Boise Idaho Blog

Taking a quick glance at the numbers for unemployment and foreclosures things don’t look much better. Boise home sales for the past 3 months have been fairly consistent but low compared to previous years. Foreclosures in ADA county tend to run 1 out of every 200 homes with southwest Boise real estate taking [...]

Well I pretty much made it through the day without incident, however I was unable to play any practical jokes myself.  I guess me spending 4 hours in a meeting all morning could be considered a joke but to me it was on the verge of torture.
Hope the rest of you folks made it through [...]

Are you tired of being gouged by the credit card companies?  I know I am but what can we do?  I have been in good standing for years and still am.  I pay on time and am trying to get out of debt but because of the “crisis” our nation is in the credit card [...]

What a beautiful first day of spring. I don’t think it could be any better. Walking down the street you can see all the people taking advantage of the wonderful Boise weather. So why don’t we start the spring season off with a poem from Shakespeare…

Spring, the sweet spring, is the year’s [...]

Again Countrywide made front page in the paper, however this time they are the heroes they were made out to be in their last story.  It is amazing that not only do they take advantage of the American people but now they are being rewarded for it and still making a crap load of money.  [...]

As many of us heard about this I am sure we kind of were in AWE… and wondering how could this happen with technology so advanced. Yet it happened and of course not naturally. But as the story unfolds you find out that the woman that had the octuplets has six other children [...]

Day after day we are reminded by the nation’s poor economic status.
This is really starting to get depressing. Headline after headline resembles trouble for Boise business as well as businesses nationally.

Builders Struggle in the Boise Valley
SuperValu Cuts Jobs in Boise
1.3 Million People Left in the Dark After Ice Storm
Army Suicide Rate at Record High
Option ARMs [...]

So far this year, or actually this winter we have had some pretty interesting weather.  It started with one of the earliest snow storms in history and we have had several storms come through that have left inches and inches.  But for the most part winter seems to be flying by without many surprises when [...]

Recently we have been finding out which banks have deliberately been taking advantage of the American people, first we heard about Countrywide now owned by Bank of America with their predatory lending practices now it is Washington Mutual that is in the spotlight, currently bought by JP Morgan. 
If you were to take a good look [...]

It is interesting how people always wish for a white Christmas, they get one and now they are upset because of all the problems that can come with cold weather and snow. I don’t know if anyone else was able to make it to the grocery store over the weekend but I did and [...]