My goodness gracious, what a weekend of news it has been!  Every time I turn on the news, something is actually being covered other than the presidential election!
Big news of the weekend included Tim Russert dying of cardiac arrest.  All weekend long, and into today that seems to be the biggest news story, everyone is [...]

I have to admit that I am quite surprised how quickly to roads and bridges flood around here.  It does not seem that we get all that much rain to be having that happen!  But every single time it rains, when I go out driving, it seems that I see lots of areas where the [...]

On my afternoon bus run, taking the high schoolers (and middle schoolers) home, we came across an accident that had just happened.  No police or rescue squad had arrived yet.  A car was on its side, the driver and passengers were climbing out of the windows.  There were several people who had run to help [...]

Yesterday I had to attend a meeting during my bus route shifts.  It was a continuing education thing that is required by law.  Anyway, our boss conducted the meeting and showed us a few videos that we had seen during our initial training.  Before the videos, though the was talking to us about safety in [...]

It seems that every time I turn on the news, there are stories about the economy, and consumer credit.  And every time I get the mail from our mailbox, there are offers for credit cards, Personal Loans, and payday loans.
With the price of gas going up, the trickle down effect is making the price of [...]