Here's hoping.....

Any one who listened to the news reports at all last week had to come into this weekend with a little feeling of uncertainty. The sky is falling we are told, but I really think God is in charge of the sky and He has kept it in place for quite a long time. The Stock Market however, is another matter. Our parents were correct. We should not buy what we can't pay for. We should save for the future and we should be good stewards of the gifts God gives us. So what did we do this weekend? We bought a motorhome!!?$** Can you believe that! I could have gone the rest of my life without doing that and been a happy camper in our paid for fifth wheel, but DH just had to have a motorhome. I've been able to distract and postpone him for over a year but of all times, this weekend he "found the deal". The thing costs five times what we paid for our house 36 years ago. We will probably not live to have it paid off. It's forty feet long and we'll have to buy another car to tow. I can't imagine how many motorhome parts and towed car parts we will leave scattered between here and where ever we go. And, to top that off, when I retire in two hundred and forty something days, my income will be almost half of what it is now. By the way, does DH stand for "dear husband" or "damn husband" or maybe "dumb husband". I guess we get to take our pick. I am just too terrified of the financial obligation to even think of enjoying it right now. But to be fair, if we are able to use it to show David a little of this country, it will be worth it. David will never read and so learning history is a verbal matter for him. I'd love to show him Jamestwon, Virginia, and Williamsburg, Philadelphia and Independence Hall and maybe the Rocky Mountains and the Alamo. Do you know how much diesel fuel costs? And the thing only get 8 miles per gallon. Did I say we should be good stewards of God's gifts? At least there is a historic park about ten miles from us. We might can afford to go there a couple of times a year. Pray for our country and while you're at it, say a little prayer for me, too. Till later, God Bless.
S.