Where is everyone?

1/25/07
We went to the Mall last night and the play ground in front of JCP was dead. Samantha actually owned that place for the night. After about 30min of playing by ourselves, a kid or two came to play with Samantha but they didn't stay long. Maybe because Pfizer had just announced their bad news about closing the Ann Arbor research site by end of the year, which means about 2100 jobs cuts. Most of these people live in the Washtenaw county. According to the Ann Arbor News, an average income for Pfizer employee is $83000 (above average). Hopefully with Google and Toyota moving to Ann Arbor, they can help to absorb some of the job cuts. Tony and Becky at work said Ford has released their 4th quarter financial report, and it is "the worst they have ever been in Ford history". GM said their 4th quarter report should be better...I guess we'll see. Although none of us in our family is directly effected by all these bad news. It's just depressing to see so many people getting effected. Especially so many of our friends and neighbors work for Pfizer. Anyway, that's the news for this week.

But, on the other hand, it's kind a good for us. Dad was in a car accident recently and needs to buy a new car. I guess this is the best time to negotiate a good price for it. Dennis bought a new vest for $10 at JCP. I guess we should continue to support the market. If too many people stop spending money, the economy will only get worst.

Samantha throw a little tantrum last night when we left the mall. Thankfully, she only cried for a little bit. I told her that we will go back to the Mall tonight. She stop crying after that. I don't know if she understands me....but I will bring her back to the Mall tonight because Mom and Dad will never break a promise:)