From what I can tell listeing to the news, the cost of a gallon of gas has evened out across most of the country. They say the average price for a gallon of gas is now about $2.59 a gallon most places. Of course, there are some places, like California, where the cost is a lot higher.
I’ve been hearing on the news, and reading articles about the many businesses that are laying off employees, closing stores and branch offices, and so many are just downright going completely out of business! It certainly makes the average consumer very uneasy about spending any money on anything that is not absolutely necessary!
I’m afraid that this is going to turn into a vicious cycle, with a downward spiral that is going to be really hard to pull back. I hope the economic stimulus package does the trick!
Right after breakfast this morning, I looked out the kitchen picture window and saw a horse in the middle of my flower garden! He was just standing there, looking back at me! I knew there was a horse farm down the road a little ways, but didn’t know the name of the people who owned it. So I called the few neighbors that I do know and asked them if they knew who owned the horse farm. Eventually I got the phone number, and called them and asked them if they were missing a horse. They said yes, and I told them that it was in my yard. They came right down to get the horse back, but the horse wanted to play hard to get! It took them a while to rope the horse and take him home. It was rather amusing to watch the horse toy with them as they tried to catch him! He would trot just far enough out of their reach and stop and look at them, then they would get closer to him and he would trot a little distance again. I could almost hear the horse laughing to himself!
My best friend called me this morning and asked me to take him to the ER. He had cut himself pretty badly splitting firewood, getting ready for this next winter. So I rushed over to his house and scooped him up and took him to the ER. We figured I could get him there much quicker than waiting for an ambulance to arrive. So that’s what we did. Once we got there we spent the whole day there. I really think that they could do something to improve the waiting time in the ER – I think there is no excuse for the extreme lengths of time people have to wait to get some medical attention! Very aggravating!
