Wordless Wednesday

Me and my family. Dr. Gregory is on the right side.

How Your Undies Track The Recession

I lifted this from MSN.com. Article by Michael Brush.

To help predict a recovery, economists such as Alan Greenspan look to men's underwear sales. Here's what those and other unusual economic indicators say about the road ahead.

By Michael Brush
MSN Money

Guys, if you want to know where the economy is headed next, look in your underwear drawer.

If you're like most men, you've got more than a few skivvies in, well, less than perfect condition.

If you're put off buying replacements -- and your significant other hasn't done it for you -- then guess what? The recession probably ain't over yet.

In fact, right now men's underwear sales suggest that things have bottomed but not started to recover.

Sure, this sounds trivial. But no less an economist than former Federal Reserve chief Alan Greenspan is a fan of men's underwear sales as an important economic indicator.

It's one of several unusual indicators economists turn to in hard times. We went looking through them in a quest for the much-discussed "green shoots" of an imminent recovery.

Underneath the underwear indicator
Greenspan reasons that because hardly anyone actually sees a guy's undies, they're the first thing men stop buying when the economy tightens. (He told this to National Public Radio's Robert Krulwich years ago.)

By extension, pent-up demand means underwear sales should be among the early risers when growth returns and consumers feel confident enough to shrug off "frugal fatigue," says Marshal Cohen, the chief industry analyst with NPD Group, which tracks consumer behavior.

After a 12-month, 12% decline through the end of January, men's underpants sales leveled off during February and March, according to NPD. That suggests the economic was stabilizing, Cohen says.

My Home Town - shopping on the Red River Part 1

When I was off visiting Dixie, I got a chance to enjoy the wonderful outside shopping center that sits on the banks of the Red River. I will be adding another post with more picutes. I think I almost blew up blogger.com when I downloaded the pics below because it would not let me add any more. LOL Take a look at the cop thingy. I don't even know what you call it but it was so cool. Had to go talk to him and take some pics. As an added bonus, he was really cute. He said they had those way before the Mall Cop movie came out. I guess they are teased a lot about having them!

I'm Back

Hello ladies! I am back from a week in the South. Went to Louisiana and Texas to visit family and see my kid sister graduate medical school. It is now official, she is Dr. Janet Lynn Gregory! She is now moving to Baton Rouge, Louisiana to start her residency. I took pictures at the graduation but they are all fuzzy. I am so ticked off about that! But I will share anyways! She is the one waving. I could not believe it, but she wore a dress....with flip flops! LOL

My brother really enjoyed the graduation ceremony as witnessed below.


My family is so crazy. Look at my dad's face. Too funny! That is me jacking with him! My sister Janet is sitting on the arm of the couch, brother Mel, sister Judy, and Mom in the back.

Happy Mother's Day!

I hope you all have a wonderful Mother's Day!

xoxoxoxoxo

The Flasher

So Sweet

This is the sweetest thing ever! I hope you take the time to view this, it will make your heart melt.

Hope everyone is having a great week!