I have successfully been in AA for four years and am very happy to talk about it. But it’s funny how people in my meetings come from all walks of life. And sometimes there’s a little tension because of it. We have this one guy from the western side of Rt. 59, in the new subdivisions, and the way that guy talks it’s like his problems are bigger than everyone elses’.  I just blurted out one day that I guess my inferiority complex is not as good as yours.

But he laughed. We all did.  And we all got to sharing our whole problem, the family tensions, of the economy. It seems like everyone’s either in trouble or worried about the trouble to come. And we talk it through. One trick I learned there was something that came in handy just a few weeks ago. I had to travel to South Dakota to take care of my mother who is very ill. I didn’t have the cash to buy a plane or even a bus ticket, and my car was not in great shape. But my friend from the meeting suggested I go to Streamwood Title Loans, a car title loans company that’s all online.  Sure enough, I was able to get about $800 to fix my car, and I got the money fast, in time to get that repair and drive out to Rapid City. I took car of mother for a week until my sister could get there. It was a very smart thing to do.

By the way Streamwood is near Bartlett, Elgin, Hanover Park, Poplar Creek, and Schaumburg.

Carelessly planned projects take three times longer to complete than expected. Carefully planned projects take four times longer to complete than expected, mostly because the planners expect their planning to reduce the time it takes. And sometimes your plan is about as useful as toilet paper.

I should know, I’m a planner.  And the best laid plans … well, you know. I had our family finances all planned out. My husband works full time, I work part time since the kids are in school.  We take two vacations a year.  We would replace our old 1970s kitchen within five years of buying our house.

What screwed that up was this Bush economy. My husband lost his job at Motorola. I had trouble finding work at the payscale I was used to. Our daughter is a prodigy and they tell us she needs to go to a special “genius camp” in North Carolina next summer that costs $8000 for a month ($5000 after a scholarship).

So the question is, can I forget the kitchen until things turn around, and send my daughter to this camp? Her heart is set on it, so we looked into borrowing the $5000.  Forget banks, they’ll take your home away from you if you’re not careful. I found a car title loan company online, Schaumburg Title Loans, that valued our Escalade at worth $7000 in a loan. OK, not in the plan, but we did it. And I’ll do it again if the “plan” calls for it.

By the way Schaumburg is near Des Plaines, Elgin, Hoffman Estates, Rolling Meadows, and Roselle.

I was moving in into a brand new home! It was actually the home of my dreams! but there was one problem I wanted a new bedroom set to match my beautiful bedroom! I mean I didn’t want to bring my old beat up bedroom set to my new home!

I started searching on the web ways I can get a quick car title loan with the lowest interest rate in the nation. I was searching the web then came across this website called CAR-TITLE-LOANS-IN-LANCASTER.INFO I had allot of searches and that was my best way to go!

So I decided to fill out the online application. It took less then five minutes. And within two minutes the company calls me and told me how much I was approved for!  They then asked me to fax over simple paper work that I already had laying around the house,

Thanks to CAR-TITLE-LOANS-IN-LANCASTER.INFO I had my brand new bedroom set in my brand new house! I never wanted to leave my bedroom because it was incredibly beautiful! I’m so satisfied bye the decision I made!

By the way Lancaster is near antioch, Elgin, Pleasant Hill, Kershaw, and Tradesville.

What’s the difference between ‘fat chance’ and ‘slim chance’? My ex-husband, a frequent visitor to the Grand Victoria Casion, thinks that “fat” version means he will get lucky and win.

Then he went and gambled away the house. So divorcing him was a little less complicated that what other couples do — the only fight we had was over cars. I got the older, paid-for Passat, and he kept the new Tourig (size issues, ahem). Which turned out to be fortuitous in the end for me. Because when I ran up against some money problems related to the divorce, I needed some collateral to fall back on to get a loan. Viola, the Passat was it – I discovered that a car title loan on a paid for car is relatively easy to get. I went to Elgin Title Loans, where they lent me about $2000 I needed to cover some necessary expenses. It was fast, easy and I got my money the next day. Now when I see older cars on the road, assuming they are paid for I think, “there goes a smart person.”

By the way Elgin is near West Dundee, Bartlett, Streamwood, Hoffman Estates, and Carpentersville.