Jen on September 3rd, 2010

Have you started trying to get your kids to go to bed early in preparation for next week when school starts?  (At least most Michigan schools start next Tuesday)  I started with the kids a couple weeks ago just to make sure they would be good to go come school time.  I can tell they are [...]

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Jen on March 17th, 2010

I’m just amazed at the number of my high school classmates that are currently enrolled in college or going back to college.  Of course maybe that’s because so many jobs here in Michigan have left the state, but I do have to admit there are times I wonder if once my kids are back in school [...]

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Jen on July 19th, 2009

I’m not happy to say this, but Michigan was the first state in 25 years to hit an unemployment rate over 15%!  We hit the 15.2% mark and it still sounds like the worse it still yet to come here.   (Jennifer Granholm was right during the last Governor elections when she was going to blow us away!) [...]

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