[hviola]

I have noticed everything going up, and it scares me. All winter, we kept our heat only at 65, and conserved as much energy as possible, but our electric/gas bill combo was still 475 this month. Thats almost as much as my mortgage payment! And I sit in the dark and cold to pay that much? I actually cried when I got that bill, since our family sacrificed so much to try and save money.

At least there is always gardening to look forward to this spring. I have to scale back this year since I am pregnant but I am still growing tomatoes, herbs, and maybe spinach this year. I feel lucky too because my mother in law grows blueberries and raspberrys, so we get tons in the summer. And my brother in law raises free range chickens, so we get free eggs and some chicken meat. Those little things help out so much.