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Entries from March 2009

Surviving the Lien Years – The Early Years

March 18th, 2009 · 5 Comments

When we married and graduated, there was a recession happening in our country as well. We were married in 1992 and looked for our first “real” or “career” jobs in 1993.

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Tags: Budget and Frugality · Entreprenuership · Observations and Everyday Life

Surviving the Lien Years

March 17th, 2009 · 9 Comments

What is going on is that my life is in many ways a stunning example of what is seen on the news almost every night right now with regards to the recession and difficult economy. My husband and I have filed bankruptcy, lost our house, and car. We are starting over financially.

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Tags: Budget and Frugality · Entreprenuership · Observations and Everyday Life · Works for Me Wendesday

Please Help with Direction of Jen’s Genuine Life

March 12th, 2009 · 4 Comments

Tonight I have been invited to attend a media event for the 2010 Ford Taurus.  This is the first time I have been invited to an event like this.  I have been encouraged to tweet and blog about it, which I plan to be doing using the hashtag #taurustalk tonight and a full blog post [...]

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Tags: Blogs and Bloggy Stuff

St Patrick’s Day Word Search

March 11th, 2009 · 7 Comments

Word Search Puzzles are still a big hit at our house. With two kindergarteners running around looking for things to do, it’s nice to be able to print out a word search puzzle and keep them happy for a few minutes. With St. Patrick’s Day coming up on the 17th of March, I thought I’d [...]

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Tags: Thursday Thirteen

BusyBoy Loses His First Tooth

March 11th, 2009 · 4 Comments

BusyBoy lost his first tooth the over the weekend.  It was so loose but he did not want us to pull it out.  He ran a slight fever and was feeling pretty lousy on Saturday and wound up laying in my bed taking a nap.  He woke up from the nap by noticing that his [...]

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Tags: BusyBoy · Observations and Everyday Life