So it seems as though Obama is going to be elected as President, we just hawked our childrens' futures to the tune of $700B that has the end result (so far) of the almost complete meltdown of our financial markets (and those around the globe), and the "experts" are calling this the worst economic/financial disaster since the great depression, except this time we'll drag the entire world down with us. Nice. And neither one of our presidential candidates have any kind of useful economic experience. What a sticky predicament. Next stop: anarchy?!?

I think that I will vote out every incumbent politician starting now until none are left. It's a start, right?

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Back to basics for the Lawlor family. It's been a great time, but we are going to change our lifestyle, a bit. Back to eating almost every meal at home, going to the gym in the evenings (since the membership is prepaid for three years), back to eating healthy, going to bed at a decent hour, running in the mornings, and working on the home. Who has time for partying and going out with friends when you are focused on your home, career, family and your health, right? There are coupons to clip, recipes to discover, teaching my son to cook, cabinets to refinish, weeds to pull, and a nice house, neighborhood and yard to enjoy.

This will be good. There is my optimism (as I wasn't really feeling any earlier today)!