Tag: Economy

Our Friday

Last Friday, Ann and I had a list of things to accomplish: Sell our old refrigerator. It was an extra taking up room in the garage and hadn’t been used on a regular basis since I was laid off in 2009, back in a time when I actually made decent money and we could afford … Continue reading Our Friday →

A Mickey Mouse Job

What you see above is the note that was handed to me after the interview I had a few days ago with Disneyland. Yes, that Disneyland. The Mouse, the ears, the Walt. That’s the place. I had submitted my application online – it’s the only way they accept them, naturally – somewhere in January and … Continue reading A Mickey Mouse Job →

Cutting the Cords

First of all, Happy Valentine’s Day to all of you out there who care to celebrate it. We do and there was plenty of celebrating around these parts as it is also my birthday – 45th to be exact. I used the photo you see here as my Facebook profile picture today in order to … Continue reading Cutting the Cords →

Very Well, Then…

I won’t get into details about how I scored an interview today because, as you will read in this post, it will be completely irrelevant. At any rate, I was called for a phone interview by a place I visited the last weekend. I was to be interviewed between the hours of 2 pm and … Continue reading Very Well, Then… →

The $9,600 Question

Okay hotshot, pop quiz. If you had to pony up $9,600, would you want something to show for it or be empty handed? That’s exactly what I thought. But that’s the situation we found ourselves in today after getting an appraisal from Carmax for the leased Kia Optima, the car that I said we would … Continue reading The $9,600 Question →