Asha Anujeeva

Last night Lynn and I were chatting on the phone.  She told me that she was working the night before at her store and she found about $50 lying on the floor.  She turned it into the office, thinking that someone would claim it.  She had in the back of her mind if no one claimed it, then the money would be turned over to her after a few weeks.  The next day she asked the store manager what would happen to the money if no one claimed it.  He told her that if no one claimed it, then it would be put in the cash registers and logged as “found money” and the money would get deposited to the store’s account.  He said that was the store policy!

With that in mind, Lynn was telling me that if she knew that, she probably would have just kept the money to herself and waited to see if anyone asked her if it had been found.  What do you think you would do in that situation yourself, turn it in, or keep it?  I’m not sure what I’d do myself!  Who knows if maybe the store manager just kept the money for himself?  Seriously, what would YOU do?

With it only being April  and the temperatures almost to 90 degrees out, I have to wonder where in the world is spring?  We jumped right from winter to the dog days of August!  I hope this is not an indication of the effects of global warming hitting us in the face so soon!  I don’t like it when it is hotter than 82 out, so at 90 I’m quite cranky if I go outside in that kind of heat!  The weatherman says cooler weather is on the way; I sure hope he’s right!  I’d like to have some nice warm spring weather for a few months before we reach 90 degrees again!

It is encouraging to know that real estate sales are on the rise. The majority of real estate agents are walking around once again with a smile and a bounce in their step because of this increase in sales. A good amount of these sales are due to the real estate stimulus efforts by our Federal Government. One of their better judgment calls as of late.

Giving first time home buyers a nice tax credit has made a major impact on so many people and has people who would have never even thought about buying a house looking around to see what they can find. And now they have extended this tax credit, once again, and it’s including other options as well. Folks that have lived five years consecutively in the past eight years can receive up to $6,500 from Uncle Sam.

I’ve found a good overview of the extension at Coldwell Banker’s web site, they have an interesting short video that I’ve placed below for your information. This can mean some serious money so it’s good to try and get the word out, if you know what I mean. Once again I have to thank YouTube.com for allowing us to view videos such as this one.

I really enjoy listening to the newly recorded song by Alicia Keys along with Jay-Z entitled “Empire State of Mind” Live on YouTube.com. I do like it when another artist comes along and turns the song into a good sounding duet. If you haven’t heard it you should check it out.

You would think that the airlines would get their act together when it comes to making sure that your Luggage arrives at the same destination that you do and both at the same time would be nice. My sister just got back from a trip that was supposed to be like a second honeymoon but turned out to be one big mess. The whole mess starting with the airlines losing both her and her husband’s brand new Tumi Luggage, so you know that put a damper on the whole trip.

They both had to go out and purchase all new clothes and personal hygiene products that were packed in their bags that they put such faith in the airlines to keep track of and take care of. That was an expense that they were not prepared for, so they had to cut back on quite a few activities that they had planned on participating in on this particular trip.

And the brand new Tumi Luggage that they were utilizing were special gifts to them from his mother just two Christmas holiday seasons ago. It is most unfortunate that his mother passed shortly after this occasion so this luggage has a lot of emotion and love attached to it. The good news is that the luggage has been found but there are items missing and the bags now look pretty grubby, which has my sister really bent out of shape.