Good Morning all...<br /><br />Mary Lou.. turns out David won&#39;t be going to Seattle  next week .. but will be going to Oakland in October.. and yes I have been quiet... just not a lot to say.. <br />I did do a preemptive strike against the possibility of the economy turning even worse than it already has... I put us on a &quot;poor budget&quot;.. meaning our mind set has to be developed that we are to&quot; poor to buy that&quot;..it&#39;s a mental game we play that helps us not over spend... at least Until that cookie that Keven was talking about finishes crumbling... then we will see what the story is..<br />The biggest red flag I have seen to dates besides the big hit the 401 took yesterday was earlier in the week I got a notice from one of our credit card companies that wanted to increase our interest rate from middle single digits to low to mid double digit rate that was close to a 40% increase.. I have had that card for over 10 years.. I informed them I will not be using it any more..and asked them to keep my rate the same until I pay the card off.. .. so fellow crazies... get ready for the bumpy ride...<br /><br />Make it a great day folks.. smile.. as some many have said.. there ARE OTHERS in worse shape..