Work At Home Musings

A few years ago, I had to rent a truck to move my Mom from California to Utah. I didn’t realize how expensive a truck rental could be! Fortunately, my brother was the one driving that behemoth and not me. I did learn a few lessons though:

• Always comparison shop. Price out trucks from different companies before making a decision.
• Look at different sizes. Price out the different sizes of trucks. Maybe you could donate or giveaway a few items and opt for a smaller truck and save money.
• Plan your route carefully. Try for the shortest route to save gas money. Also, be aware that large trucks are not allowed on some streets. Have an alternate route if construction or other things slow you down.
• Price out companies that offer to drive the truck for you if you do all the packing. Considering gas prices, this may save you money!

Yes, I have what we call in our family - The Dream Curse. My sister has The Dream Curse and so does my nine year old daughter. The Dream Curse is where you have very vivid dreams and then when you wake up you are not sure if they are real or not. Some of the dreams even make you mad at other people, even though it was just a dream! My nine year old has nightmares and we have to constantly monitor what she watches on television!

A couple of years ago, I had a dream that a friend of mine went to Chicago and got in a horrible accident. She even contacted Chicago personal injury lawyers to sue the other driver. Of course, none of this really happened, but she actually WAS planning a trip to Chicago. I told her to be really, really careful, because I was sure that something would happen. Of course, nothing did, but that is how vivid some of these dreams can be!

Do you have The Dream Curse?

I am almost through with my vacation and will have pictures to post soon! While I was in Utah, I saw some fantastic homes for sale and was blown away by the prices. Since I live in New Jersey, I tend to think that housing in the rest of the US is just as expensive, but once you head west, the housing prices become much more reasonable. Here is a beautiful home in Utah. It has seven bedrooms, four and one half baths, finished basement complete with home theater seating, covered deck, swimming pool and is one 1/2 acre of property. The annual taxes are $3000 which is LESS than 1/2 of what I pay in New Jersey for less home and less property. The asking price is $650,000. Wow! This home would be over $1 million in my part of the country. I think I need to move!

The flowers that I planted last year bloomed again this year. One of them was a real surprise. I don’t it having a flower like this last year. I can’t even remember what it is called. Anyone know?

My daughter is “graduating” from 8th Grade this year. (They won’t let us call it graduating, it is called the 8th Grade Celebration!) I am trying to think of a good gift to get her. One thing I want to get her is the texting plan from Verizon at $5.00 a month. I am also looking for the best buy on MP3 players. I will probably head to buy.com since they always seem to come through for me in that department.

Do you have to buy any graduation gifts this year?