10 Commandants Cutie Style

No telling lies
Listen to Mommy and Daddy and Teachers
Be Nice
Have Fun
Pray to Hashem
Don't be jealous
No stealing
No Fighting
Protect the environment (Use a thermos)
No Yelling

The New Guy

Last week they hired a

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He's the standard fare.

Chocolate Fudge Brownie by Ben and Jerry's

Cutie's favorite ice cream flavor is Ben and Jerry's Chocolate Fudge Brownie. She likes Pistachio Pistachio but not as much as the fav. It was nice to have B&J after the matzah Passover fest. Since we are Sephardic her vegy diet was good - beans rice nuts, and vegy's, it was food as usual.

We had Sedar at Adam's. Cutie did a great job. Even the songs she didn't know - she faked well. She did know - the order, 4 questions, baruck hamacom, the plagues. Not so bad for a 4-1/2 year old.

Since I went back to work on a temporary assignment, we had many sitters during school break. Every day it change. I like mom's with children her age. They aren't afraid of bugs. Highschool students that want to be art teachers are good also. Everyday I left projects for her to do.

Tomorrow is a school day. Ahh. She really enjoyed Fire Island this weekend. We are not selling the house just yet. We have an offer at $632,000. When you factor in broker commission, it's not a great deal. We are in a crisis, but people will soon be feeling better. It's not about reality - it's about whatever everyone is thinking.There are three industries doing well, education (even though the public school system sucks), government (welcome to socialism) and healthcare. I adjusted and found a job in branding a healthcare company. When healthcare is nationalized they want to be positioned to supply the drugs. They didn't tell me that - but that's where we are heading in a few more breakdowns.

We accidently left Teddy in the Fire Island house. It's the first time in 4 years she's without Teddy Bear. She cried at first, but we have another stuff animal sub. I'm thinking the week will be good for her.

Got to get ready for school tomorrow.

Purim and Passover

Cutie as Queen Esther

Cutie's intepretation of Moses and Pharoh in Egypt.

Happy Spring

Happy Spring. Cutie is adjusting to being picked up by friends. She's happy that it's spring and doesn't get the "Hungry Catapillar" google logo. Google does branding very well.

The economy is crap. Our portfolio was cut in half. I sold stock at the bottom. Property taxes in NY are going up. In fact in 20 years, the NY tri-state area will be the next housing crisis. As much as I love our house, we must plan our move before people figure it out on their own. Government, Education (also government), and Healthcare are the only industries surviving. I took the census exam as a back-up.

Luckily, I found a job doing advertising for a healthcare company. Medco. They are the 50th largest company in the US and nobody knows who they are. The CEO get annoyed when he's on the golf course and nobody has heard of Medco. So he's spending money to make that change. It will take a few years or you can do it the fast way by accounting irregularities or complex financial transactions. But how do you to that with a healthcare company - Do a derivative based on the number of pills people take? The amazing thing is that they are doing important stuff that helps them and pill takers.

I would like to sell the FI house. But it's not going to happen for a while. This year we have to refinance. The good news is that it's renting. The bad news is that we are still having to fix it up.

I really want to load new Cutie photos. However, they are all of winter. Maybe next week.

Doomed

Government, Education (government), and Healthcare.

Those are the only sectors doing well. 80% of Government and Education dollars go to salaries which are determined by unions. Those salaries are funded by tax dollars. If you work in the private sector and make $80,000(household income in Valley Cottage) - you take home about $50,000/year. The average 1800 square foot house is paying $11,000/year in property taxes). Sales tax is

I Want This All The Time

Cutie had her first chocolate milkshake.
"Do you like it?" The joy on her face said it all.
"I want this all the time". Dinner, breakfast, lunch.

The next day I made a carob milkshake.
"Do you like this?"
"It tastes like dust". Can you put chocolate chips in it?