www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-07-01-...own-gas_N.htm?csp=34

this just rubs the surface of what is going on. But.. gives ya an idea.

For our fuel.. due to my hubs commute..
almost $500 a month... if I dont need to make a trip or two to the city. Its.. more than our rent! Im very worried.
I see our loved ones around us struggle big time... Eating healthy?! Not!!! My sis in law confessed they were tryin to get by off of balogna sandwiches because its dirt cheap. She needs a dryer.. and AC is out of the question.. Shes hangin her clothes.. and.. caint afford to fix the repairs round the home.. theres a hole in the floor..and my daughter stepped through it I told her i'd get her a piece of plywood until it can be patched.. needless to say the whole floor needs ripped up.. but.. they are livin on meager wages. And this fuel thing is chokin us all! Weve been lookin at homes near his work(that are actually out of our price range...the closer we get)

..and people that ive grown up with for years.. and family.. have been tryin to sell their homes and move closer to their work that just sucks. And.. the values have dropped considerably.
The kicker.. wages STILL arent budgin.. round here... delivery prices are shocking.. More and more people are getting into money troubles with whomever they owe to.. and more and more businesses are clamping down on the people... its sad. The medical community have become.. very snotty and cost a fortune. still more foreclosures and more theft is up like crazy! Drive offs.. gas thiefs on residential properties.. its like.. chaos is insueing.. Ive definitely noticed the change in our communities. Ive been trying to work extra,extra.. to pay for the fuel to get HIM to work. its nuts. I need a third job. But.. Im slowin down.

I still worry bout the elderly. Their fixed incomes CANNOT support this. People are facing huge choices.. Pay the electric..buy food,.. pay for fuel for the doctors.. or buy the meds...
Its sad.

I wondered a few years back.. why we couldnt even afford trash pickup.. or a phone. or the tv for that matter.. we've been getn by without. Hubby is very pissed!!!
He's willin to live without a lotta thangs.. but when you take away the football or the basketball..He gets a bit testie.. Im tryin to sock back a few extra dollars for school.. books, tuition..lunches, preschool..endless school supplies.. gym shoes.. and birthdays.. all of them fall together.. and... xmas if i can at the moment..its a pipedream. whatever we can we are tryn to pinch back some.. not to mention the countless fundraisers that the schools will make you feel sorry for.. because THEIR budgets have been hit too...
way things have been.. we're gonna have to totally rethink our life. A move may be in the future.. because..we are eating our gas. Its funny how.. fuel is so high.. and it takes a CONSIDERABLE amount of fuel.. to farm our lands and feed the world.. I sure hope we can keep up. I saw somethin disturbing crossin over Ohia.. miles and miles...and miles.. of land that was..mostly barren. Barren fields round this time of year?! Knee high by the forth of july... but those lands..hadnt been even tilled yet.. and.. they were definitely farm lands.. weeded over. My stomach turned.. I crossed through the entire state.. I could sense somethin taint right. oh and the fact that walfart gets their produce mostly from the other country...sellin out our own farmers. dont go there bout the recalls on our food! I grow ma own. as much as we can. dont know bout you guys.. but.. the $h!t has Hit the fan!

our entire way of life has been turned inside out... what da hell is goin on...