Life as we know it today...

So I have been reading a few blogs and have discovered there are a lot of depressed people out there. People are really not that different from one another, some just choose to voice how they feel. We all have the same concerns and fears about what is going on with our world today. This very day even though I have been following the news, I realized the Dow is down over 2000 points in the last 14 trading days WOW!. I don't have a 401k and I was thinking about starting one but now seeing what is happening not only in America but foreign countries I will not do it. Many people are just concerned about keeping their families fed, putting food on the table and who can blame them. The jobs are just not there right now and I know a lot of you will disagree with that statement but it is true! if there were so many jobs then don't you think people would choose to work for minimum wage rather then watch their families starve?. I have really been following the news a lot lately because I don't want to put my family in harms way so i have decided to stock up on everything I can!!! I'm not gonna be one who heard about it but brushed it off and then not be able to feed my family or keep some kind of shelter over their heads. So at this point we are hoping for the best but preparing for the worst because there are no guarantees in life. I'm gonna start doing some raw food and natural remedies, I want to start experiencing with a few things. Now don't get what I'm saying wrong I'm not an extremist I am still buying for the holidays and leading a normal life but I'm gonna be smart about everything now. I did find a place to get 20 pounds of potatoes for $6.40 instead of the $5.00 I was paying for 10 pounds :) Everybody have a blessed day and think smart.

Summer Days...

Well here we are in the middle of July. Warm days and cooler late afternoons with scattered showers, this is summer here in Colorado Springs. Today my daughter is in Canyon City white river rafting and zip lining on the trails. Tonight I'm making shredded chicken tacos yummy... I hope everybody is having a fantastic summer.

What in the World is going on......

So I have been really searching for news on the internet lately. My interest is in whats happening in the world today... Wow its really crazy out there so many points of view about debt and inflation or should I say hyper-inflation... I had my own experience with inflation last week as I went to Sams club as always to buy groceries, I always buy Tri Tip steaks it is usually around $4.76 pound but it has gone up to $5.94 pound!!! in 4 days from the time I had bought it last!!! all the meat went up in price,needless to say I didn't buy it and when I asked the meat guy about the price because (I thought maybe I was crazy and didn't see that price right...) he said well of course its gone up, everything has taken a rise in price. I wanted to chop off my own hand as I picked up a 10 pound bag of potatoes for $4.98 a bag...yikes that was a 50 cent raise from days before, I know it doesn't seem like 50 cents is much but that's $2.19 up from the $2.79 a bag I was paying just a year ago all because of inflation!!. Pretty soon nobody will be able to afford to eat.... now that's crazy. I have been studying different sites and however out there they may seem to be, I know they are on point about a lot of stuff so I have to make myself become more self reliant for the sake of my family surviving. I don't believe the economy is gonna ever pick up much again like it was before 2008. Day by day we keep keeping on but its not easy and I know I have it better then some families so I'm thankful. Sometimes I wonder just how many Americans are suffering through this like us. I guess the new standard of living is: One paycheck away from being homeless welcome to the new America... I'm mad that Obama is trying to raise our debt ceiling like we will ever be able to recover as it is now and he wants to keep on adding to it. Pretty soon we will have the One World Order.. Scary!!

Happy Time...

Wow the weather has been so beautiful here in Colorado Springs... gentle breeze a bit cloudy but warm. I'm only working 2 1/2 days a week for summer, all teachers are out of the building now and it is super quiet. I walked into one of my 2nd grade classrooms and it was so empty just knowing the teacher is over in Afganistan made me sick to my stomach.. he left school about 6 weeks ago and was deployed on Sunday. Everything in his class room was gone as if he was never there, he will be gone for a year I will be praying for his safe return. My husband went back to work yesterday after 2 weeks off and he had to work a double but atleast the inmates were mellow. I'm enjoying my days off I can now get my house back in order from all that full time i was working to help out. I'm hoping to get my basement painted and start my crafting again very soon I'm looking for a sewing machine to buy. I hope everybody is having a great week... God Bless You ALL!

