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I posted a nice long post two days ago and made a long comment on Stacey's blog and none of it worked. Part of the problem was that I was doing the post in the night with only the light from the computer screen for light but they still should have worked. I don't know if I'll ever get this right.

Stace maybe you'll get an even better house for considerably less money in the next few months or year. Here's hoping.

We went out to a very expensive shoe store yesterday and bought some shoes for Dad and for me that one of the customers there said lasted her 8 years. They were very comfortable with the little stocking they gave me to try on but when I got home and tried them with the socks I normally wear they were a little tight. I may go buy a larger size or just have them stretched.

I am doing better with my abstinence (an OA term for eating in a healthy way.) I have lost 7 pounds through the grace of god. Woohoo!

We need some help getting our backyard garden cleaned out and weeded. Do you all think that we could get some help from your husbands, kids and aunts. It would sure be a blessing to our tired, weak, arthritic bones. We just don't have the strength to do it ourselves anymore. Maybe a week from this Saturday? Let me know. I will be sending out an email about it but I thought I'd give you a heads up. Thanks in advance.

I was glad they passed the bailout bill last week because I believed the talking heads that if we didn't there would be dire consequences, but over thew last few days the conservative commentators have said we should have let the free market handle it and we wouldn't have ended up with a socialistic bill that gives BIG GOVERNMENT a bigger control over our lives. Our taxes are going to rise greatly and people will still lose their jobs and credit will be tight for a long time. Some commentators say as long as 7-8 years and that says nothing about inflation which will skyrocket. Glenn Beck recommends that people get food storage and buy clothes and shoes for your kids that are bigger than they need so they will grow in to them over the next few years. That will get you through the worst of things.

I just noticed that the really good, whole wheat bread we buy has gone up from about $2.75 to $4.39 just in the last week. Needless to say we will not be buying that bread anymore. I may resort to making my own. I wish I had a good bread maker like Emilee has. At least we have two wheat grinders. One is little and will only last for a few months if I have to use it every day but our old monster that has real grinding stones will last much longer I think. I would be glad to grind wheat for any of you who don't have a wheat grinder if you want to start making your own bread.

If you kids would like to all go in on a bread maker like Emilee's for Christmas for us that would be greatly appreciated. I suggested you go in on a present to Dave,Melissa,Dan, Emilee, Jan and Jen just this last weekend. I suggested that maybe those who don't have as much could just give what they have to add to what the more prosperous kids could contribute. I don't know how much a bread maker would cost. If that is too much I do wish you'd all go in on one nice gift for us as I am embarrassed to get nine present on Christmas morning when the rest of you only get one or two gifts from us. Please talk about it among yourselves and see if you can work something out that way no matter what you get us.

Well this is a long post. I hope I can get it to go through. I probably wouldn't write the whole thing out again if it doesn't but you obviously won't know about it if that happens.

Here's hoping,

LubLubs,

Mither