Those Expensive Chip Keys – Maybe You Just Need a Valet Key

automobiles
I mentioned in a previous post that I was driving my employer's company van for a few weeks during the time that I was looking for a used car.  One night I had been to the grocery store and bought a week's worth of groceries.  I hadn't been able to reach Mr. A on his cell phone so I wasn't sure if he would home to help me unload and take everything in.  I was happy to see him when… Read the rest

Do You Like to Travel?

spending money
I've never had much interest in traveling, although in recent years I have decided that I would like to see Hawaii in person one day.  I've lived in Arizona my entire life.  I've been to California four times, and I've spent at least one day in each of the following: New York, Oregon, and Washington DC.   My parents were born here, all my siblings, my husband and his family; although both sets of grandparents come from the mid-west.  Farmers, the… Read the rest

I Found My Car… On Craigslist

automobiles
On Thursday, just for fun and because I was still on my lunch break, I decided to take a quick peek to see if any vehicles fitting my wishlist had been posted to Craigslist. And just like that, I found my car.  Don't ask me how I knew it was my car, I just had a feeling it was my new car. The price was right, the mileage wasn't too bad, the fuel economy was not as much as I'd… Read the rest

Will QE3 Work to Boost The Global Economic Market?

My Two Cents
This is a guest post from Mr. Accountability. Factory production has risen almost 25% since its lowest point of the recession in June 2009. Still, because of uncertainty in the future of the economy, consumers have held back their spending and businesses have taken a “let's wait and see” approach to investing in machinery and equipment. Also, if Europe's financial crisis worsens, and I think it will, then that would also lead to less demand of U.S. goods and exports.… Read the rest