Tracy Hughes's (thughes7) Blog

With only 40% of society being classified in the "excellent credit" category I thought it might be time to pass out a few tips. 1.  Keep your credit card balances at 30% of your credit limit.  Credit agency's see this as good consumer spending and boost your score up. 2.  If your cards are alread...

I spend most of my day on the phone.  I hate having to sit on hold waiting for an operator to pick up.  I read in Cosmopolitan Magazine that if you drop the F-Bomb many systems are designed to put your right through to an operator.  So I thought I would test out the theory.  I called AT& T and se...

Are we ever going to see company's able to re-hire again.  I know that when the market crashed I had to let people go and I have been unable to re-hire all the positions again.  The unemployment rate is at 9.8% for September 2009.  Ouch!  I hope that with the stock market picking up that company'...

The Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson was robbed in San Francisco.  Ouch!  He tried to help out an elderly man and got burned.  Maybe he should stay in Sacramento.

This week our California Governor signed a bill prohibiting dairy farmers from cutting cows' tails.  Why you ask would this be something our Governor would be spending precious time on instead of bringing our state out of this recession?  So the cows avoid slinging manure! Go figure.

Discovery Elementary School in Bakersfield, California is ranked number one in Kern County.  Looks like we have some really smart kids in the Fruitvale School District.  Thanks school teachers you rock! http://www.discoveryelementary.com/      

Monthy reports, GONE!, Large down payments, GONE! Insurance companies have really improved the way they insure companies for Workers Compensation.  They have new programs that you can pay premiums based on the amount of payroll you run, not estimated premiums.  They also have programs that link u...

For those of you who bought stocks in March of this year, yippee.  The stock market is regaining its steam and all those stocks we bought at an all time low are paying off.  Wish I would have bought AIG.  DOW up 61.29 points today and finsihed at 9,786.87.  S & P 500 up 7.91 points to close at 1,...

If you have never been to the Reno Air Races you are missing out.  This is one of the fastest motorsports in the world.  I have the priveledge of being associated with Team Strega.  My husband is the crew chief.  We have won the Air Races in 2008 and 2009.  Wow what a great sport.  If you do not ...