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Tired Ramblings & Lottery Winners

March 1st, 2007 at 07:34 pm

I have found all this writing has really kept me from my blog, but that is okay. Feels good to be productive. I really thrive on variety in my life so crazy as things are right now I have a variety of everything. It has also amazed me how fine-tuning my knowledge of personal finance and thinking more in-depth about tax issues helps my career as well - pretty win-win.

We actually ate out yesterday because was just so overwhelmed with stress and work and everything. I just wanted to eat out - told dh I didn't care how much it was out of our budget. Tax season is crazy and I will be paid accordingly, eventually. Convenience and my eating to calm my nerves prevails. (eating still equals comfort to me - it always will...) I told dh I hope April is a little better - it might be.... March is the worst month yet.

I also slept on the floor for 3 hours last night, as did dh. Ugh. I Was so miffed when dh came to bed at 2am, but turns out he fell asleep on the floor of baby's room - LOL. So I let him sleep in longer than I should have. I had to go in there at 3am - I just conked out and woke up at 6am with some pains. Getting too old for this. As awful as it is, it has been MUCH worse so we will survive. At least all we have to do is go in there and lay on the floor and baby will conk right out. Then you just debate in your head if you rather sleep on the floor or risk being awaken again an hour later. It's a tossup... Last night the floor sounded appealing until I woke up...

In other news, saw on t.v. a really interesting special on lottery winners and the bad luck that follows them. Oh yeah, chalk this one up to making your own luck - indeed. Just profiling lottery winners who squandered their money - a lot ending up in jail - a lot of money spent on drugs. They also profiled some people who won the lottery and did quite well with their life - was nice to see it isn't all doom and gloom. The point of the special = money won't buy you happiness. For sure. I was never really that excited about the lottery. I guess I am just too grounded. I know the odds are slim to none. & if I won $1 million, give the government 1/2, leaves me a decent addition to my retirement. Oh sure I would enjoy some but I don't think it would solve all of my whoas either. Winning millions, I always figured it would create more problems than anything. A lot of lottery winners in the special had problems with friends and family who wanted a piece of the money. Or were just crushed with requests for help from the average population. I imagine all that would be tough to handle. Seems a lot easier to invest your way to millions and just keep quiet about it - shhhhhh... But it was an interesting special. There was a t.v. show on briefly last year called Windfall which tackled the topic - a drama about a bunch of friends who won the lottery. IT could have been done much better I guess but the topic I thought was fascinating. I guess no one wants to see how winning the lottery doesn't solve all your whoas - hehe.

7 Responses to “Tired Ramblings & Lottery Winners”

  1. paulettegoddard Says:
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    Hey, I just saw your interview in momseasychair.com!

  2. LuckyRobin Says:
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    You might want to consider putting down a nice foam eggshell and a sleeping bag in baby's room until he is through teething. I found Hyland's homeopathic teething tablets and teething gel to really work well through the worst of the teething, that and a bit of infant's motrin. During the very, very worst of it, we just gave up and brought baby into bed with us. I know a lot of folks won't do that but it was the only way we got any restful sleep for a few months. Neither one of our children had problems adjusting back to sleeping alone when the teething was done. Just something to consider.

  3. monkeymama Says:
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    She didn't even tell me - LOL - I'll go look! Thanks Paulette!

  4. monkeymama Says:
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    Oh he doesn't dig our bed at all, plus more hand off the better. I agree, but I am in denial this is anything but short-term AND I don't want to spend any money on foam and sleeping bags for temporary - hehe.

    The floor wasn't o bad last night - adjusting. Though I know I could pile some blankets down to make it a little softer... We have tried ALL the teething remedies and then some, nothing has helped.

  5. Broken Arrow Says:
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    I think the problem with typical lottery winners is that you're handing a large windfall to people who generally don't even know how to manage their own personal finances, or perhaps not even know how to manage other people who are all of a sudden interested in you for the money.

    I've given such a fantasy scenario more thought than is potentially healthy, but let me just say that I'd gladly be a lottery winner. If the state would please oh please just give me that chance, I'll gladly prove to everyone that I can cut it! Big Grin

  6. monkeymama Says:
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    I think if I could win anonynously I Would be game. Money really turns families ugly, sad to say. I would worry about how it would affect all of our relationships. Even if we could be anonymous, hello, could we keep that from our family? LOL. I have seen too many ugly things at my work with fighting families over small amounts of money. I like to think my family would be above that, but no one really seems immune.

  7. baselle Says:
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    I'm a firm believer that money (lottery, inheritance) is a bit like liquor. If its given in one big gulp it magnifies your personality. If one couldn't manage $100 appropriately, why will it somehow change when given $100 million?

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