I am taking a quick minute out of my work day to write a blog rant and I fully appreciate how lucky I am to be able to do this. What is going on in this country right now?! I can't wrap my head around it. Every time I log on to the internet, headlines of layoffs bombard me. Today I heard a commercial on the radio for a Twin Cities car dealership that guarantees if you buy a new car and lose your job within one year they will allow you to return the car. This is insane, I really don't know how to process it, or even know what else to brace myself for. I feel pretty confident that I will be able to keep my job but I still have panic attacks on a slow day for fear it will look like I am not a necessity... Today I googled Mary Engelbreit Home Companion magazine to see when the next issue was coming out and there is just an empty page with a short note saying that it is no longer being published. That they will be sending out Martha Stewart living instead. So apparently only the Marthas of the world are making it, no thanks. My only solace is knowing that we at least were able to get Barack Obama in the white house. But it already feels like its about 4 years too late...
What are your thoughts or predictions? I would love to hear..
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Huge budget cuts coming here, but I don't know how it will impact me personally other than having to do even more with less. Praying for no layoffs!
I was very sad about MEHC going belly up. The other magazines I will miss are Country Home, Cottage Living, Hallmark, Oprah at Home, Wondertime and Craft. All of these have ceased publication recently. I am also disheartened by the re-incarnated Victoria magazine. Just a shadow of its former self. The shame of it is that magazines are a really inexpensive splurge. I enjoy my share of on-line zines, but a real paper magazine which can be saved and used as a resource for years is really my preference.
I agree, Mary Ellen! I have started getting Country Living which I have always liked. They usually have crafts in there that are cute. The new style of the magazine is good and now I'm saving each copy in case they go belly-up as well! Who thought magazines would become collectors items?!
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