Your Unemployed Daughter

Things Getting Me Through Unemployment:
This basset hound hanging out in an old VW van.

Happy July 3rd Unemployment Holiday!

Last night several of us former employees of TK Co. gathered to send off one of our dearest, K. It was a good night at Peter’s in the WB, with jokes ’round the picnic table, baby pageant dancing, delicious quarter-pound chickens, and Kanye West impersonations.

(Go there, unemployed peoples; the food is delicious and cheap, the accommodations outdoorsy, and the staff kindly, except for that one girl who told me after my 4th glass of wine that they “were going to have to carry me out.” Um, do you even know me?)

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Mile-High Salsa Pie!

And the maker of the pie, in her Minute Curls cap, “which she highly recommends.”

(For little curls, big curls, sexy curls, wild n crazy curls…even cute curls for little girls! Just $29.95, plus shipping and handling.)

To those unemployed among us who may be concerned about their figures, note that the delightful Mrs. Ivie “uses ground turkey and Weight Watchers cheese to make it a little healthier.”

Getting us through unemployment, indeed! Now I’m hungry.

Mr. Meow Meow↑ …

and walks with Bailey ↓

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YUD is very excited. Her friend (and former colleague/wearer of the “Snaps Cap”/grand master of imitations verbal and physical/shutterbug/dance fiend) Derek has been documenting a variety of things, large and small, that are helping him through his second brush with unemployment. And he has agreed to feature his work on YUD! Check in regularly for more entries.

THINGS GETTING ME THROUGH UNEMPLOYMENT, A HISTORY OF

“Unemployment” is a word that is being shouted from the rooftops these days, but instead of jumping, why not take a picture of the view? It’s so easy to get caught up in it all: rent, loans, food, bills, etc… All things that money needs to be spent on in order to get through the day.

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