I can't believe it, but we are actually almost finished with our Christmas Shopping!!! That is a small miracle seeing how busy Christine & I have been the last three weeks. Noella loves to shop...well what she actually loves is "go exploring" while mommy picks out the gifts. I just let Noella lead me around the Palisades Mall in Rockland County, NY and she's in heaven!
I wonder how buisnesses are doing this season? It seems as if all the malls are full to capacity, but at the same time there are tons of discouts to be had....especially in electronics! We just couldn't help but buying a twenty inch flat panel TV for just $88!!! Whatever the case is I'm very concerned about where our economy is headed. The housing market seems to be softening in the boom areas like California and parts of the east coast, and it's been the housing industry that has helped Americans gain extra capital all the discretionary spending that has floated our "recovery" for the five years.
We are trying to instill in Noella a sense of fiscal responsibility. We are teaching her the value of hard work and the value of money in simple easy to understand concepts. At four years old, there is only so much she can grasp, but she is beginning to see that sometimes we have money and sometimes we don't. Speaking of money, it seems like 2006 will be a good year for us as we start to save money and pay off more debt. America has become a debtor nation. Until we start saving cash and spending more wisely, what kind of country will our children inherit from us, and that's not even getting into our social ills?
Man, this is getting too heavy. Let me just enjoy the Holidays and watch Noella open her gifts....
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