Reply #56: Morning Marketeers..... [View All]

[AnneD]

:donut: Most folks here don't know it yet, but we are midway through a 2 minute warning here in Houston and the shit is about to hit the fan.

Some of those contractor that came in to help patch roofs-FEMA has dragged on so long, these folks have not been paid, have no money to get home and are living on Houston generosity. One more thing mayor will focus on. Dang, we will miss this guy -term limits.

Remember, I said we would either have an increase in births or a spike in the divorce rate 9 months from now.....Well chalk one up for love and/or boredom. Pregnancy rates are high. This is the hurricane's second surge:spray:

But the sad thing....they are shutting down large portions of UTMB (University of Texas Medical Branch) in Galveston. Three thousand people will lose their jobs this week. Severance packages will vary but folks will run out around January. They can be absorbed into our Medical Care system through out the region-but that leaves Galveston coming up short.

We have been in a full recession for I figure 2 years now. My question-when will we start using the D word? For the last 2 years I could get a dinner at some of the nicest places with out reservations. Some of those places are closed now or changed hands.

Hubby has 1 year to retirement and I have 3. They called him in for a big meeting and the will be laying off new comers that aren't working and older workers close to retirement. He said he felt directly threatened when he left the meeting. I told him we are in great shape-and compared to most-we are. We have been talking weekly about what we want to do. As strange as it sounds, we want to find some vacant land. We want to build a studio/garage apartment first, and then build the house. We want a recording studio and business space and a living space for us. Hubby's part time business still continues to grow-in fact, it is outgrowing our current space. It never ceases to amaze me. But actually, he is doing it right. He knows it top to bottom. Pays cash for equipment and inventory. He'll have his money coming in for his lesson plus a pension check.


Happy hunting and watch out for the bears.