Mortgage rates started the day yesterday under pressure to move higher. No data was released but early morning strength with stocks pulled money away from the fixed income sector. Mortgage backed securities were at the price lows of the day when lenders issued rate sheets resulting in higher consumer borrowing costs when compared to Friday. As the day progressed, stocks gave back the morning gains which allowed money to flow back into MBS. Some lenders did reprice for the better as the price...

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The weekend is officially over and has been since I arrived home at noon today. What a weekend. Lots of driving, lots of visiting, lots of eating, lots of photos, lots of fun and a few surprises; I'm not sure which I like the most.

I'll start with the driving which may bore some and could make others scratch their heads and wonder "Why would she do that".

The driving started on Saturday morning from Fieldon, Illinois with the destination of Muscatine, Iowa to...

I've been a bibliophile all of my reading life, and I don't imagine that will ever change as long as my eyes (or ears) work. After today, gone are the days when I will walk into a bookseller's and walk out with a new stash of books.

Today, I took a large shopping bag of books to Half Price books. Of course I understand that I won't get back even a quarter of what I spent, but $2.25?! These were not trashy mystery paperbacks. There were nonfiction works about writing, a number...

It all began really well, actually. Despite the fact that it is Monday all over the world, I had an excellent day at work. I got my work done as per the usual (and, occasionally, the unusual), and the time had come to run errands before venturing home for dinner. Successful stops and this writer got what he needed.

The evening now begins at the Case abode and, having done the necessary things I needed to do for the moment, it became time for dinner. Arriving...