tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28663723.post4861603971098532783..comments2023-11-05T05:27:55.905-06:00Comments on A Homesteading Neophyte: Warmer ShoesPhelanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08250080326099834661noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28663723.post-14715236373292309342010-01-13T17:45:18.983-06:002010-01-13T17:45:18.983-06:00Its a scary thing ,my husband just got a pay cut ,...Its a scary thing ,my husband just got a pay cut , we barely make it as is. Its happening all over.Happy Hermit (happilyhiddenhermit@gmail.com)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02519948709090732780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28663723.post-13477217388532396962010-01-13T15:38:09.775-06:002010-01-13T15:38:09.775-06:00Things are like this everywhere Phelan, it isn'...Things are like this everywhere Phelan, it isn't just your community.<br /><br />Our food banks are empty - and not because people aren't donating, they are, but so many others need more now that they supplies are depleted almost immediately.<br /><br />As for the schools? Our daughters band members used to raise money for a yearly trip so they would be able to help out lesser areas of the country to boost their band program [For example they have travelled to NO LA to donate instruments and begin a program] but now the money they have raised is used just to keep the band program going at the school because the budgets have been cut. I know it isn't the same as shoes - but is simply an example of things going down the tubes.<br /><br />Now gas is at $3 a gallon again. I just wonder when it is all going to even out.SkippyMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09479661523059481730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28663723.post-15308140711779760062010-01-13T13:48:20.515-06:002010-01-13T13:48:20.515-06:00Times are getting harder for a lot of folks that n...Times are getting harder for a lot of folks that normally wouldn't feel it too badly.<br /><br />As is usually the case, the children and the elderly seem to catch the brunt of it. Sad thing, but I have a feeling that things are going to get worse before they get better!<br /><br />Hope things continue to look up for you!HermitJimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13631580830147175636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28663723.post-49306713458078149632010-01-13T13:07:21.621-06:002010-01-13T13:07:21.621-06:00I'm sort of worried too. I had a couple of bo...I'm sort of worried too. I had a couple of boxes of things that we had discontinued from the commissary, some ramen soup and cases of cheese danish, and some candy. I took them up the food bank yesterday. There are usually a lot of our Hispanic families up there, they really struggle. But, for the first time, the waiting room was overwhelmed with older people. Honestly, it was startling. All I can figure is that the last month has been so much colder than usual that their heating bills ate into their food money. That, and Medicare prescription drug plan premiums almost doubled beginning in January, along with the cost of some medications. Johnnie's went up about 30%. There was no Medicare COL raise this year to buffer the increase in drugs, so a lot of people on fixed incomes are hurting right now.TexasWrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11300895218799650405noreply@blogger.com