Rainbow 4.28.08

Check out this gorgeous rainbow from Monday! This rainbow was a full arch!!

There is a second arch in this... you can just see it.

You can see the second reflection also showing up in this shot. It is barely there, but there. The video shows it better.

I love seeing rainbows! The sky view is just perfect to see them from our home!

4.28.08

Gas Prices

What in the world is up with gas prices??!!

I found a couple of receipts in my car and was just doing some comparison. I have cut down, number one, on the amount that I am driving. I cut out any unnecessary or extra driving if I could avoid it. Thus, this has gotten me down to one fill-up a week for my normal driving habits (not including business). Before I was filling up about every 5 days due to commuting, etc. My normal fill-up day is Wednesday.

Looking back two weeks ago on the 9th of April, I spent $3.21/gallon on gas. The following week on the 16th of April, I filled up for $3.35/gallon. This past Wednesday, I filled up for $3.54/gallon!

What in the world???

The increase each week is staggering. I just don't get it. Exxon posted profits in the billions and the only flimsy excuse they could give the government is that their profit margins were in line with other companies. What other companies?

Do these crack heads have any idea how they are affecting the little guy... us? Not only is it costing us more to fill up, but these high prices are pushing up all the other prices in our economy too! Golly gee, we can't get eggs for less than $1.75 anymore hardly! What is that?

I was looking forwards to the economic stimulus check, which our government really couldn't afford to give in the first place thus lowering the US dollar's value even more by printing money to make up for it, but now it looks as though we will spend it in gas and/or food. How sad is that? We can only "stimulate" the economy with stuff we need and can't afford anymore anyways. Ugh.

Sadly, Rodney and I are spending probably close to $500 minimum on gas every month. Having two cars and being separated during the week doesn't help!

I have a picture of me standing in front of a gas sign in the snow holding my parents' dog Sophie in my coat in the winter storm of 2000. The gas prices, if I recall correctly, weren't more than $1.15/gallon. Oh, the good ole' days!

I guess when we get old, we will tell "our children" how we used to be able to fill up for so cheap at $8.00/gallon. LOL. Not really funny though. But there is no other way to really respond because anger just makes us old. Hmm.