While sometimes I say to myself, "I really suck at this whole blogging thing." I realize, sometimes life gets in the way and blogging because the last thing on a long list of things to do.

In the past I have apologized for not blogging regularly, especially since I blogged almost everyday for two years. Well, no apologies this this time. I just have not felt like blogging. My life has been so busy I just did not feel the need to blog. It does not help I have a tendency to get bored and I think I was caught in a bit of a rut.

Why would anyone want to really read what I have to say? Maybe for the same reasons I read other bloggers, but am I one to follow? Not as on late!

Sometimes I do not feel nor do I think anything I have to say is all that great. If you think differently, let me know, but I do not ever want to be that person who thinks, "I am so great everyone should be listening and reading what I have to say."

I think the economy is on everyone's mind lately, is it not? Since January my husband has been laid off from what use to be the number 3 RAM chip maker in the world, Qimonda (formerly Infineon Semiconductor--they still had approximately a 71 percent stake in the company), had to liquidate my husband's 401k plan from that company in order to survive (even though he was promised and signed paperwork for a severance package) and thankfully had my husband start a new job working for Northrop Grumman.

All of these events since January 16th and we are still plugging along.

I really feel bad for the families that either could not or did not liquidate their 401k plans (if they had one) after Qimonda's lay-off and subsequent bankruptsy filing. We were lucky enough to have that money to fall back on, but what if we did not? Honestly we would have been destitute. We could have been kicked out of the home we rent and all utilities would have been shut off (if we even had a place to live). There was a really good possibilty we would have been homeless. That is a truly scary thought.

While I am not happy that Qimonda did not keep their promise to pay my husband his almost $10 thousand severance, I am not dwelling on that fact because we had that 401k to fall back on. I wish we did not have to use it, but hey; it was either survive or make our kids suffer. They were already worry enough. We could really use that severance. As it is the Federal government is going to sock us with a nice tax bill next year for using the 401k, but hey, I will deal with that when it is time.

Better news: I keep finding ways to save us money and hopefully these will help you too.


This morning on NBC's Today Show they discussed how mom's are taking advantage of all the ways we can save money and how blogging and discussing products (even getting them for free in some cases) helps these companies with advertising and when they make money, we benefit.

There is a site (I went and I think everyone is bombarding currently because it was down) called Consumer Queen and Spark Plugging that I will be visiting today.

Don't forget, shope Ebay, Freecycle and if I come across any other sites I will let you know.



Have a great Tuesday!

One of my favorites ladies on the web (This Full House) is running an awesome contest. If you would like a chance to win the XBox 360, go by, check out her very interesting article and enter the contest.

I know my family would absolutely love this. With five children, sometimes we all just want to have some fun in front of the game console. We absolutely love Rock Band (we have played it at our in-laws). We have wished for a long time to have a new gaming console. Our PS2 went kaput and we have not been able to afford a new console.


Good luck!

One of my blog friends has an ambitious venture going on right now at her blog. She is trying to raise money for her local food bank in New Jersey to help those in need. All she needs from visitors and fellow bloggers; well, a simple comment. For each comment posted Stop and Shop will donate a dollar. While that may not seem like a lot of money, it really does help. Every dollar definitely counts in this instance.

So hop on by and leave your comment. Don't forget, a little charity goes a long way!

This has to be the be all to end all of the funniest videos I have seen, especially in respects to the Presidency. I watched the news this morning and between the interview with Bush and the actual footage of the said shoe throwing bandit, I must say; I just had to laugh my fool head off.

I think President Bush handled it quite well and man he can dodge a projectile with the best of 'em!




This one is a little dirty, but no bad words; just innuendo:

Two old guys, one 80 and one 87, were sitting on their usual park bench one morning. The 87 year old had just finished his morning jog and wasn't even short of breath. The 80 year old was amazed at his friend's stamina and asked him what he did to have so much energy.

The 87 year old said "Well, I eat rye bread every day. It keeps your energy level high and you'll have great stamina with the ladies."

So, on the way home, the 80 year old stops at the bakery. As he was looking around, the lady asked if he needed any help. He said, "Do you have any rye bread?"

She said, "Yes, there's a whole shelf of it. Would you like some?"

He said, "I want 5 loaves.

She said, "My goodness, 5 loaves...by the time you get to the 5th loaf, it'll be as hard as a rock"

He replied, "I can't believe it, everybody in the world knows about this, but me."