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High Price of living on the egde…payday loans

May 23, 2017August 2, 2009 by shay subscriber

No, I did not take out a payday loan recently, though I did  over a decade ago  and it wasn’t the end of the world. The reason I am writing this is because someone recently posed the question to me about how bad is it to take out a payday loan? For those not in the know, …

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Categories Money, Random babble Tags living on financial edge, payday loans, working class folks

Cash for Clunkers…just my thoughts

May 23, 2017July 31, 2009 by shay subscriber

On the surface the Cash for Clunkers program seemed like a great idea. The government offers $3500-4500 to folks who turn in their old inefficient cars, they use that cash to help fund a new efficient car…lets see, new car sales soar and we get shitty old cars off the road. Wonderful. Except that the program …

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Categories Current Events, Random babble Tags Cash for Clunkers program

Non-custodial Mamas…we are coming out!

May 23, 2017July 29, 2009 by shay subscriber

I have often thought about writing about my life as a non-custodial mama but chose not to since its deeply a  painful and private thing for me. My son aka elder boy went to live with his father when he was six, when he went to live with his Dad, it was like my guts …

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Categories Parenting, Random babble, Uncategorized Tags non-custodial mothers, Parenting 6 Comments
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