Gas prices suck

The gas prices are getting out of hand.  It is funny that Bush comes out and says there is really nothing that the government can do about it right now.  I am not a big fan of government intervention anyway, but i find it super funny at how easy Bush got the stimulus plan to happen. 

At any rate, I saw Chrysler is now offering if you buy some of their cars that they will guarantee you $2.99 per gallon of gas for three years.  I noticed that all the cars that fall under the deal are SUV’s.  If people are going to buy a car because of that then whatever.  I want cheaper gas prices.  Maybe when a car company guarantees me Gas for $1.50-$1.99 a gallon then I might get a car from them. $1.00 a gallon would be most preferred.  

Is there any good reasons for gas prices to be this high?

Coupon emails

When you go out to eat which we all do and enjoy, sign up for coupons if they have a email list delivered to your email.  I know you are thinking, I don’t want junk mail everyday.  So what I did was set up another email account, since there are plenty of free ones out there. Now when I go eat at places I like, I sign up for their mailing lists.  So a couple weeks ago I went to this good place that sells good teriyaki bowls. If this place had a website I would share the site with you but they do not. It usually cost me about $8.00 to get a combo which comes with the bowl, a cucumber salad, drink, and a spring roll.  Pretty good deal even when the total is $8 big ones.  So when I was there I signed up and they recently sent me a coupon.  It was $5 off any combo meal.  So I went back today to use my coupon for a combo #7 and paid $2.62 for my lunch.  The nice thing about this coupon is that it is good for a month so I will be printing it up and using it again.  Sign up for the coupons at the places you love.  Some places send really good stuff.

San Francisco trip

Happy May to you all.  This month my wife and I are taking a long weekend to San Francisco.  I have not been there since high school and she has never been.  Anyway, we already bought our airfare a few months ago through Southwest and got a smoking deal.  We are both flying round trip for $300.  We watched the airfare for a few weeks up to the day we bought it for a great price. 

Then we booked our hotel at a hotel in Fisherman’s Wharf. It was going to run us about $250 a night for a 3 star hotel.  Then I went on priceline for the last few weeks and was bidding on a better hotel for us.  I ended up getting us a 4-star hotel for only $122 a night and it is non-smoking. So we are going to save an extra $100 per night and have a better hotel.  So I cancelled my other booking because all along I wanted that to be our emergency hotel if we could not find a better hotel.  I am really happy we found a great deal and the trip is going to be great.  If you wait for the deals you can find them.  More vacations are to come this year.  I will keep you all posted. 

Never give up

“Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up”

Economy update and some questions

I have been super busy recently.  Much has happened since we last talked and here are a few things on my mind about what is going on in the economy.

Gas prices each week continue to go up.  For the last three weeks when I have been filling up I have paid $33, $37, and today $45.  Wow! When I was filling up today I saw way more motorcycles recently in the valley.  I can only imagine that more and more people will be getting bikes.  Since I sold my car recently maybe I will get a scooter.  Probably not!  The point is Gas prices need to go down and I really can’t imagine people will keep paying these high prices.  When I am driving places now I even think of getting the most out of my drives.  If all consumers can cut down on Gas usage could we drive the price at the pumps down?  How do we get cheaper prices?  Oil keeps going up and so does my credit card bill.  If you can try to carpool.  If you need to go down the street to the store to pick up a few items, get some exercise and walk.  A final thought on Gas for all of you who are getting money back on the stimulus package from the government it looks like they gave it to us to pay for gas for a few months. I hope gas prices get better.

The stock market continues to roll like a coaster.  I hope all of you are sticking in it for the long run.  Keep funding, this will not last forever.  If you are a day trader good luck to you. 

The housing market is still tanking.  I saw a news story the other day and realized that more and more people are walking away from houses even thought they now can afford the payment.  People were saying why pay for a house that has dropped 100k?  I wonder if there will be any enforcement on all these people who are walking away.  I have a big post on this matter coming up soon.

Global Warming is getting on my nerves.  I hear so many people talking about it everywhere.  Many out there who think they know all, keep telling us to worry about this Global Warming and that we really need to take care of our environment.  My one question on this whole matter is that how can we for sure be experiencing global warming if local news professional can’t even predict rain, temperatures in the weekly forecast?

Okay that is all that is on my mind.  Looking forward to every ones thoughts.