It was predicted that gas prices will be around $5/gal by Summer. That's the first for me and I know for almost everybody. I have never seen gas prices this high since I have been living here. If my memory serves me right, the highest I have ever known was when typhoon Katrina hits the Gulf Coast some years back. But check this out......it only reached to $3.05/gal and then it went down after a week or two. Presently, our gas stations down here are flagging their signs for $3.89/gal. My dear Dale pumped $100 worth of gas three days ago and he told me that it barely filled his truck's 35 gallons tank. Was I surprised? Not really! It becomes a norm to me that everytime I passed by any gas stations, I saw numbers going up and never saw them coming down. Economy is in bad shape and in the brink of collapsing. What are the signs? Mortgage soars up, a lot of families are losing their homes to the bank, jobs (majority of them) went overseas for cheap labors, home owners loses big chunk of money b/c the homes they've owned has a less value now compares when they bought it. Best of all, stock market keeps on losing points every day of the week. What else? Well, just pay a visit to the grocery stores and you'll find out.

The sad thing is you can't really change the time and put it on standby. Majority have a job to go to everyday and students and teachers are expected to be in schools. Just like today, I have to leave the driveway to drop a mother's day present to my fav instructor. It's out of town so I have to burn gas to get there. Mother's day is coming up and both of my kids teacher deserves something for they did an amazing job teaching. You can always tell if your kids had a brilliant teacher. Life must go on as gas prices climbs up the sky. I sent money to my family in the Philippines and it sucks b/c the exchange rate is only 40-1. Despite the bad , good things always existed. Here's why! Because when you give it makes your heart bigger. Foto below are mine and my kids token of appreciation for the teachers we care about.

It's not too late to add these two right here. Our Jann's "All E's" and our firstborn's "All A's". I might redo the clipping on the right tomorrow if this won't work properly. Clippings won't scan nicely to our printer so I used my digicam. Happy reading and may you all have one fictitious middle of the week.

All the things you've said here are true. Gas prices makes everything to go up cuz most of our day to day living is tied up with gasoline. Life must go on indeed. We can't just stop and wait for all the prices to come down. It is a fact of life that we must accept. Congrats to the brilliant kids. They are W-O-W

And I wish your teacher will feel you and your generosity.

Hi Jeth! Congratulations to your smart baby daughter on getting good grades! I know exactly how you feel and it comes from encouraging and nourturing our kids. The gift bags you have look pretty and I'm happy to hear you like the teachers this year. We have a new teacher at my kids school, for PE that I'm just not crazy about. Gas prices are too high, I agree! It's too bad about the exchange rate in the PI, but what can we do. When my grandpa died, I sent money home to the PI for his brothers and sisters to have a memorial. So they can pay for the food and expenses of having guests over for prayers. I never did find out what the rate of exchange was because my Dad sent it for me but I'm sure it wasn't great. Well have a great day!

Naku! Everybody is suffocating with the way things work nowadays lalo na sa gas. Hay, ang mahal. We are saying vehicles as small as golf carts na... .

Jeth, I do agree with you girl. Petroleum may reach to $10 per gallon but we still need to continue what we are doing. Nobody would stay at home just because gasoline price is high. People got jobs to go to everyday and like what you have said, teachers & students need to be at school. We got to eat and we need grocery to do that and leave our driveway. Good point friend and very nice post....

i hear you . this entry is awesome to read. very detailed and up to date. good job jeth and good for you to be a mommy of two smart kids

Hi Jeth, i heard of birkenstocks. I had a pair of sandals from them a few years ago. Those are nice shoes too. But you know what, I have wide/flat fee. so I need the added support. Those RN notes, I may have purchased too early. I don't know if they will help me or not because the info seems hard to find vs. a regular book. I hope if I don't want it, I can return it at barnes and noble. As you know, books aren't cheap, even those little flip books! Have a good day and thanks for your note!

Congrats to the brilliant kids! They are no doubt smart and meant to be proud of. It is very true that it makes your heart bigger everytime you give. You are a generous person.

I feel the pump like you do Jeth. It's getting scary to know the price of gasoline can reach up to 10 dollars per gallon. I am happy for you to have a giving heart. That is really nice of you.

Have a Happy Mothers Day!! Enjoy w/your family!

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I hope your mother's day is the best of all. God Bless You for being such a wonderful mom...