We have seen just the beginning of food inflation. The price of food is certainly going to continue its climb. Don’t be surprised if it goes up fast. In my blog, QE and Your Food Budget, I list three factors why this is so. Any one of them is enough to cause the price of [...]
Old Mother Hubbard Went to the cupboard, To give her poor dog a bone: When she came there, The cupboard was bare, And so her poor dog had none. My little dogs, Phoebe and Mille, never have to worry about getting a dog bone. Although ol’ Mother Hubbard’s dog wasn’t as fortunate. In my last blog, “Food [...]
What Would You Take If You Had Only A Few Minutes? My husband and I were recently evacuated because of the Burning Tree fire. It quickly became apparent that we should have made a list of items we would take in an emergency. Because I was not at home, Dick was making decisions on what [...]
Emergencies can come in many forms: financial, health, weather (storm, flood, blizzard, tornado, tsunami, etc.), fire or attack. If you’ve read my blog for very long, you know I believe it’s prudent for families to be prepared for any emergency. I live in Colorado and the most common weather related emergency is an occasional blizzard. [...]
Lesson Number One Disaster Strikes Without Warning As we go about our day, disaster is the last thing our minds. It doesn’t matter where we live, there are potential natural disasters in every area. We think we’ll get a warning, but sometimes there is none. A disaster is defined as any tragic event with great [...]
Japan is frantically trying to avoid additional meltdowns at their Fukushima nuclear complex. The first reactor meltdown occurred Saturday, March 12 in Unit 1 after the 8.9 earthquake. A second explosion occurred at the number 2 reactor, March 14. A third today, March 15. Will there be a chain reaction with the rest of their [...]
