tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13030405.post-19222734486654621212008-04-07T22:51:00.002-05:002008-04-07T22:58:11.631-05:00No frugal advice today, I just want to talk. So much has been going on around here that I can’t seem to get it all done. I worked for 10 days straight working on the taxes so that I could take them over to the tax man in the best order possible. We don’t have a simple tax return, we own our own business and it requires a lot of paper work at times. I am so glad that my part is done, now it’s up to the tax man to finish it before the 15th. It feels like a ball and chain has been released from me and I am free for a while. <br /><br />Tomorrow night I take my General Class Amateur Radio license test. I have been going to class for five weeks now and the time has come to take the test. This is much harder than I ever thought it would be. I have had to learn all about frequencies, radio bands, all kinds of electrical stuff, propagation, antennas, safety, and all kinds of mathematical formulas. This brain of mine is having a hard time processing it all and I am not sure if I will pass this test on the first round. If I don’t pass I will just study more and take it again in May. If you would like to see what one of the practice tests is about, <a href="http://www.qrz.com/xtest2.html ">click here </a>and then click on General and give it a try. <br /><br />Like Diane, I have been babysitting my two grandkids here and there and loving every minute of it, well almost every minute. JJ is 6 yrs. old and Jocelyne is 2 and a half. They really are good kids but they can wear Grandma out.<br /><br />With my food storage calling at church, I have been very busy. Wheat prices are up almost double. Check out <a href="http://www.taipanpublishinggroup.com/TPG/archives/Daily_022708a.html?o=1446577&u=31392893&l=842979 ">this article </a>about the rising prices. <br /><br />Here is <a href="http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?rn=3906861&cl=6528705&ch=4226720&src=news ">a video </a>from a bakery about the increases in anything made with wheat. I think you will find it very interesting. <br /><br />So how does this involve me? Our church group is able to go in and dry-pack (put up) wheat at last years prices. The church is going thru its stores and selling it at last years prices until they run out. All of a sudden people are worried about food prices and they are working on their food storage…. As stake Dry-pack specialist, I am in charge of several groups of people who are working on their storage……I’m busier than a wet hen. Wait till they find out that rice is about to double in price…. <br /><br />I’ve also been listening to some of the presidential campaign rhetoric on TV and over the Internet. This has been a crazy campaign and I am ready for it to be over….fin…done. I’ve also been watching the news about some of the sadder things that go on in this world. We had a 14 yr. old middle school student who delivered a baby in the rest room of her school and then drowned it by trying to flush it down the toilet….She “claimed” that she did not know that she was pregnant…..How can you not know? I’ve had three kids and all three were “movers and shakers” in the womb. It is such a sad situation of what is going on in our society. Also something that worried me was the news of nine third graders who had planned, in detail, how to kill their teacher. The teacher had disciplined one of the students for standing on his desk…Is this a reason to kill her??? That took me a whole day to get off of my mind. I will bet that all of these students are allowed to watch whatever they want on TV. They see violence and think that it is perfectly acceptable…<br /><br />O<strong>n a happier note: </strong> Bonnie took JJ down to Ellington Field to see the return of the Astronauts a week ago last Thursday. They had returned from a trip in space where they had walked in space and visited the space station. They had flown in from Florida and were coming home to debrief. Bonnie and JJ got to talk and shake hands with all of the returning astronauts. Check out <a href="http://bonnietravels.blogspot.com/2008/03/jj-with-mission-specialist-robert-l.html ">Bonnies blog </a>for pictures and a funny story.<br /><br />Well, have a great week everyone! Wish me luck on the test.Lucy Sternhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15551301072676727397noreply@blogger.com