I feel like all I have been writing about lately is my lack of finding a job. I know the economy is not so good right now, and that there are people out there who are having a harder time than I am. I am lucky that Junior is employed, and that his job is not in jeopardy. There are many people out there who have no income, so I should not be complaining.
However, I am beginning to think we are going to be in trouble come Christmastime. My family already does the "no adult gifts" thing, and in the past, it has been suggested that we draw names for the kids. I don't want to have to do this, but I also don't want to spend all of my money on my nieces and nephews, leaving less money for my own kids. I think I might suggest a $5 limit on gifts for kids, or something like that. Even at $5, I will spend $60. If I suggested $10 per kid, that would be $120. I don't want to sound like Scrooge, but I don't have that kind of money this year.
This is going to be tough.
I really hope that my kids go to college, or at least a trade school. I want them to do better than Junior and I. It is not fun working 40 hours a week, and bringing home just enough money to make the bills. I want my kids to get great jobs. Or better yet, I want them to own their own businesses. They can become Painters by opening a College Pro franchise, or they can become lawyers and doctors. Whatever they decide, I hope they are happy, and successful.
For now, I will continue to apply for jobs online. Hopefully since it is getting closer to the holiday season, the grocery stores will start hiring seasonal help. Right now, I will take whatever I can get.
4 comments:
It's tough when there are alot of neices and nephews. My ex had 16 of them, I remember spending 15 - 20 bucks on each one of them, when I first met him. Then it went down abit. When they turned 16 we stopped giving gifts to them. But what sucked in turn they all stopped giving to our kids(they were the youngest out of all of them).
If I were to do it over again, I think I'd say draw a name for the neices and nephews and cap it at $25 or something. That way you still have money for your own kids.
Ugh I know how you feel- maybe others feel the same as you and just don't want to bring it up.
I've been pretty lucky and have won most of what I will use for the holidays this year- between contesting/sweeping and earning amazon gc's this is my contribution.
There are tons of sweeps and giveaways going on now- I have some stuff on my blog about it if you are interested.
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We deal with the same thing but luckily we have a smaller group to buy for. It's still hard for us and I still wish I could give more but sometimes people just have to deal with it.
I'm evil but I think you should forget about anyone else this year. We did that last year-and will do it again this year-and just focused on OUR family. Us and the kids. If people get upset because they get no gift, they are just being selfish. These days it is not right to expect gifts.
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