Oct 14 2009
It’s been a little over a month since I have become unemployed. I have applied for over 100 jobs since then. I keep a pink notebook next to my computer with all of the correspondence to and from employers. Usernames, passwords, names of contacts and jobs I have applied to fill the pages. On the [...]
Oct 09 2009
Wrapping up the week. Not much happened this week – I went on a walk/hike with my meetup group at Wildwood Preserve in Toledo. I received word that I have to go to an “individualized assistance” program for unemployment (next Thursday). I spent most of the week listening to Opie & Anthony (XM202) and Ron [...]
Apr 18 2009
I was at the grocery store this morning doing my weekly shopping when I saw that they had a sale on roasted chickens. A whole roasted chicken was $2.49. I picked one up along with a container of “fajita vegetables” (red and green peppers, and onions) and a container of carrot and celery sticks. While [...]
Mar 01 2009
So I spent a portion of Saturday night prepping food for the week. It took a little figuring out how to get the vegetables I purchased yesterday into the meal plan (Monday through Friday, I have 10 open serving “slots”) and it looks like I purchased WAY TOO MANY VEGETABLES (I never thought I would [...]