Forward

I have been back at my job for three weeks and other than trying to catch my breath, there hasn't been much going on. I keep walking my dogs and taking care of my chickens. Something I don't want to give up, is my time with my pets.

It is difficult to be in an all female work environment. Its not my favorite. A few years back a comic joked that women exaggerate their problems at work. Their co-workers were out to destroy them, and it was silly. He also said that their is one woman at their work that women can't stand.

It may seem that they exaggerate and it made for a good act. I laughed at it as well. Until this week, when I found out one of my co-workers was trying to have her rival fired. She was trying to accuse her of steeling sales. Funny, that is something she does. Instead of working hard, she figured if she got rid of the other sales girl she would get all the sales. Goodness.

I have tried my best to stay out of the fray and not ask too many questions about what happened. As I came back from the stock room, I walked in on the conversation and heard about it. Other than saying I was sorry to hear about that, I have not gone around talking to others at work about this. Its over and there is no need to keep talking about it.

It is scary to think that some one would do this, and I now have to watch my own back. In the mean time, I keep my head down and look after myself. That's the thing, yes people at work can be childish and all. We have to deal with it and then we have to let it go.

Since I stand to make some good commission, I hope to start a savings with it. In taking care of myself I need to plan for my future. Whatever happens at work with these women, it can't stop me from moving forward with my own plans. Today my dogs are walked, my chickens have food and water and some fruit. They are all happy and quite now.

Poor

Its been almost 3 years since the banks got their bail out money, and I know most of the biggest banks have paid it back.

The stock market has still been Topsy at best. Target launched the reduced priced line of Missoni yesterday and the site crashed with people trying to order up high fashion at bargain prices. Why are we still afraid of using the word depression?

The things I have been doing over the last few years,such as keeping a flock of chickens. Then using their droppings for fertilizer for my garden. If it wasn't for the example of my grandmother and how they weathered the depression of the 30's I would not have had the idea to do these things in the first place. It has all been in an effort to save what little money I have left.

There are still some much more of a storm to go through. What can we do? It may seem that belts are pretty tight already. Do we have anything we can share with others? At my work I have access to samples of make up and face creams. I give those to my friends and not the ones that have money. I give them to the single moms or stay at home mom's. The ones that really need it. Besides only going to the discount section for meats, I find that I buy less and less from the grocery store. More from places like Big Lots and the 99 cent store.

I have a stock pile of stockings for a 'rainy day' and I would love to get more of my creams and other make-up and keep extra for next year. There has been a lot of jamming and canning going on here. There will be more. While I will put some things on sale on Ebay, does anyone have the money to buy them? Last week I went to the Fashions Night Out, not so much to see new fashion, I did that anyway at a show in Saks 5th Ave; but I was really there for the free drinks and eats.

The other things I have been doing for extra money is recycling. We have been staying home and eating a lot. A small mom and pop hamburger place that has been around for years closed its doors last month. It was in walking distance from my house and I had stopped eating there as well. So many places are left empty, and still no one wants to say the word depression or admit that we are all poor these days.