Inauguration Day: $125.000,000,000
Economic Stimulus Package: $800,000,000,000 to $900,000,000,000
There are some things money can't buy.
For everything else, there's our government.
Here are some of the priceless things we enjoy:
Jean, Joel, James, and David on Christmas
Our niece, Katelyn Joy, born 12/29/2008
Melanie and Uncle Joel, on New Years Day
Our niece, Abigail Grace, born 2/20/2009
If wealth could be measured in nieces and nephews, we would be the richest people in town. Our stock has gone up considerably in the last few months. Little Katelyn was as speedy delivery, maybe because she knew she'd always be hurrying after her brothers. Little Abigail was born after taking her sweet time, maybe because she enjoyed having everyone wait for her. Our next niece is arriving on April 3. We will be making the trek to Kansas City to see her, bearing gifts.
Sometimes life is hectic and crazy. It is not unusual for us to be eating dinner at 11pm in front of the television. Ah, I remember back in the good ol' days, when Joel and I would see each other every day. Yesterday, I left for work before he got up. In the evening, he went to a hockey game with other managers and the owner (apparently Waterway has awesome box seats). Today, Joel left for work before I got up. He came home for a nap break while I was having a crazy day at the workplace, which made me stay late, so that my home time didn't overlap with his. Now he's back at the ol' car wash doing inventory until the wee hours of the morning. Tomorrow, when he's off work, I'll be working my longest day of the week. Friday's coming! And we're both off!
On Monday night, we went late night grocery shopping (almost as romantic as my parent's Home Depot dates). We bought about three weeks worth of food. This is an experiment. We are trying to determine whether or not it saves us money to stockpile versus going to the store every few days. However, having everything makes it just as hard to choose a snack as when we have nothing, it's just deciding rather than foraging.
After putting away all the food, I expressed my concern to Joel, that I hoped the amount of food wouldn't cause the floor of the pantry to give out and cause all our food to go crashing into the basement. It was believable to me after my bad food day. I had gone to Sam's Club prior to the grocery store. I had loaded up on cereals, granola bars, chocolate chips, frozen chicken, all the essentials. It came up to $112, but it was all things I had planned to buy at the grocery store anyhow. After I loaded everything onto the conveyor belt, I realized that I didn't have my debit card. So after everything was rung up, I subtracted things off in shame, until I was left with whatever my $34 cash could buy. As I pulled onto the highway to drive home, I realized I could've just paid for everything with a check. I forgot that checks could buy things.
There are some things money can't buy, and they're called nieces and nephews.
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