, they offered early voting, and I took that opportunity to get down to the election board and vote.

As a black woman, I know that it's been a long hard road to tow to even have the priviledge of voting. I don't take that for granted. And I teach my kids the same. My daughter was in the line when I left, and she's carrying a 7-month pregnancy weight. She stood in the long line though, just so that she'd have the opportunity to make history. Today, my son and my husband will go vote... And I pray that the resulting winner will be just who this country needs, to make the changes that we need. Better health care, health care for all. I just cannot see how if you lose your job, because it's been outsourced, then you cannot pay your mortgage because you are unemployed, and to top all that off, the groceries you buy to feed your family are costing you all your extra money, as if the gas prices aren't high enough. NEWSFLASH! IT HURT!

And with the drop in the stock market, my husbands' Retirement took a beating, and he lost money, a lot of money. AAAHHHH! I cannot tell you how angry I am. But, to top it all off, We bailed out... I say "we", because I am a taxpayer. We BAILED Out the wall street situation was is in this state because of greed, I AM VERY ANGRY... ANGRY with the current President. To top all this off, there's that little thing about IRAQ! WHAT???? WHAT IS THAT ALL ABOUT? WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION!!!! Not to mention that Afghanistan just don't care how many Americans they hurt. They want us out of there, and I know that some people will say that we need to protect Isreal, but we really need to pay attention to our own country. This country is sick. Sick of putting up with neglect. Sick of being sick. I am praying for a healing. For all people, democrats, republicans, and independents. Because no matter what happens, we are all in this country together.

Since I don't have an exit strategy, I am going to have to deal with whoever may become our next president. I pray that the best man wins.