Crappy Dollar Store Gifts For The Holidays
Why do some people buy loads of cheap presents instead of just one or two good ones? Do you do that or do you know someone who does?
Somewhere along the way it seems that a lot of people have gotten the idea that to make Christmas good you have to have lots and lots of presents. I think that gifts are great but I have to admit that I am disturbed by the concept that it is the presents that makes a holiday good.
When we raise our children we should be careful about the values and concepts that we pass on to them. In our house we stress family and togetherness and not the gifts. In fact I bought only two gifts for each of my daughters. No, I am not stingy nor is it because we cannot afford more. I just want for my family to value Christmas for something other than getting a lot of presents.
How many of us have seen a child open up a present and then toss it aside to open another and so …
December 8th, 2008 by The Crazy Hillbilly
Those Dang Gas Prices!
So, we just got back from a trip out of state. The gas prices were unbelievably low, at least relatively speaking. We spent $35 on gasoline, when we made the same trip just a few months back the same gas would have been about $90!
30 years ago gas was right around a buck a gallon, yes I have actually seen the gallons roll by on the pump faster than the dollars, but just a few months ago we were paying over $4 per gallon.
All in all $1.65 or so seems cheap for gasoline. When gas prices get ridiculous like $3 people start thinking more about miles per dollar than miles per gallon, I know I was.
The Christmas holiday is coming up now and I just wonder, will they jack the prices back up so they can make more profits this season?…
December 4th, 2008 by The Crazy Hillbilly