Today’s Joke! It was once said that a black man would be president “when pigs fly.” Indeed 100 days into Obama’s presidency…”swine flu”!!!

Happy Marvelous Monday to you! This is the day that the Lord has made, I will rejoice and be glad in it!

How was your weekend? I don’t have anything deep to discuss today, or not right now at least. Tomorrow we can talk about Obama reversing Bush’s stem cell research bill or the fact that a tornado touched down in Indiana where many of my loved ones are or the fact that Circuit City is about to lay off 34,000 people (in case you think I made a mistake let me spell it out, thirty four thousand!).  Nah, let’s not talk about any of those things this morning. I’m still sleepy. Why you may ask?  COULD IT BE THIS TIME CHANGE!

Forgive me for getting so bent out of shape but check this out. Last week I was wearing sunglasses to work! The babies (well, teenagers) that were standing on the corner waiting on the school bus looked safe. I could see all the soldiers running in the street beside my car doing their morning PT as I drove by. All was good! Today, I kid you not; it was pitch black! There was no way I could wear my sunglasses, the babies didn’t seem safe out there waiting on the school bus and I got right upon a running soldier before I could see him! I fretted about that one. He happened to be on the other side of the street but what if he had been on my side?

Here’s the thing, I’m not a farmer and I don’t rely on daylight to help me make a living.  For them, I’m glad they have that hour.  All that extra hour of daylight is going to do for me is keep me outside with my flowers until 10:00 pm instead of 9:00 pm and cut down on my “good for my health” sleep time! Ocassionally, I am sleepy by eight o’clock at night. And when I am, I go to sleep. Now I will be going to sleep when it is still light outside?!

Before long it will be daylight at 5:30 am and stay light until 9:30 pm. I don’t know about you but once it is light outside, I am awake. So I’m going to have to learn to sleep within the parameters of those dark eight hours and live life the other sixteen!

Holla back and tell me how you did with the time change and if you are little sleepy today! Still…it is a Marvelous Monday!

So the stimulus bill is passed! This is what Obama wanted so for that; I look at this as a victory! But for me personally, I don’t know.

From what I understand, receiving your stimulus check this year will be a little different. Instead of going by the last four of your social security number and making you wait until the month that your numbers come up, this year filing your taxes will instantly trigger the government thus releasing your check.  The stimulus has decreased a bit:  $400.00 for singles and $800.00 for couples. Not being 100% politically or financially savvy leaves me without all the pieces needed to form a completely intelligent opinion, but I will say, it seems contradictory to the life long lesson of responsible spending.

I get exactly what they are trying to do and I am not oppose to the cause, but the effect they are expecting is something that I just don’t think is ever going to happen using this method. Well let me clarify, I don’t think the part of the stimulus package that doles out money earmarked for consumer spending, will work. I will not be going out on a shopping spree and coming back with my chest stuck out saying, I feel good because I have jump started the economy by spending my few little hundreds. No. I am more likely going to either bank it or save it – these days that is two different things when many don’t feel safe putting their money in the bank – or I am going to continue to pay off bills so I can peacefully sit at home feeling safe with little to no debt. Will my way of thinking help the economy and create new jobs? Absolutely not. Do I care about the economy ripening up and us being a healthy working country again? Absolutely yes, but I am scared! I do not want to be overly cautious but I don’t want to be stupid either. So I am inclined to play it safe. I will say thank you for the money and walk away in awe that we are once again given free money (well is it really free?) from the government. Other than that, I’ve got to do what is best for me and my personal economy!

Are you going to go out and spend yours? I recently bought a 52 inch screen TV and even more recently, I took it back! I am just nervous and frankly unsure as to what I should do. I’d love to hear other opinions and even be persuaded to change my mind and go out and buy me some shoes! I guess we could play the game:  if you do it, I’ll do it! But I gotta know; what are you going to do with your money? Holla back!