Thanks to my friend, Jim Hunt, for sharing this cartoon. I love his drawing style. If you ever need an artist to draw a caricature or cartoon for a logo or something like that, please keep Jim in mind. You can find him on Facebook and send him a private message. He’s a good guy, and talented, too!

I hope your Sunday night is peaceful and that you can count many blessings.

Did your parents teach you about banking accounts and credit cards? Mine did not and I have had to learn the hard way how to manage my money. But at least I have always worked and had money. I can’t imagine how hard it must be to not have a job and be a student instead. Learning how to manage the little money a college student has must be tougher – they cannot afford to waste the little money they have on over limit fees, late charges, or even ATM fees. That is what I am supposed to be writing about, but I am drawing nothing but blanks.

It’s hard to give advice when you don’t know enough about the subject to be an authority on it. So I have read all kinds of articles on the internet and think I have a basic understanding. Now I have to rework the information and write it in a style that  be interesting to college students.

Wish me luck!

When I stopped in my favorite gyro place to get lunch, I noticed that the bakery case was almost empty and the few slices of cheesecake did not look fresh. The cake plates with baklava and Persian cookies were missing. I asked the clerk about it and he said that the baker had quit to take a job in marketing. They need a baker to bring them a couple dozen fresh baked desserts every day. I would love to do that! But I doubt I could make enough money to support myself off the couple dozen dessert for just this one restaurant.

If I could get a couple more restaurants to take my baked goods, that might work. There’s a fine line behind baking a few dozen desserts on your own and opening a whole bakery – which I would love to do but I just don’t have the startup money to do that. I’m going to investigate it a little further and see if I can make it work. I don’t want to see a good opportunity like this go to waste.

Now there is a commercial for Progressive Insurance that is horrible. You know Flo, the annoying girl with the dark hair in a 1960′s hairband and flip? Some of her commercials are funny, but this new one is just annoying. There is some guy who sings a long note, dragging it out WAYYYY too long, waiting for Flo to push a button so he can stop singing. But Flo is distracted and doesn’t get around to pushing the button for a VERYYYY long time. OMFG – I want to throw a shoe at the TV when that commercial comes on!!!!!

I remember being in school on a Saint Patrick’s Day and I was not wearing green. My mother had not said anything about wearing green – we aren’t Irish and she didn’t celebrate the holiday. But I wore a regular skirt and blouse that had no green on it and I was getting pinched all day long by other kids who took advantage of the day to be a pest! Ever since that day in the fourth grade, I make sure that I am wearing green on St. Patrick’s day!!!