One thing that I really loved about working for Nationwide Insurance so many years ago was all of the training that they provided us. Most of it took place at the Regional Office which was over fours away, so that meant that we were usually put up in a hotel and were provided with an expense account which was always such a blast for me and the other employees that I drove down with. I just loved the idea of spending a night away from home in a nice hotel and being able to eat out instead of having to do the cooking myself. A mini vacation for a working mother such as myself.

These days the Internet has made it possible to keep employees from having to travel so much by bringing a lot of training right to them, saving companies a good amount of money along the way. Now a days there are sites like securityawarenesstraining.com that have everything that you need for employees to learn about all kinds of awareness training. They even have sexual harassment videos through this site, and we all know how important sexual harassment training is in today’s work place.

But what they really need is to really take action on people that are still continuing to sexual harass others at work. My oldest daughter seems to find herself being harassed at every place she finds employment. Trying to prove this behavior isn’t easy and she always ends up leaving while the idiots still continue on making money and taking advantage of girls/women. Managers are crooked, video tapes get lost or erased and the abuse just keeps on keeping on, a sad state of affairs. If my daughter wasn’t legally an adult at this point you can bet I’d be sticking my nose into and lighting some fires under some hind ends.

Credit Repair is a big to do these days and people are looking for The Best Credit Repair Service available to them in order to help them out of the bottomless pit that credit cards get put you in if you aren’t extremely careful. I have managed to pay off most of my credit card bills, I even had a credit card burning ceremony last year where I literally cut up and burned all but two of my credit cards in an ash tray before throwing them in the fire place as well.

It is important to have at least one credit card, one is manageable enough for most of us, but way too many people have way too many credit cards in their wallet that makes the temptation to use them way too easy. The quicker you cut loose from as many credit cards as possible the better off you will be, let there be no doubt about that. The first of the month, when the bills arrive, continues to come, month after month with no exceptions, no excuses, it can get pretty stressful and cause sleepless nights due to worry about these bills that keep coming.

Too many people have become trapped and have no other alternative then to turn to Credit Repair options that we are hearing about all over the TV, radio, newspapers, magazines as well as the Internet of course. At least there is a way out, it may not be easy, it may not be cheap but it’s there.

With so many uncertainties in today’s workforce it is becoming a challenge for many people who are trying to find their niche in a well established, well paying, and stable profession in a very unstable economy. The big trend towards going into one of the many medical fields is a well know one, but not everyone is cut out for any type of medical profession. My kid brother is one person who has decided to become a tax preparer, with the thought in mind that taxes are here to stay and there will always be a need for a good Registered Tax Return Preparer, which I have to agree with his train of thought this time around. We don’t generally agree on many things, so this is a nice change of pace for the both of us.

Don’t get me wrong, I love my kid brother and I have always tried to be there for him and support him in any way that I can, but we are just two totally different types of people and have never seen eye to eye from day one. I truly believe that there is hope for this guy, I just hope I live long enough to see him prosper and grow.

On the way into town on Friday, 11-11-11, I just had too stop and say thank you, take a picture, and shake the hand of this dedicated Veteran who does this every Veteran’s Day from dusk until dawn. Something I will never, ever forget and hope that he continues to do this for years to come. God Bless America and least I forget to say “Welcome Home” to all the Vietnam Vets that were never told those two simple words!

I have a car that I love but the transmission went out in it a couple of years ago. So I parked it in the back of my house until I can get some money together to fix the transmission. If you have ever dealt with a transmission shop, you know that its going to be expensive and you have to go there with a big wad of cash in your hand, because they are going to squeeze it all out of your tightly clenched fist.

Life being what it is, there is always some kind of major expense raising its ugly head to try and keep me broke. I can’t seem to get that extra money together for the life of me. But I don’t want to sell this car – it is a classic T-Bird and we have driven cross country several times in it. I have too many good memories over the years to just junk a car that only needs a new transmission to get back on the highway.

So I got a notice in the mail from the County Government that my car is in violation of their zoning laws and I have thirty days to fix it – OR ELSE!

Now, what business is it of the Government that, despite me working my fingers to the bone and trying to make a living, I can’t scrape together $3,000 to fix my car right now? Maybe I’ll have to wait until Spring when I get my next tax refund check. It’s not like the banks are beating a path to my door to give me a loan to pay the transmission repair shop. The car is not hurting anybody. It is parked in the back of my house and you cannot see it from the street. There is nothing wrong with it except for a transmission problem.

So who are “they” to tell me I have thirty days to fix my car?

The election is over it seemed to last for several years instead of a couple of months. It was a never ending flood of ads and attacks from both sides. I voted for the losing party and I do not see a way for my party to get back into power without a flame out of epic proportion from this administration. That would be very bad for the entire country so there is no way that scenario is a good thing for America and America is the most important thing to both parties or it should be at least. Not what certain candidates will be doing in the future to make themselves a viable candidate for the next election, lets mend the country first.

It looks like the dream that Hillary Clinton had of becoming President of the United States is coming to an end today, I am not sure if she will be on the ticket in November as the Vice Presidential candidate, I for one hope not, I can not dream of her being a heart beat away from being the leader of our country. It looks like holes are forming in John McCain’s strategy and he is fading quickly. It is a long time till the election and funny things happen in every election.

Tennessee is so far over budget that they are going to lay off 2000 employees. All the while the Governor and his idiot wife continue with the project that only they want, the controversial ball room under the mansion in South Nashville. No one in the neighborhood wants this stupid project, the money being wasted on this project could go towards the state budget and maybe keep a few jobs in the mean time. Go ahead Bredesan lay them workers off and see who comes to fix your water pipes when they break. NO ONE they all got laid off.

Today we get an extra day to live in this wonderful world that we exist in. Exist is the magic word here, we like so many Americans get by from pay check to pay check if we miss a couple of pay checks we are out of our homes our lives are gone as we know them. This is no way to live and worry about how the bills are going to get paid, we need a change in the government and get this great nation back on track where it belongs.