http://www.saraurich.com Ramblings, Views, Opinions, or Whatever Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:01:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Investment tips for 2008 With all the turmoil in the market today and the collapse of Lehman Bros and acquisition of Merrill Lynch by Bank of America, this might be some good advice. For all of you with any money left, be aware of the next expected mergers so that you can ... http://www.saraurich.com/archives/2008/10/08/stock-market-news-investment-tips/ I found a really fun website: www.yearbookyourself.com If you go there you can upload a picture of yourself and see it transformed into a yearbook picture for any year from 1950 up to the year 2000. Just for kicks I did pictures for me and Erica for the year ... http://www.saraurich.com/archives/2008/10/05/the-year-1996/ It's been a really different week for us at the office. We're still in recovery mode from Hurricane Ike, meaning there is a lot of work going on in various parts of the church building. We lost 2 walls on our gymnasium. We lost an entire wing ... http://www.saraurich.com/archives/2008/09/26/practice-what-you-preach/ Subject: Common Sense Obituary My parents told me about Mr. Common Sense early in my life and told me I would do well to call on him when making decisions. It seems he was always around in my early years but less and less as time passed by until today ... http://www.saraurich.com/archives/2008/09/24/obituary/ I believe…That just because two people argue, it doesn't mean they don't love each other. And just because they don't argue, it doesn't mean they do love each other. I believe...That we don't have to change friends if we understand that friends change. I believe...That no matter how good a ... http://www.saraurich.com/archives/2008/09/24/i-believe/ You know things are getting back to normal around here when the Super Wal-Mart reopens after a hurricane! Yes, Erica and I are back home. We have had electrical power since Monday afternoon but no internet. Yesterday (Friday) AT&T came out and fixed us up. The ... http://www.saraurich.com/archives/2008/09/20/final-ike-update-i-hope/ Hurricane Ike made landfall near Galveston Island (Houston) on September 13, 2008 in the early morning hours. Although Ike was only a category 2 hurricane, which is low on the scale, he was considered by meterologists to be one of the strongest hurricanes in history since he was so ... http://www.saraurich.com/archives/2008/09/15/yikes-ike/ Here is the latest map from the National Hurricane Center as of 4:00 pm CDT. It is moving CLOSER to the Houston/Galveston area ... Notice how the white "cone" area has moved further east ... not good ... http://www.saraurich.com/archives/2008/09/10/hurricane-update/ Man, these hurricanes are driving me crazy! First we think Gustav is coming straight at us, then he changes and goes in on the Louisiana coast. That's okay with me, but we still weren't sure until the last day or so whether we would evacuate. Now there's ... http://www.saraurich.com/archives/2008/09/10/crazy/ We went to Carmax today and Erica bought a 2005 Saturn VUE ... here are some pictures: Pretty, huh? http://www.saraurich.com/archives/2008/09/06/new-car-for-erica/