December 8th, 2011 → 7:43 am
“The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together.” – All’s Well That Ends Well
I had a really good week last week (if you remember my happy online shopping and holiday planning), and then this week went to pot. There was a major scare at my child’s day care, and then my husband had an accident… Life just goes up, and then down, doesn’t it? Good and ill together. Here’s looking forward to the next up already…
Filed under: Blog & Self/My Life
December 2nd, 2011 → 6:20 am
“Double, double toil and trouble; fire burn and cauldron bubble.” – Macbeth
This is one of my favorite Shakespeare quotes, that I used to recite even when I was a kid (I probably couldn’t stay awake past the first act when I was younger to remember anymore 😉 ). Right now I feel like it applies to the volatility in the stock market. Down 2% one day, up 4% another! It didn’t used to be quite this volatile! And I know there are reasons for it, like EU announcements and government jobs reports, but it still feels crazy sometimes, like a hot bubbling cauldron…
Filed under: Blog & Economics/Money