March 6, 2008

To all my readers, I want to say thank you for the kind words and shared laughs regarding my stories that I include from time-to-time.  I'm glad I can make you smile!  Here is my latest...

For those of you who know me, I am a VERY down to earth person.  Not presumptuous, not egotistical and certainly not materialistic.  Well, I think my oldest daughter may have come from a different mold. 

I grew up on a large dairy farm up until I was 16 years old.  Certain traditions were instilled and to this day, I am what you call a meat and potatoes kind of gal...everything from scratch, rarely use a recipe for anything and my family is spoiled rotten with good food.  The other evening, my daughter came into the kitchen when I was preparing chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, 7 layer salad and brownies to boot for dinner.  She said to me, "Mom, you spend way too much time cooking.  It's way too much work and I never want to learn to cook."  I said to her, "Well you know what they say, the quickest way to a man's heart is through his stomach."  She looked at me as if I were crazy and said, "Who cares about that!  The only thing that really matters is the quickest way to MY heart.  And that is straght through HIS wallet."  Wow, have times changed...Trophy wife in the making?  Yikes.

Unfortunately, the fall out continues with more bad news on Wall Street.

Twin Cities Mortgage Rates

30 Year Fixed          6.625%

15 Year Fixed          6.125%

30 Year Jumbo        7.875% (paying 1 discount point)

Make it a great Thursday,

Minnesota Mortgage Mom