Doesn't it just bite when you get stuck in a rut and can't seem to get out? You know what I mean--same stuff, day-in, day-out. This rut of mine is different though--it's a rut of waiting for the next "change" to happen.
I've been interviewing since mid-September, and I've been getting interviews. Problem is, I haven't sealed the deal. Waiting on employers after I submit resumes is the absolute worst. Waiting on the interview, waiting on the results, waiting on feedback. Then you...

I'm often asked "Do you think this is a good time for someone like me to buy a house?" or "When will we hit the bottom? THAT's when I want to buy!"

I have no simple answer. Home prices continue to trend downward. Foreclosures, mortgage delinquencies & jobless claims are on the rise. The economy on the whole is in decline.

However, I don’t think all this necessarily means that you should put off buying. On the contrary, if you plan to live in your...

"The greatest happiness is to vanquish your enemies, to chase them before you, to rob them of their wealth, to see those dear to them bathed in tears, to clasp to your bosom their wives and daughters"

My daughter was sexally assulated by another kid in her class, he has been touching and poking at her private parts for about 3 weeks now, we just found out. WE immediately took her to the ER had her examined and met the detectives at the school the very next morning. The detectives talked to my daughter and started the investigation, they found out that this kid has done this to two other kids in the class. The princiapl didn't make an appearance at this conference. She later told the detective...

Today was a cold and windy day in the Pocono Mountains...blustery, a particular bear might say.

Days like this are when I miss my childhood home & my parents wood stove. We don't have a wood stove, but when I was a kid, I loved those first few days of cold weather when my dad would stoke up the stove...our home filling with that gentle warmth and familiar smell of seasoned firewood. A lot of times he would put up the screen doors so we could all sit and watch it...rather, get...