Just got word a few days ago that my oldest grand daughter is pregnant at age 18. My heart is just sick about this. This is a young lady who has so much promise for her life and seems to be on a downward spiral. Not sure what is going on with her. She is 18, not graduated yet, no car, no job and moved out of her parents home 2 months ago. She has gone from a total mommy’s girl to someone I do not know.

A little history. My grand daughter lived with my husband and I for the first 5 years of her life. Her mother became pregnant at 18 also and was unmarried. The difference was that my daughter was graduated high school, had her own car and had a job. My daughter also lived at home and had the support of the whole family to help her raise her child. She had built in child care so she could get a leg up and get continued education and was able to secure a job to support herself. She also married and had someone to complete her own family.

For some reason my grand daughter thinks that she can have this baby and raise it without a job, without an education and without a spouse to help support her and her family. Where is the logic behind all this? Is she just lazy? I am beginning to think so!

I love this girl with all my heart and have no clue as to where all this is going. I see disaster written all over this.

Writing today just because. I like to write and sometimes I do not know where I want to write. Several of my articles are scattered all over the blogosphere. So when I do not know what it is I am going to be writing about I just post to separate different blogs. I post here so irregularly I thought it was about time I did a post. I thought I would keep up with family and friends on this blog but that was before we all started connecting on Facebook. Now I do not need to post to my family and friends here so I will be posting just to myself.

We are out of work and now living on our 401k. This economy has hit us so hard. It has been six months since hubby has lost his job and there still seems to be no light at the end of the tunnel. We are not the only baby boomers looking for a job here in Michigan. Not only are boomers out of work but many many people are suffering like us. Many with college degrees like us who thought we would work and be safe until retirement.

It is hard to even think of picking up and moving at 60. Besides the fact that we probably would never be able to sell our home. Many of our friends, baby boomers also, are feeling the same plight.

Had my grandkids this weekend and the discussion got around to talking about how fun Halloween is. I know it is only July, but my grandkids have no concept as to how far away Halloween is.

Its funny when kids get an idea in their heads how they just can’t let it go. All of the sudden they were in a panic as to what or who they wanted to be on Halloween. After failing at pushing this idea out of their head we had to start looking online for Halloween costumes. Hard to do in July.

I was going to do so much this weekend and it rained all weekend. It not only rained but pored and thunderstorm. Goofed off all weekend.

Had the whole house to myself yesterday. Spent the whole day Twittering and chatting with relatives on Facebook. Oh and taking a little nap in the afternoon. It really was a heavenly time.