Archive for November, 2008



The price of Gas

Published on November 19, 2008

For a good while, I was following the price of fuel for our vehicles here, as it climbed and climbed.  At one point I was paying well over $4. a gallon.  This was in the spring and early summer, when most folks here are planning vacations, looking forward to outings with their families, going to […]


A Time to Bake

Published on November 18, 2008

Several posts now have been about the current financial problems.  The result of all this reading is, well, that I don’t really want to read about it for a while.  Worrying is unlikely to help.  Not much else I can do about it. Worked last night, the evening shift, because someone was out ill, then […]


Spending ploy

Published on November 17, 2008

In the last week or so, I’ve gotten several e-mails from major chain stores, indicating that, of course, I should quickly come with my shopping list in hand to their store and to entice me in, they have announced that they are bringing back Lay-Away. I remember Lay-Away.  Way back in the day, most of […]