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Nov 2, 2007    |       5 comments

What Has Oprah Been Up to Lately?

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Before I go into the post for today, I thought I would give a quick update on my son and my dog. They both are doing well. My son is walking fine on his ankle and my dog is laying next to me right now very content. 🙂

I’ve been meaning to write about an Oprah episode that was on some time ago. I rarely ever watch Oprah because she’s on at 5 PM in my area. If I happen to get off work on time, I usually have something to do right when I get off. Beverly sent me the link to a show Oprah had with Suze Orman (thank you!). Needless to say, it was very interesting.

First up, there was a wife with a very, very, very serious shopping addiction. She’d spend over $300 a month on coffee and over $240 a month on tanning and manicures. Sadly, her kids didn’t even have health insurance. This family is in a financial meltdown and Suze tries to get them to help themselves. One of Suze’s suggestions was to move to a lower cost of living area and to undergo a “financial detox.” Pretty interesting suggestion.

The next couple is downing in debt ($350,000) and they have a baby on the way. Suze is tough on them and tells them that they need to start spening in the present so they can afford present things such as food for their baby. One of the things Suze said they needed to do was to get rid of the luxury car that the husband refers to as his “baby.” He has a different baby to be thinking about!

Visit Oprah.com to read more about these couples.

I also noticed that Oprah had another show with Suze where she answered some questions. I haven’t read through it all of the way (there’s quite a bit on the website to go through), but I thought I would give you the link. Hopefully Oprah keeps up with these shows related to finance and has more experts on.

Nov 1, 2007    |       9 comments

Nope…I Don’t Feel Like Thinking About Debt Today

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Trick-or-treating last night went well. My son seemed to have fun and he got a lot of candy. After we got home was when when some not so pleasant things happened.

First up is my dog. We are watching him very closely because he decided to attack my son’s Apple Man while we were trick-or-treating. Apple Man was an adorable little creation my son made in school. He had an apple for his body and marshmallows for his head, arms and legs. He was sitting on the counter, but my dog found him too tempting, I guess (my dog never grabbed things from the counter before).

It wouldn’t have been much of a problem except that Apple Man was assembled by using toothpicks. We can’t be certain, but my dog may have eaten one of the toothpicks. Since they are wood, they won’t show up on x-rays so there isn’t anything we can do but wait. So far, my dog seems fine.

Next up is my son. This morning he woke up and crawled into our bedroom. His ankle was hurting. The first look-over by Dr. Mom revealed some swelling so I think he just may have sprained it. He really didn’t want to walk so we kept him home from school. Tomorrow he will be going to the doctors. Something on both of his feet seems odd (both of his feet have a bump and my husband and I both don’t have a bump like that) so we’ll get it checked out. I worry about my son first and foremost and I will pay up the yazoo if needed to keep him healthy. But the thought dealing with more doctor bills makes me cringe.

I’ll know more about both my son and my dog tomorrow. I try my best not to worry about things but it is tough. I tried writing a normal post about finance, but my mind is pretty pre-occupied as you can probably tell. I hope my son and my dog will be perfectly fine.

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