Jessica doesn’t seem to be singing the best she can as far as I am concerned.  She isn’t an entertainer on stage like Skylar. Jessica doesn’t move enough. She mainly stands there or if she does move, it’s not far, and it seems like she is doing it because she had been told to do it. Skylar would move around on the stage like she was born to entertain. I don’t feel entertained with Jessica.

Phillip has been compared to Bruce Springstein.  Not so! I am a big Boss fan. Phillip doesn’t even remotely compare to Bruce.  Phillip doesn’t really impress me and I don’t feel he belongs in the top 2.

Joshua will go far in a singing career. Even JLo recognized that.  The boy can sing! He has impressed me so much that I thought he would win Idol this year.

Is it possible something was “fixed” with the voting? I still can’t believe Jessica and Phillip are the top 2.  And I won’t be watching it next week.  I don’t want either of them to win.

Someone I know  has a Facebook account where this person who I will refer to as # from now on, has been posting some very nasty things about family and friends.  This has caused a lot of problems. I have asked # to not do this, but # says it can post whatever it wants to.  I have also forwarded some information as to why it’s not a good idea to post nasty things on Facebook only to have # become very angry at me.

It has become apparent that some companies will be asking for Facebook account information to determine what kind of person you are.  Posting negative things all the time about friends and family would present you as someone they don’t want to hire since you would cause problems within the company.  Negativity is not a good thing.

Check out this information on WIKIHOW.

How to Behave Professionally on Social Media

I have nothing against gay couples marrying.  Why can’t they have the person they love be their “wife” or “husband” ? They are entitled to love someone.  I just never understood why so many people are against these unions. I don’t think it should be called marriage, though, since I do believe marriage is between a man and a woman. Can we please call them united? Or coupled? Does it have to be “marriage”?

So far Romney has stated he does not agree with what Obama is saying.  Whether Romney is right or wrong, will his stand against gay couples uniting be for or against him when it comes time to vote for our next president? This will be interesting to watch unfold.

Will gay couples insist on a law allowing them to unite in every state? Will each state have the choice of allowing such uniting or will the federal government have to get involved in passing an amendment? I see the future holds a lot of questions.  Since most of the legislature is of the older generation I don’t see this happening any time soon.  Does this mean younger pe0ple need to be voted into the Senate and Congress to have such an amendment passed? This remains to be seen.

I emailed Gorton’s to complain about this. They responded by saying they were working on the problem of the sauce. They said they would send me a coupon. That’s exactly what I got…one coupon for a free product.

I have dealt with other companies in the past when I had a suggestion or problem.  Most of the time I got more than ONE coupon for my endeavors. When Mom found a small piece of green plastic in a soda can she got 6 coupons for free 12 packs of the soda.  I think some companies could be a bit more generous in giving out free coupons.  I had never emailed Gorton’s before. I am not a constant complainer,  but I am a consumer. Perhaps a change of brand name is in order.

I learned that unless there is an emergency, such as she’s running around outside the house naked with a knife in her hand, I really couldn’t help.  Didn’t matter that she smells really nasty, her kitchen is overflowing with dirty dishes, the kitchen floor is horribly filthy, and her table was full of things, including a bunch of ants crawling around the open butter dish. They can’t help with those things.  This woman is living in filth, but they can’t help her. It’s the way she chooses to live is what I was told.

By this time my ears were getting hot (as well as the phone!). I was so angry! I felt like I had wasted my time trying to help. I had made 5 phone calls to get this one agency, but it didn’t matter. My neighbor is on a waiting list. It will be months before someone will be able to help her. By that time  she could be dead,  overrun with filth, or stinking up the neighborhood!

As long as my neighbor bathes at least once a week, has food in the house, has shelter,  and knows what she is doing they won’t interfere with her.  This woman is diabetic, partially blind, and had a stroke years ago.  Yet no one wants to help her. The other neighbors won’t bother with her as she say she is a mean old woman. That has been going on for years.

