1/2 Trillion percent inflation

$20,000 is the newest note from Zimbabwe. This is after knocking off 10 Zero's two months ago. They are burning through 2 zero's a month. Maybe by the new year they will knock 10 more off.

The Cato institute has estimated the annual inflation rate of the Zimbabwe dollar at 1/2 of trillion percent. This is price doubling every 11 days. Here is an example of what it is to live in Zimbabwe economy.

Pictures.

Here are a few pictures of our adventures in the past few weeks.

Early Fall 2008

Full House

This last weekend Danielle's cousin, Nate married Ivy in Greenville, OH. We set a new record for people sleeping over in our house: 19. Now, that is a lot of in-laws! We did have fun and I would do it again. I'm having trouble connecting my camera to my computer and the hour is getting late. I'll post pictures later.

NO $700 Billion Bailout

I digress into politics.... I'll refrain from ranting [too much] about how the United States in sliding into socialism... or the upcoming inflation nightmare. (Oil up $16 today)

I call my congressman's [office] for the first time in my life today. I called to voice my strong opposition over than $700 Billion Bank Bailout. It was quick took less than 5 minutes. The lady took my name and address and she would pass my concern on to the congressman.

Please consider calling your congress person and your 2 two senators.

Phone numbers found here: http://www.congress.org/c...

Tell them ...

1. You will not pay for Wall Street's mistakes.

2. You will not vote for anyone who dares suggest you should pay for Wall Street's mistakes.

Hate Tip to Brian for pointing me to this article about how we become the United States of France.

Roof is fixed

Living Life Richly on the Cheap

Friends.

Thanks to Ben we now have our roof fixed and better than ever. The plan was for me to help Ben fix my roof. He and his family put a new roof on his house and it survived the wind storm. As it turned out, Ben did it all by himself, what an amazing friend. Danielle was sick on Friday and I then I woke up very sick today. I was flat on my back most of the day. Hopefully tomorrow will be a much better day.

The contractor wanted $750 to fix my roof. I paid $55 for the shingles. Ben and Ann will getting a nice gift from us.

Ike Dammage

It is official our house has suffered damage from the remnants of hurricane Ike's blustery winds, even in Ohio. Praise the Lord we did not get rain. Now, I get to deal with contractors and insurance companies.

Vacation Pics

We had a great time in Gatlinburg, Tn. Here are the pictures. I also included pictures from our trip to Lake Michigan and Family.