Ethel's profile

I am one of those Americans who lost her pets to the economic crisis and all but her mind with the irrelevent discussions by our government of solutions. Hunger, homelessness are real problems always in america but today the number of Americans facing the hardship and humiliation of these issues has more than tripled. Sadly this economic crisis has left our beloved soulmates, our four legged fa... read more »

I choose the Category of Entertainment for this Advice on how to "survive". Despite claims made by President and Congress I just do not see that our economy is improving. A realist I know many American's face some sort of "hardship" as jobs disappear, homes are no longer affordable, and food, utility prices soar. Like I maybe you have asked how you are to "survive"... read more »

Positive must be our "outlook" as this year 2009 winds to a close. We must face Halloween and know fear is a manufactured emotion even if heart stopping. So many are so personally facing the task of surviving the thing the politicians call an "economic crisis". So as in any year the First of October also singles the time to start worrying about "taxes". And thi... read more »

Advice on how to avoid becoming a victim of pyramid schemes is important as we struggle to make ends meet in a world where only the bank has the money you do not have. Today we all must be careful to look twice at lucrative offers on the Internet, over the phone, or even from our leaders in Washington DC. A pyramid scheme J. Edger Hoover of the Federal Bureau of Investigation pronounced is any... read more »

I live in a humid, yet arid region, of Southern Arizona called the Sonoran Desert and feel compelled to write advice on how a community can reduce their mosquito population. I use the word compelled because in this barbed desert of cactus spikes, rattle snakes, trees with so many barbs that the mosquitoes seem to have joined in a "torture challenge" that the mosquitoes are all but dea... read more »

When I wake up… "I do not want to move…!" I really do not want to move across town. I like my new home I Look forward to the additional space. I do not want to move! My friends say you are getting off easy for you are moving locally. You can even do some of it yourself. The clincher of this nightmare, the awakening on moving day, is that all your friends simply will ... read more »

Have you ever asked yourself if you have become "one of those"? Who are "they", "them", and "those" who are the favorite class to fear? Are they the "mentally ill"? What is a mental illness? And why are we American's seeking aid from our physicians for such things as anxiety or depression? Are these mental illnesses? Yes? So this tod... read more »

We women are so different from men. As we develop these changes are more apparent than bodily changes, changes of life, or changes in our life style. While men and women are more likely to die of SCD, Sudden Cardiac Death, it is woman who die often because their family doctor, or cardiologist does not take into account these wide variances in how we grow, how we live, how dramatic it is to bear... read more »

So you've gone from a billfold full of Credit Cards to luckless chance there is still something in your checking account and realize as I do that the "recession" is not over, that no "bailout" has come your way. That "Economic Stimulus Rebate" you received is just as gone as the jobs, our homes, the economy in this nation. How do you cope? This advice then... read more »

Advice on purchasing Real Estate for american women. What is the best advice for a woman in America who suffered a home foreclosure. There is a strength called the human spirit. Was it learned as school spirit, or maybe patriotism. Maybe our parents taught us self esteem. Or maybe we learned to be first liberated, and then assertive. We are the women of America with that "spirit".... read more »