economy/desperation

emeraldkity4
Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:04:50 +0000

The library still sucks but he was funny and friendly. Got a bunch of free recipes too.

Chris Kimball with the bowtie?
I don’t have cable but I have Cook’s magazine- love it, what is it with guys and bowties?- Walt Crowley ( rip) used to wear one too.

I am rewriting my resume- but since it is spotty- trying to make it look like I am actually employable- plus- how do you get away with not actually saying how old you are?
I normally wouldn’t think about hiding my age- but I think since I look younger, I might as well withhold the info.

Also lots things are coming out of the woodwork, not just you guys on CC which really means more to me than I realized, but I am working on some additional funding so I can continue in school- and there are a lot of supports for students at this college, which is one of the reasons why I wanted to continue right now- despite everything.
My life has been very interesting- even though things could have been easier- I have always thought I have good karma- cause there are often surprises around the next corner.

I think for us- even though it is definitely hard- and I am gonna have to put our property taxes on our charge card-
not to mention I don’t see how we are going to be able to match my daughters savings like I promised so that she can do a short stay abroad -, ( let alone college <<<insert hyperventilation=“” here=“”>>>) but we have always scraped by.
We have oldish cars, instate camping has been our vacation and we have never even ever hired any work done on our 108 yr old house.
( even though doing it yourself= doesn’t necessarily save time or money :o but H needs a reason to have accumulated all those power tools )</insert>

But for instance we have friends- who a couple years ago, sold their adorable Greenlake bungalow and bought a much larger house on a double lot in Seattle. *much *larger house- which is gorgeous, but now this year their daughter will be applying to colleges/taking a year off to study abroad, they are looking for supportive housing for their older child with special needs & while they don’t take extravagant trips or buy expensive clothes ( it helps to work @ Boeing), I bet their house payment is at least twice as much as ours. ( and even with the downturn, lower taxes will not kick in for a while if ever) :p

But can you imagine what this family is gonna do when they find out that running a boutique in Seattle isn’t like printing money?
[Family flair: This Seattle household bonds over a love of fashion](http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/fashion/383108_fashion14.html)

I hope they will do well- as they are really very nice- even if they may seem a touch shallow- but small businesses everywhere are going to have a tough time.