In November we\u2019ll have a diversion as the careers of all those RINOs and Dems get flushed down the toilet by the mid-term paroxysm of voter rage.\u00a0 That will give us through Christmas to savor the schadenfreude and contemplate all the judges Biden will not get approved.<\/p>\n
But in January as we look at the cost of the Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners, we hosted there won\u2019t be that much to feel thankful for.\u00a0 As the saying goes, we\u2019ll all be getting a little hungrier next year.\u00a0 I\u2019ve already heard that the property taxes here in Dunwich will be up a good bit and the cost of food and just about everything else will be surging very soon.\u00a0 And energy and transportation costs will become horrific.<\/p>\n
But that\u2019s when the tough get going.\u00a0 Camera Girl and I have already started to consolidate different shopping trips to save on gas.\u00a0 And the last barbecue was burgers and dogs instead of ribeye steaks.\u00a0 Looking to next winter I\u2019ve decided to make the ultimate sacrifice.\u00a0 I\u2019m going to lower the thermostat from 72 (and sometimes 74) to 70 degrees Fahrenheit.\u00a0 I know what you\u2019re thinking.\u00a0 Lots of people set it at 68 or even lower.\u00a0 Sure, but those people have ancestors who lived in Cimmeria and Ultima Thule.\u00a0 My people come from the sultry regions of the Mediterranean.\u00a0 In order to survive even 70 degrees in the winter Camera Girl and I will have to wear our snow apparel indoors.\u00a0 Who knows, we may even cut the cable this year.\u00a0 Of course, that won\u2019t be such a savings as it seems.\u00a0 The packages that include phone, internet and cable don\u2019t really go down all that much if you drop cable.\u00a0 But we\u2019ll see.\u00a0 After all there\u2019s nothing on and every little bit helps.<\/p>\n
I was trying to think if there was any other savings, I could implement to weather this storm.\u00a0 I am contemplating taking a position in the Dunwich town government.\u00a0 There\u2019s a part time position that would net me a few thousand dollars a year for what has been described as a few hours a week\u2019s worth of work.\u00a0 That could be a worthwhile idea.\u00a0 But I hear there is an extremely annoying Democrat that would come along with the job and that would be bound to make my life more \u201cinteresting.\u201d<\/p>\n
And I have been on a diet for the last year or so.\u00a0 Unfortunately, it\u2019s been working pretty well so by next year I won\u2019t have anymore weight to lose and eating less won\u2019t be the benefit it currently is.\u00a0 But knowing what a frugal shopper Camera Girl is I don\u2019t doubt she has already started making buying decisions based on rising costs.\u00a0 In fact, I know she has.\u00a0 We recently planted a number of pepper plants in our garden because she informed me that peppers were now off the shopping list based on their current outrageous price.\u00a0 It would be a shame if our menu featured less and less fresh produce.<\/p>\n
But that\u2019s reality.\u00a0 I think back to when I was a kid and my parents were feeding a very large brood so vegetables were frozen peas and corn.\u00a0 And when things were really going badly there was some frozen spinach which for me was impossible to swallow.\u00a0 I even tried mixing it with mashed potatoes.\u00a0 But nothing made it palatable.\u00a0 So, I\u2019ve got a long way to go before I\u2019m anywhere near that level of wretchedness.<\/p>\n
Of course, I\u2019m so much better off than most folks out there that I feel silly even writing about making ends meet.\u00a0 I think of the young families I know who are really tightening their belts.\u00a0 The cost of feeding, clothing and housing a family is a crime.\u00a0 When that old idiot unleashed his war against petroleum, he doomed this country to runaway inflation and recession.\u00a0 We\u2019ve got until 2025 before we can expect any relief.\u00a0 That\u2019s a really long time to hang off a ledge by your fingernails.\u00a0 But when you have no choice, you do it.\u00a0 And hopefully four years of misery will be enough to convince even the stupidest Millennial that rainbows and unicorns are just things you tell toddlers stories about and not the basis for an economy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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