Relationship Blues

Shopping with my better half usually puts a strain on our relationship, we are so different in our way of getting things done. Today we went for groceries and we got thru it better than I expected. For those of us on a tight budget there is almost no place better to shop than Walmart, the prices are great and the super stores have everything you want, around the country Walmart has been given a bad rep. I think its the best place to shop for about eighty percent of what we need daily.
For people looking for work a great place to check out is Craigslist, the site has temp job offers all the way up to full time employment offers, some are no good but there are good postings. For temp work click the labor gigs. Don`t forget to click on the FREE site, all kinds of stuff is on there for free, some even have pics.
Until the economy picks up we have to get by the best we can, it will pick up just not soon enough for some of us. We should be careful not to let what`s happening with us moneywise become to big a strain on our relationship with our partner, we all know what stress money worries puts on a relationship. No easy answers on how to keep up a good relationship when the rest of your life is looking bleak, we just have to hand in until things get better, keep in touch.

Relationship Blues

Keeping up with all the evil things being reported in the news makes you wonder if all the end of times signs are happening at this time like alot of people are saying. If this is the time, we must prepare for it the way the good book says, getting straight with our maker is very important, if all is well in your soul then your worries will be few.
The case of the murder-rapest in Cleveland lets us know the race relations situation in this country has a long way to go when you talk about the police departments in this country. One of the victims had family that went to the police and the police told them that since she was known to be a drug addict they weren`t even going to file a missing persons report. The family searched for her on their own and found her car four blocks from the killers house. It is pretty obvious that if you are black in America the police treat you as second class citizens, that kind of thinking has no place in America, especially in a government agency, but time after time we see the results of the police when they deal with black America.
Its hard enough on a relationship with the poor economic outlook these days without having to worry about the stress of your color making a difference when it comes to equal protection under the law.
There is good and bad in every segment of the population in America, maybe after a little more time the race barrier will be removed, for now it seems it still stands, keep in touch.

Relationship Blues

Watched the pres and can`t believe all the people blindly following him when most of what he wants to get done in America hurts our country. The main theme today was four billion tax payer dollars earmarked for education, most people will not say anything about the money going to education, if you do say anything you are labeled antichildren. The Federal Gov blackmails the state by withholding fed money if the state doesn`t do what the Federal Gov wants.
The way its comes down this time is the states have to stop lumping teachers and students together when they are evaluated to see if the teachers are teaching and the students are learning. In plain English what the pres wants is to continue giving yearly raises to teachers even if the students they teach can`t read or write at their grade level, the teacher unions love this, I`m sure the money from the teachers union that was donated to the Obama campaign didn`t have anything to do with the decision by the Pres.
In my relationship with my partner we both agree that the gov educating our children ( all children) is not a good idea. Vouchers so the parents have a choice where their kids get educated seems to be a good idea. That will not happen under this pres, in fact he stopped the vouchers going to minorty students in the Washington, DC area who had no choice but to return to failing schools in DC. That showed how much he cared about the poor students in his area getting a good education and moving out of the poverty they are in.
The people that were so excited about Obama should have researched his political ideals before they jumped into his time for a change slogan without knowing what his intentions were. To late now, you get what you ask for in life sometimes, it`s not to late to correct what the pres has done, cooler heads will put a rein on his socialist agenda and the country will turn around and the economy will get back on track, keep in touch.

Relationship Blues

Will Rodgers once said `A man can learn only two ways, one by reading, and the other by association with smarter people.` He had alot of quotes that became popular, the reading way is easy and cheap these days. If you have the time stop by your local public library, my partner and I both love to read and the library has unlimited books on any subject you are interested in.
If you have kids now is the time to get them into reading, a library trip can be a fun and exciting time for them, showing your kids you enjoy reading will help them find the joy of books. My partner has a different idea than I do about which are the best books to read, we are opposites in a few things, but we compliment each other in our relationship, maybe that`s the way you and your partner are also, I believe it works just fine.
If you are not a big reader, the next time you are sitting around being bored, remember the library, take your partner and the kids, it will turn out to be more fun than most trips, keep in touch.

Relationship Blues

Talk about stress in a relationship these days in our economic troubles and you hit a goldmine. Ten million people out of work and no end in sight, companies still laying off, some just closing up for good, there just doesn`t seem to be any light at the end of the tunnel. Bleak times and it will last for a few more years. Some relationships will not survive this mess the country is in, they should be able to make it thru but people start blaming each other for the way things are in their lives and soon the resentment is so strong the relationship ends. No miracle cure for hard times, we just have to be ready when the market picks up.
I`m laid off and searching every day for a good job that has the benefits my last job had, nothing much is coming from my search. Lots of people in the same boat, money is tight and that makes it hard on everyone, just staying afloat is a miracle.
Keeping a relationship strong in times like these is hard but not impossible, we have to make sure we don`t direct our anger about our money situation at our partners, nothing good will come from it. Sometime in the future we will get back on track and this will all be behind us, for now we have to keep the faith and try to make it, keep in touch.

Relationship Blues

Being laidoff can be a real strain on a relationship, less money, unemployment only pays a portion of your former pay, loss of benefits, the uncertainty of when another job will open up, all take it`s toll. I have never seen the economy in such a mess, which we know the Federal Gov caused to happen by meddeling in the banking industry, forcing banks to make loans that the banks on their own would have never made to people who could not repay them, how anyone has missed that fact is beyond me, still way to many people think the banks had a choice in the matter.
For most people looking for jobs there just aren`t any in their areas, may not be any for another year or two. The people that voted for Obama are getting what they asked for, a change in America. America will bounce back to stronger economic times, it would happen faster if the gov would stay out of the free market system we have instead of trying to take over our economic system. Too many people think the gov should run everything even when you point out that the gov does a terrible job of running things and never within a budget. Two big examples, the Post Office and Amtrac, both just throwing money down the drain, but when the gov starts a program it will never admit they made a costly mistake and correct it they will just keep wasting money on the program.
Of course we all know the problem Washingtom has in looking after tax payer money, they show us time and again they could care less what the people think, what a shame.
For people looking for work, www.indeed.com has many listings, please check it out if you have not heard of it.
We will slowly climb out of this mess and when we do maybe the people in Washington will not get us into another mess like this, keep in touch.

Relationship Blues

After a fun weekend Monday morning will be here all to fast, for the people still looking for work be of calm heart for the job market will improve, when is anybodies guess, I hope soon before all is lost. Lest we forget the government caused the mess we are in by forcing the banks to lower their credit standards so more people could buy houses, many of those people had no hope of repaying loans and still the government forced our banks to make bad loans, so don`t expect the government to bail you out. Sad state of affairs.
Everything is not bleak, sure there are companies folding up every week and the gov is trying to take more control of the free market system everyday, for those of us in a good solid relationship we will make it thru, how is a day to day task but we are Free American Citizens and we will overcome anything that gets in our path to maintain a strong family relationship, the backbone of any free society. Not letting the economic situation effect our relationship with our partner takes some doing but it is possible.
Asking for help in these trying times is hard on most people, we shouldn`t let pride get in the way of taking care of our loved ones, many organizations are here to help at this time. So many people are in this boat that it seems at times that we will never see the light of day, we will, keep in touch.