Stand by Your Man! Do Not Cry!
by Momma to the Right
Why is everyone is making such a big deal over Samuel Alito"s wife crying during the hearings.
While I do admit to being a follower of the -never let them see you cry- group since those early days of tauntings on the school grounds, I can empathize with her. Attack me and I can deal with it. Attack someone I love and a whole range of emotions will come out from tearful grief to spitting anger. Finally an unscripted moment in a senatorial hearing.
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Mistakes that One Makes with Money II
by Fiasco Mama
According to Suze Orman, one of the biggest mistakes that one can do is borrowing using a Home Equity Line Of Credit (HELOC) to pay off credit card bills
This is a move that can end up costing you your home. Your credit card debt is what's known as unsecured debt: There's no collateral the credit card issuer can force you to sell to collect on your debt. A HELOC - like a mortgage and a home-equity loan - is what's known as secured debt. Your home - or more specifically, your home equity - is the collateral. If you fall far enough behind on your HELOC payments, the lender can require you to sell the home to recoup the money you borrowed.
Besides,the HELOC just creates more unpaid debt:many people wipe out their credit card debt by rolling it over into a HELOC - and then run up new credit card balances again. This puts them in a bigger fix: In addition to the new credit card debt they now also have the HELOC debt to deal with.
You also need to be doubly careful with HELOCs in today's rising interest rate environment. In 2005, the average HELOC rate jumped from 5.62% to 7.25%.Today that rate is above 9 percent. If you took out a $25,000 HELOC in 2005, the monthly interest payments-which is typically all you pay during the initial "draw period"-have jumped from about $117 to more than $192; that's $900 more a year.
Source: Suze Orman
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New Black
by
Hot Mama
What is the new black this year? What ever it is I hope it is opaque enough to hide my thunder thighs.
What is hot when you are trying to maintain your sanity. With this year I am firmly into my mid thirties. I should spend more time on my appearance. I should try to be more trendy. How do you figure out what is more trendy? If you currently shop at TJ Max which typically has last years fashions, will you even find the "New Black." Does Wal-Mart designers follow trends or are they too busy importing items to pay attention. I actually watched one of those catty fashion reviews who dished about what the stars where wearing at a recent award ceremony. My only take away is that women are not wearing necklaces and showing neck. I can do that. I do that now, but I do not think people think that I am a fashion diva.
Hopefully, spilled formula does not show up to badly on it.
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