Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Today, Nosey me again, and Wow the Market goes up, somethings do work, Habitat for Humanity

Hello out there?
Is anybody listening?
What another beautiful day in paradise.
It’s our claim to fame, sunshine and low humidity with mid 80's temperatures most all day.
According to the national weather we again are the nicest anywhere in the good ole US of A!

After a couple of active days we stayed home today.
I fell back into my usual mode of early coffee, then reading the emails and making breakfast.
My hubby and I take turns on feeding our outdoor critters.
When he does it I make the bed and breakfast, he makes the bed when I do.
What’s wrong with this picture?
I have been eating breakfast ever since I heard it might also help with my weight problem; keep me from eating later on in the day.

Did you see how the Stock Market ended the day? It was up over 359 points.
Apparently, it was due to the Fed cutting rates to record lows.
Whatever works I say!

Situation on the news: Opinions wanted: a man goes away for eight days and when he gets back receives a water bill for $1150, but his month’s bill before was only $40, and the month since he’s been home was a logical, $52. What could possibly be the cause of that one extremely high bill?
Nothing in his home has changed or was fixed, and during that high month nothing was leaking or broken.
Well, the Collier County water authorities has agreed to give him a normal bill but still believe that he is at fault and are saying that they will be splitting his bill with everyone! He claims his meter was broken, but only for one month? They claim he had a broken toilet or pipe, but he insists that everything works fine. Crazy!
Personally, I haven’t a clue to how it happened if everyone is telling the truth.

I wrote a couple of emails today to people I thought that I needed to express my concerns to or just my feelings.
You know me…anyway, this time I do feel I went about it diplomatically.

Neighbors: those unique ones across the street from us seem to be multiplying; in other words people appear to be moving in.
The last we were told was that the house was in foreclosure, but the owner has it rented out for months now and the new renters have two different vehicles that moved in over the weekend.
It seems like it must be the times we live in, ‘Grapes of Wrath’, in my own neighborhood.
Only instead of Oakies we have (Florida) Crackers in that ancient sad situation, which we all prayed would not be true.
The home is only a two bedroom, one bath with a carport and it looks like about four to five more people have moved things in. You make do when you need to.
They arrived with an older model small car and a compact pick-up truck full to the brim.
And they appear to be older folks so I hope we will not have any problems.
Previously there had been a lot of drugs and alcohol and loud unruly people visiting, hopefully this will not be the case.
It always amazes me how people in financial straights always seem to have the money for cigarettes, alcohol, and pot.
Now, you ask how I could know that.
Well, when you use your carport as an outdoor living room it’s hard not to see what’s going on when the lights are beaming full force.
But since, just the fact this group of people actually put their vehicles in there tells me that they are a more discreet group.

Enough of that, but not really, in that same vain of thinking... two, maybe three days ago I read an article in our paper about Habitat for Humanity taking over some of the foreclosed homes locally and making them livable with their sweat equity program and refitting them for homeownership.
I think that’s great!
I also wonder if some of those who lost their homes to foreclosure will meet their criteria to get back into a nice living place, ironically it would be wonderful for them to move back into their old homes, in better condition and at better financial terms.

Anyway that’s all I got for tonight and so good night to all and to all have a good one.

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