Archive for the 'family' Category

30 Apr

For those shopping for the holidays

Yes the holidays are coming up, Mother’s Day in May and Father’s Day in June. Some people
out there need gift ideas. Unfortunately, I’m horrible at gift giving. Well not horrible because most people like the gifts that I give them. It’s just that I’m a self conscious shopper who always worries about the gifts I […]

19 Mar

I’m borrowing money from my brother

I have a small amount of money that I’m holding for my brother. He won’t need the money for another year and a half. In the meantime, that money is just sitting in my savings account earning a paltry amount of interest. It was in a cd, but it matured and the interest rates are […]

24 Feb

My nephew is having a party tomorrow

Of course the party is for the adults since the poor baby is only turning 2. It’s funny how the parents always seem to make the party about them when all the kid wants is a empty box and some cake.
I don’t know who his mother is getting to play dj but I hope they […]

19 Dec

It’s holiday crunch time!

I guess I shouldn’t brag but I don’t have a lot of shopping to do. My niece is under 2 and her mother and my brother are the only other people that I buy gifts for, and I usually just give them money. That means no long lists with shoes, plus size bridesmaid dresses, and […]

16 Dec

I really don’t feel like driving home

I don’t like driving all the way across the state. It’s a long and very boring ride. I don’t any music that I can take along so I’m at the mercy of the radio. You pass a bunch of stations on the ride but there are probably on 2 good stations total. You can be […]

21 Oct

My sweepstakes wins are coming in handy

I win a lot of little gift cards. Most are $5 or $10 with the occassional $25 or $50. Well now the holidays are coming up and I don’t know what to get people. First I’m going to gift the gift cards away as gifts. Then I’ll use some of the smaller ones to buy […]

23 Sep

It’s time to start holiday planning

I can’t believe how fast this year is flying. It seems like just last week it was in the 90 degree range. Now today it’s only in the low 60’s and raining. You know it’s only going to go downhill from here as far as the weather goes.
I may as well start getting my holiday […]

15 Aug

My niece is killing me with this phone

It turns out she didn’t need a charger, after I had already purchased one. Sigh. She broke the piece on the phone where you put the charger. So she needs one of those charging mats where you just sit your phone down. Those things cost $60 from T-Mobile or between $45-50 from Ebay or Amazon. […]

24 May

Do I look like the family bank?

Apparently my family thinks so. It seems like at least once a month I’m getting bombarded with requests for “just a couple of dollars”. Uh no people. I don’t know why people assume that I have all of this extra cash lying around just waiting to loan it out to them. Especially when I know […]

05 Apr

Now what’s the excuse

So my cousin has been giving me excuse after excuse about repaying me the money she owes me. First it was the bank wire rejected then she couldn’t transfer the money into my account and blah, blah, blah. Then last Friday she called and said that she was mailing it to me in the form […]

01 Apr

No you can’t borrow any money

My cousin messed it up for everyone. I understand that people sometimes come up short and I’m generally willing to help a family member in need. But now it doesn’t matter if you just learned how to remove pimples and need acne medication, whether the baby needs shoes or if your lights are getting ready […]

28 Mar

So you avoid me because you owe me money?

I have a family member that used to call me all of the time. It could be to catch up, to get help with her homework or just to chit chat. Then I loaned her money which wasn’t really a problem because at the time I had it. I never even asked what she specifically […]

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