Spending Money

So I have been looking at a few articles online, it seems I'm not the only wife with a spending husband. You all know I have been working for the last few months and the money has gone towards bills and a new deep freezer. I'm about to get my third check and I have been working full time even though I have a part time position to help out at work. I had planned a trip into Denver to take the family to The Bass Pro Shop and my daughter into Torrid to buy a few things. I asked my husband to work atleast 3 overtime shifts for the extra money for this trip I planned and of course he didn't do it he had excuse after excuse why he couldn't do it, but now he has made plans to buy a new Turkey gun and a blind.....<----- Expensive!. I don't know how to make the money stretch now because I have bills and need a newer washer n dryer not to mention I need some new bras... and those cost about 30.00 each at Lane Bryant. We have no savings for retirement we took what we had when we moved to Colorado a year ago. I'm pulling my hair out!! all my kids live at home and my 24 yr. old is only getting anout 12-18 hours a week if she is lucky but she has credit car bills. My 20 yr. old works at Pizza hut she brings home about $550-600 a month.. not much. Its hard for my kids to help out when they have no money either... So here I was thinking I would have my checks free for extra stuff and savings but thanks hubby now you don't want to work any over time :( What should I do?? my hubby is like a child sometimes if he doesn't get anything he gets depressed and angry... so I usually put back the things I need so he can get what he wants but its unfair.
I thought I was the only woman going through it but I guess there are a lot of childish men out there judging from what other women are saying. I hope none of these men mind living in a card board box when they are older because none of them want to save for retirement.

New Ideas

So I have been told that i am a negative person because i talk to much about whats going on in the real world... I don't feel negative i feel informative :) So i actually had a friend drop me from facebook because of it and that kinda hurt my feelings until I stood back and realized that this is a person who drinks everyday and has her head in the sand. So onto a brighter note.. hehe, it is a beautiful day here in Colorado Springs but I do miss Arizona a bit. I miss the palm trees and the sun but not the heat so much however I miss that everything is new all the stores and shopping hubs, and of course Trader joes, Paradise Bakery and some others. I am hoping for a bigger n brighter day ahead. God Bless all my followers I pray The Lord will keep you always.

HiYa..........

Well after having no real access to a computer for a few days it feels good to be online. I have decided to do what I can for stocking up but I'm gonna try to mellow out on the world news if you now what I mean.. ( my last few post) I believe The Lord will take care of us. I was really depressing my kids talking about all that stuff I mean we are aware but no more deep conversations so I can keep my family mentally safe. I still like my job so I guess thats a good thing...lol
God Bless you all

Japan Tsunami

This is so sad to watch, unreal and unexpected. I'm praying for all of the people who are living this tradgedy. Now we have the president telling us of our down fall to all this... our economy!!
So I have been posting about some videos that I have been watching and some stuff i'm reading about,people stocking up on food,water,supplys just incase of a tradgedy happening like the one in Japan. Now I know I'm not extreme and I know I will be using a lot of my paychecks to buy supplies and canned food and other things for my family just incase I prefer to be safe then sorry. Please keep Japan in ur prayers....
Lord please bless us all and keep us in your hand....

Economy Crash 2011

Wow the more I do some research the more interesting it becomes.... I guess it is possible for our country to fall easier then i could ever imagine. I read my bible and I look at ther book of Revelation and compare to America and other countries and we are definitly living the last days in my opininon. I find it odd and yet awesome that so many people are moving on to their own land and so many beautiful mommys are now staying home with their kids and making meals from scratch, I always felt left out because i stayed home with the kids... but now these women are actually perparing their families for what could lay ahead and don't even realize it. I am gonna start learning to can meat and also want to raise meat chicken and get one of those nifty electric pluckers... I want to learn more about solar power, find my land and get self sufficiant just incase anything does happen atleast I will have a little comfort of knowing we can grow our food raise our meat process it and have solar to run what we need. Maybe I'm being extreme but what if what alot of different people are saying is true?? atleast my family will be prepared right?.

Well on a different note.... i love the new job, yes I clean but its only part time and the 4 hours goes by really fast. I am gonna really think hard about what is needed and not just wanted with my checks...
God Bless.....

Can It Be So???

So i was reading an article on the web about 2011 economy crashing. Do you know that our US dollar has dropped 11% in the last 7 months of 2010?. I went on you-tube and was watching some videos that people have posted about food storage, some people have made their basements into food storage as well as plenty of emergency supplies. I'm wondering if these people arre extreme or just wise?. I guess I will start stocking up on some things, but right now I'm just trying to mainly focus on starting a garden. Are any of you doing the same? if so what are you stocking up on?
God Bless..............