Since "The Hubby's" gone and after our talk last night about the economy, I really have been getting depressed.  So today instead of trying to blog I think I am just going to hang out with my kids and go for a bike ride.  It sounds as though my easy days are going to be numbered unless something changes with the bailout.  This will be worse than the Great Depression and no one seems to see that or try to change the way they live.

If I were you I would try and start saving every penny you have and forget about buying that new car or that daily Starbucks coffee.  It may even get to the point that if things get that tight with money that I will home school the kids and pull "N" out of Montessori just so we can save the monthly expense of gas and tuition.  I'm hoping that it doesn't come to that because he loves going to Montessori and I refuse to send him to public schools.  You really need to sit back and look at what's important in your life right now.  Will you really die if you don't get that brand new car?  Probably not and considering you're probably buying it on credit anyway not a smart thing plus it loses so much value as soon as you drive it off the lot.  You also have to take into account gas and maintenance costs.  Can you survive without that $25,000 pool?  Yes you can, get cheap pools that can either be blown up and just an above ground or you could just sit in your bathtub.

Does anyone understand what I'm saying?  I know that most people think this doesn't concern me.  YES IT DOES!  No one knows which way this is going and we may not for a little while but you should save as though it's going to hit the rockiest, darkest bottom ever.  We are a nation of spend, spend spend, instant gratification, import, import, import.  Who cares about quality right?  I can just use my credit card when whatever crappy thing I bought breaks anyway right?  WRONG!!  Yes I'm not in a good mood and I don't know when that will change so until then my family has decided that we are going to pinch as many pennies as we can so we can stay comfortable as we can.  Yes for right now "N" is going to stay in Montessori and I'll be spending the money on the 14 miles each way but to us that is very important and as long as we can afford that he will go.

If we need to stay here longer so be it BUT we will be moving to a smaller place and quite even an apartment since we won't have to deal with the upkeep, maintenance, we'll have access to a pool without the cost and a free gym on site.  Why not to save extra money.