I tried to be helpful.  I can’t do it anymore. I took her shopping for groceries and she bought junk food.  She smelled up my car so bad I had to spray the seat with Lysol…repeatedly. I won’t allow her in my car again.  I can’t take the chance that she won’t bring in some disease or bugs.  I feel like I wasted my time and energy in trying to help. It did me no good.

If you are thinking about doing something like this think again. It took me over 20 phone calls in 2 days to find out that no one can help her unless she wants the help or requests it herself. What about those who have the beginnings of dementia? Those who have no family living nearby? Or no family at all? What are these elderly people supposed to do? They won’t realize they need to call these agencies themselves.  To me it’s a rather stupid setup.

I learned my lesson. Keep to myself, keep my mouth shut, and ignore the obvious when it comes to the neighbors who are elderly. Let someone else deal with the problems that may occur.

I am really considering not going with any health insurance at all. I should be able to manage if I put money aside to use for any doctor visits or medications.  I hope nothing major will happen, but if it does I will have to deal with these issues.

Health insurance fees are very expensive and right now being on unemployment and trying to budget isn’t easy. There’s not a lot left over at the end of the paycheck. It’s amazing in this day and age the U.S. doesn’t have a decent health plan for unemployed or low income citizens.  What the president proposed will be way too costly.  We are in debt too far to add to the trillions of dollars Obama added when he helped the banks.

So, for the next few months I may be going without insurance and see what happens. Perhaps I will end up getting insurance in the future, but I am hoping a job will be connected with that. We shall see.

Most jobs can be searched and found easily. If the company is not listed on the Internet it is most likely a small one with only a few employees. In these times I would imagine most businesses have websites. When sending your resume with a cover letter, you may need to stress why you would be an asset to the company. Interviewers might ask why you want to work for the company. If you know something about the company you will be better off. Don’t volunteer that you know something. Let the interviewer ask first. That way you don’t come off as a pushy person.

Relax. Be yourself. Smile. A firm handshake and a nice hello. These are small things you can do to make the interview a little better for yourself. Above all, don’t be frightened when you go for the interview. Try to remain as calm as possible. And good luck.

Not so, said the resume writer. Times have changed. Companies want to know what you can do for them. So the changes were made. List of the companies worked in the past 1o years first with name of company and years worked there. No address, names of supervisors.  Next came my accomplishments: what I was able to do for the company that previously employed me. Basically it’s really selling yourself to the company you want to hire you. I learned that I was no longer a customer service representative. Now I am a customer service expeditor! Wow! In talking to this resume writer I learned many other things about myself. I am an expert on different aspects of this type of job. Little did I know this when I worked at it for over 11 years! It amazed me that I was so knowledgeable in certain areas.

If you have not had the chance to update your resume in a while, I suggest you contact someone who is a resume writer. While I did this through the unemployment office and did not have to pay for it, I feel it’s well worthwhile to learn more about the new way of doing a resume. Imagine selling yourself to get a job.  Very different!

I have spent a lot of time on the computer doing research and filling out information forms to even get to talk to someone about health insurance. While there are many companies out there I am finding high deductibles and high prices per month. I’m not too concerned about co-pays, but I do need to have a decent health insurance that will cover doctor visits, medications, lab work, and testing supplies.

In talking with the office staff at my primary doctor I learned the one company I had hoped to get insurance from was one she never heard of. Now I realize my doctor takes many different insurances, but having one that was never heard of rather unnerved me. I am not about to get involved with a company that could be a fly by night operation.

Calling my doctors’ offices will be my next move. Perhaps one of them can give me some insight as to what companies will be available. I am especially going to contact my endocrinologist as that one might give me a better idea of what health insurance companies will cover me with the diabetes.

I find it very frustrating to not be able to pick and choose like other people can. Having diabetes is bad enough, but to have someone tell me no when it comes to maintaining health insurance is disheartening. When I do find a company that will help me secure insurance I will be sure to let my readers know.