The good news is Hubby found a job right before we completely bottomed out financially.  The bad news is this job is an hour away, and his first check won’t come for 2 weeks.  That means he’s going to need to ride the bike to work because the gas for commuting is going to be about $20/day in the truck, we need a new tire on the bike before he can take it anywhere, and we still won’t have the cash to even attempt to order the tire for at least 2 weeks.

Wow what a busy month we’ve had. This is the busiest time of the year for us because it’s jammed backed with almost all the birthdays in our family.  In the last 3 weeks we have celebrated my daughter’s birthday followed by my sis-in-law’s, my father-in-law’s, 2 cousins, mine, my best friend, and my best friend’s son, and another friend’s.  Coming up next week we have 2 more family birthdays.  Then we’ll get a break for a few days before it’s time for the huge list of December birthdays.

Ah!  Yeah, it’s been hectic.

To top it all off we’ve both spent every free minute we have job searching.  Hubby lost his job (again) in October.  That means he’s actually been laid off more in the last 2 years than he’s worked.  We were able to get by the last time because he had unemployment to help us while he searched for something new, but this time he doesn’t.  It’s making it very hard for us knowing that every last penny we have will be exhausted at the end of this week, and the massive amount of applications, resumes, and interviews we’ve both submitted/had are getting us no where.  Needless to say I’m freaking out a bit right now, and I don’t know what to do.  I’m working my butt off trying to support our family, but my income isn’t enough to pay 1/3rd of the bills.

Hubby has gone down state to apply for a job we found on Craigslist yesterday.  If he gets it he’ll have almost a 2 hour commute, but that’s something we’ll just have to deal with.  I’m hoping and praying he gets this one because it’s kind of a last resort right now.  I’m thankful for the bike right now because if he does have such a long commute the bike is the only way we’ll be able to afford it.  He’s used to riding in the winter, so that won’t be a big deal.  Our main concern right now is finding a job and getting there.  If neither of us finds anything else by the end of the month we’ll lose our one and only vehicle, and it kills me knowing we’re only $1,000 away from paying the Blazer off, but we could lose it now.

So, as you can see I haven’t really thought much about blogging lately.  I’ve been too busy worrying about real life stuff, and trying to keep our family afloat.

Author: Elias Massey

My little girl is growing up and moved into her own house. She has always been a daddy’s girl and I have never had any complaints about that. I do not think I will ever have any complaints about that. It is wonderful to be loved so unconditionally. When she started looking at houses, I was the first person she came to for advice. She asked me about the nice neighborhoods and what questions to ask. I was thrilled with her choice. I was even more thrilled when she asked for help to get everything set up. She was able to put in adirect tv order for next week and also get the water turned on quickly. I told her I would take care of the power company and landscaping. I have always loved to landscape and I think my daughter was aware of that when she asked for my help. The lawn looks amazing and she said she is really enjoying it. I am lucky to have such a loving daughter and I hope she always needs and wants me.

This morning I got a phone call from one of my best friends in California, and she was complaining that the used car she just purchased is already having problems. Most of our discussion was about California Lemon law lawyers. Three times this week the car she bought 2 weeks ago shut off on her for no reason driving down the road. Everything checked out when she drove it, and supposedly the car was a “certified pre-owned”, but can you really trust that statement?

I’ve test driven many cars before that were supposedly “certified pre-owned”, but when we really got to looking under the hood we found all sorts of problems that were either missed or blatantly ignored.  Just because a company certifies it doesn’t mean there aren’t any major problems going on, so you have to be careful and get things fully checked out before you spend your hard earned cash!

I told her maybe she needed to take it to her mechanic, and find out what’s going on with it. There’s a possibility they could have sold her a lemon. Hubby used to be her mechanic, but when she moved she lost the ability to get him to look at things before purchasing. I did what I do best, and I turned to the internet to do some research for her. I looked up Lemon Law attorneys in California and pointed her to the information I found. Hopefully she’ll get the situation taken care of, but until then it looks like she’ll be without a car again.