Well wouldn’t you know it, yesterday after I wrote about the lack of manufacturing in America the Dow rose 130 points on the potential debt deal agreement but then plunged 270 points when weak manufacturing numbers came out. Seems Wall Street agrees with me that the loss of manufacturing jobs in our Country is not a good thing. Now I’m not a visionary or anything as this is pretty easy to figure out, what’s troubling is that none of the politicians in D.C. can figure it out. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised as they’re all too busy trying to get re-elected instead of trying to solve our problems.
Onto the day, yesterday we decided to take our first stab at cleaning out the playroom to make way for the little guys bedroom. The closet was the first challenge and if blue jeans are worth anything at all, we’re rich! I must have 25 or more pair of jeans from when I was younger (and skinnier) that are in great shape. We threw a bag of stuff away and filled another one for ARC, the charity. Clothes and toys are strewn all over the upstairs hall and with Mom working today and tomorrow, it’ll probably stay that way for awhile. The rain is supposed to return today in a big way with heavy rain beginning this afternoon and lasting until this morning. They say we could get as much as 2 inches in an hour!
It’s now 7am and everyone is still sleeping. I’d better wake the misses as she needs to go give the dog a shot and get ready for work at 9:30. She had a pretty rough day yesterday as things seemed to be piling up and overwhelming her. I need to get her a spa day or something after I get back from Seattle this weekend. She needs some kind of break after the roller coaster of emotions she went through last week with her dad. He went to the doctor yesterday and turns out he’s fine. They did give him a referral but after checking out his heart, I guess he has the all clear sign. I’m sure she’s relieved getting this news.
We managed to get to Target yesterday to purchase the boys school supplies. It came to almost $300 for a bunch of pencils, glue, notebooks, and all kinds of assorted items needed for school. I don’t remember my Mom having to go buy anything when we went to school. My school taxes go up every year but so does the list of things we need to buy, doesn’t make much sense, does it.
I can’t get my car in until next Monday so it’ll be fixed hopefully a week from Friday. The misses is excited to get going learning how to work with leather. I think anytime you can do or make something with your hands, it’s a good thing. You’d better get your orders in now for pillows, place mats, mirrors (made with leather frames) coasters, chaps, purses or whatever you can imagine that’s made out of leather. I’m sure with her creativity, she’ll come up with some really neat things once she learns how to do it. She has a few other creative projects going on as well but they’re top secret so I can’t reveal just what they are! Some of you might be getting one of them for Christmas!
Not much else going on except a huge huge month for me at work. Say a prayer that everything turns out ok or I might need to lay off a person or two. I’m meeting with a potential new hire in Seattle (from Texas) this week and if I come to terms with her, it’ll put more pressure on me to lay off an admin person (someone not directly connected to revenue) unless I have a huge month.
The little guy and Mom are both downstairs now and the oldest is still sleeping. He did wake up long enough to yell at his little brother for coming in and turning on the light to look for something. He’s turning into a teenager right before our eyes.
Time to run as we need to get breakfast going. Hope you all have a great day, winters coming fast so get out and enjoy the warm weather, no matter how warm it is. If winters anything like summer, you’ll be begging for this heat in a few months. Take care and God Bless.