OT: Economy has wolves beating at the door. Sort of.....

Amen to that. My husband's company was recently bought out by a new corporation. Now he works for them. And has a smaller retirement. Fortunately the retirement he already had will not be touched, he still gets that. Yes, weird days and weird ways lay ahead.

Karen, Queen of Squishies

Ditto. I feel a bit scared, myself.

IMO, *this* is what the stash acquired in more affluent times is for.

Means when you can't afford to do anything else, your quilting is already paid for........and it's cheaper than a shrink....... :)

And times are never so bad that there isn't someone worse off than you. Never a better time to take a bit of that stash and make something for one of those folks....

My latest one sent to Victory Junction Gang Camp: "Hearts & Flowers"

--pig

I couldn't agree with you more. When DH lost his job in 2003 after 29 years, we also lost our retirement, health insurance, life insurance and after struggling for 4 years, we also lost our home. But no matter how bad it was for us, it worse for others and I continue to make quilts for others.

The radio says (NPR) that this is time is almost equal to the Great Depression, except they are saying its the Great Deflation.

Times are tough, but i think the older ones here will remember how to conserve, re-use, recycle and not be wasteful.

I can still remember my Granny metering out her days....we call it Time Management now. Back then it was "doing what needs to be done in order"... In order to survive.

Glad i have a big stash....

amy in CNY

I don't think I am one of the 'older ones' (although my back would argue that today) We have conserved, re-used and try not to be wasteful in addition to living within our means for years. It hasn't always been fun or easy but we will welcome those that haven't to the 'new' lifestyle.

Gotta have more income than outgo. Kind of a simple premise that folks don't understand in their own home and in govt. spending.

My heart goes out to so many people these days that have ended up in a bad spot by choice or luck.

I have been working out of the stash for the most part for a good while. I like scrappy and that is a good thing. Taria

amy in CNY wrote:>

Gosh that is a sweet, happy quilt pig. Good work. Nice to see you here too! Taria

Megan Zurawicz wrote:

I just spend $ 137 on socks. If you want me to spell that in my limited Spanish - it's 'eso si que es'. Socks. Really. Instead of buying the fellows something for Christmas that they possibly didn't like or need, I just happen to know their sock preferences. Back to the economy - it baffles us that young couples have signed up for homes with 5 bedrooms and 3 baths and can't make the payments (and we're going to bail them out?) ? Whatever happened to starting small and saving? Polly

Good socks are a wonderful thing. A nice gift. If you take a look at articles in magazines like BH&G they talk about 'small' houses that are 1800 sq. ft. That isn't very small when I remember our first home. It was a post war house, very spartan and a whopping 950 sq. ft. and we really did without to afford that. I don't think many young folks have been taught to start small and save. No shortage of middle age folks that are in over their head here too though. I am looking around at folks my age that have no plans for retirement at all. Maybe the youngsters know they will need big houses to share with folks that have not planned. It might just come to that for many.

Taria

Polly Esther wrote:

Oh, I so agree with you. Years ago, long before this crisis, a ward clerk that I worked with was so happy that they'd gotten their first house, and it was ONLY $1500 a month. I about choked--I was a RN and my DH was in Radiology, and we couldn't afford that much. Guess it's that instant gratification thing. Sad state of affairs. Gen

=A0 =A0Back to the economy - it baffles us that young couples have signed up

Comfortable, cozy socks are the best!

HA! My first house was a townhouse and the payment was $600 a month. It was 1500 sq ft. Twenty years later..... My DH and I bought this place. It's considered small-1100 sq ft and it is small, but the payment is $350 a month. Here's the story behind it. When I met DH he was living an hour away from me where he worked, way up in the boonies. I was living in town where I worked. We decided we wanted to be together and found this place-right between both places and the price was what we could afford. It isn't grand, there are no closets and its getting older by the minute. Our plan was to tear down and rebuild. All things considered, we are lucky! But thats another story! ;o) With the economy the way it is and with the way our lives have turned out I'm so thankful we still have a roof over our heads and each other! Taking deep loooong breaths over here!

Launie, in Oregon.....who tries to take one day at a time and to not worry about things out of my hands. When it happens is when I will worry about it....that's my motto and I'm sticking to it. lol

Thanks for the picture of that charming quilt, Pig. I like how the hearts and the Dresden Plates line up in diagonal rows.

I also like how you think. I do hope your new-ish job is coming along well. PAT in VA/USA