November 30, 2012

Today has been one of those days but it is a productive day. I have to take whatever comes at me and make the best of it. I am looking forward to next weeks paycheck. I have some overtime on it and I get my Christmas club savings and my $175.00 match. I need to pay up my bills that I am so behind on and then I am going to do a little Christmas shopping. Not going to spend a lot this year. The kids are getting money and a small gift. I wanted to go to the Elks Lodge with Debbie and Debra this evening but I really can't afford it. I do need to get out and live a little though. It just wont be this weekend. They say that job related stress is the worse kind of stress. You have to work and taking crap off of mean, nasty people is all part of the vicious cycle. I dont want to be stressed and so I am going to do my job and not so fast where I get frustrated. Ruby

November 8, 2012

I will soon be in the process of buying a small camper. May have to wait till I get my Christmas bonus and money. I doubt I will get a lot of money back on income tax so I am going to try to pay for it in full next month. I may have to live in it one day. I need to start looking for some good health insurance after the first of the year. I can't afford it but I am going to make myself even if I have to work a second job. I will not be a part of the Obamacare insurance program. Enough of this political mumbo jumbo! I hear enough of it on the news. I am looking forward to my outing tomorrow afternoon with my niece Sarah. we are going to BElla Donna so she can get her nails done for her birthday. we are both looking forward to it. Ruby

November 7, 2012

I am not going to let Obama being reelected as our president dampen my spirits. I am going to continue to live life like I normally do and try to ignore what all he has done to lower the prestige of this country. I am still a Republican and always will be. I haven't been myself lately. I guess I am getting old and tired. I wake up way to early during the week and even earier on the weekeneds. I am so thankful for caffeine. Ruby

October 31, 2012 (Happy Halloween)

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! I am not one to celebrate Halloween but I do like the cute decorations and the fall colors. Last Saturday, the Harvest Carnival was another great success at Friars Point Methodist Church. We had a total of 28 people and they all had a great time. I am so grateful that the Lord has chosen me to join that church and be a part of the community. God is good. We are having our Thanksgiving meal this coming Sunday. I hope to see a lot of people there. I am going to cook another turkey. They all loved it last year. I am trying to plan a Thanksgiving get together at my house either before Thanksgiving or on Thanksgiving day. I need to get with family and find out how they want to do it this year. I am also going to do a Christmas party at my house this year. I hope my family can all make it. Ruby

October 13, 2012

I am sitting at the library again thinking about life and what is going on in this country. Cut backs at work are hurting me so bad. I am behind on my rent 2 months and it seems there is no way around it. I get my paycheck and subtract what I make before taxes and from what I receive. I am paying out close to $700.00 a month of money that I will never see again. I am paying for food stamps, welfare, WIC, SNAP, Section 8 housing, etc. I will never benefit from what they are taking out of my paycheck. I am basicially working to live and thats it. I have three days of vacation left that I need to use by the end of this year. I am going to use it too. I am going to take off a week from Monday and go look for a part time job that i can work at nights for a while. Its my only alternative. I am selling my SUV to get some money back in the bank to help me with living. I hope to be moving to Arkansas in the next few years. Heck, it maybe next year. I am just trying to make it right now. Ruby

October 5, 2012

I realized this week that I am just part of the working class poor. I am not a Democrate or Republican. I am just a hard working individual working just to make a living. I dont have any fancy things and my bills are all basic living expenses other than my XM radio for $9.99 and my Dishnetwork for $55.89 s month. I know that in order to start working for my future, I am going to have to leave this area and find a job where I can actually have something instead of a lot of bills. I can go out and purhcase things on credit but paying for them is going to be a lot harder than doing without. I am going to sell my SUV that I love and use that money to get the hell out of the Mississippi Delta. Until then, I will just have to get used to having nothing. Ruby

October 1, 2012

I had to change my cell phone number this morning after 9 years of having the same number all this time. It just came right down to when you are scared to answer the phone or read a text because of someone harassing you all the time. Its best to change your number and move on. Its all the paperwork, emails, faxes, texts, phone calls, etc that you have to change is what messes me up. I may just start changing my number every few months just to clean out the riff raff. Crazy that people make you do things like that just to be able to live free and not be bothered. October 1st did start off well. I woke up this morning to a beautiful fall like morning with a lot of rain. the beautiful fall leaves on Dog Bog road were breath taking. I am going to take pictures later this week if its not raining. ruby