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  • From: "Lynn Wigglesworth" <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>
  • To: <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Economy & family
  • Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2008 10:38:05 -0500

Wow; there's a "Merry Christmas", huh? If times get really bad, I can see families coming together to live. Having someone in the family with a fairly self-sufficient homestead could come in handy.

So far, there's no threats to any of my family (my sister is ready to quit her job in disgust and go live in the woods of Maine, so she might welcome getting laid off).

Lynn Wigglesworth
----- Original Message ----- From: "Lisa K.V. Perry" <lisakvperry AT gmail.com>
To: <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 10:14 AM
Subject: [Homestead] Economy & family


My sister in NE GA called met 8:00 this morning with bad news. Her husband
is losing his job as Gen Mgr of Up the Creek restaurant, in fact, the owner
is closing all the UtC restaurants in that area effective 12/15. He'd been
with the company for almost 7 years. They are nervously awaiting word to see
if he will be assigned an Applebee's store (a sister chain) effective 12/15
or shortly thereafter, or if it will take a month or longer to find a
position for him (a lapse in paychecks) or if he'll be out of a job
completely. The store employees do not yet know the store is closing. My
brother-in-law gets to give his employees pink slips and that alone makes
him feel like sh*t.

My sister told me not to tell anyone in our family, she doesn't want them to
worry until they know what will happen. My husband and I talked about it but
it wasn't enough. I wanted to tell you guys.

They found out two days ago. They've pulled their kids out of karate (2
boys, one girl - both boys take lessons) and they are going through this
while my brother-in-law's mom and sister are visiting. At least they all get
along.

Sooner or later I knew this economy would cause problems for my family one
way or another as it will to nearly everyone's. I'm looking for the silver
lining. They'll pull together and appreciate what they have and let go of
the rest, I guess.

2009 and 2010 are going to be memorable years.

Lisa
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