Thursdays Thoughts

Okay so I am a little anal, some of you subscribe to People, or Better Homes and Gardens, not me, I get Time and Newsweek, yes this stay at home mom is a world news junkie. I know whose governments are toppling, who is fighting who(I am a silent supporter of Palestine), and just where my dollars(we are currently gaining against the Euro) stack up in the global economy. My kids are on a first name basis with all of CNN(don't worry they don't see or hear to much cause can you say flu pandemic?).

So you can imagine my panic when Albertsons suddenly put a limit on power buys I mean really how can one buy 40 cans of black olives if the limit is ten(I made 4 trips in a half hour). In my paranoid mind that screams food shortage and today it was confirmed, okay its in Ethiopia and they always have shortages, but also that's usually where famine and descent have historically started and with our weakened dollar(down .40 since 2002) and dependence on credit, it really does make me nervous. I know trust in the Lord, and prepare but it still worries a girl.

My latest canning order is huge but it usually is(trust me I KNOW how to grind wheat), I am pre buying winter propane, and our savings account has never looked better, but with five kids I still wake up in a cold sweat thinking about Christmas. I worry most about some of our neighbors and friends, who either live with the grasshopper mentality or in our economically challenged region never seem to have enough? Will I see my friends have to tell their children that there is not enough food, and how do you know when you have spread your "oil" to thin? Is my "ant" life style to smug or are we just striving to do whats right?

And now the Feds want us to part with close to 900 billion dollars, say what, how is that going to help? Better yet who is it going to help, not me I can already tell as I don't work on Wall Street or thankfully other than Mikes 401k no longer own stock.

Some days I feel like maybe I should reread "The Grapes of Wrath", buy my kids overalls and just stay home and watch "The Walton's" reruns while eating black olives I just don't know, but one thing I do know is I really can't wait for General Conference.