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Monday, March 31, 2008

I've notified the four winners who will be receiving a copy of one of my LI books as soon as I receive their snail mail addresses. Congratulations!

Also, to those of you who signed up for my newsletter (there were MANY--thank you!), if you want free bookmarks, send your snail mail address to my web email: diann@diannhunt.com, and I'll see that you get them. 

Can you believe the price of gas these days? We could put one of our grandkids through college for the price it takes to fill up our car these days. I'm not even going to tell you how much gas cost when I started driving. Yes, they had cars back then. But let me just say it was affordable. I thought about getting a bicycle with a cute little basket and horn, but that makes me think of the wicked witch on the Wizard of Oz and that just scares me. 

But truly it's getting so bad, I imagine a young teenage boy these days would have to take out a small loan to go on a date. Oh well, maybe it will keep the kids at home? *g* 

So how do you stretch your gas? Do you carpool? Ride a bike? Stay home? There has to be a better way . . . .
Diann Hunt  
posted at 4:20 AM  
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10 Comments:
At 2:43 AM, Blogger Melanie's Words Work said...

I'm just glad I'm off the Sevierville, Tenn., to Knoxville 45 mile commute. I think I would have been spending more on gas than I took home from my paycheck.

 
At 6:53 AM, Blogger Andrea said...

My husband and I had been discussing the price of gas and complaining, of course. We had often joked that the Amish probably laughed at us with cars. WELLLLLL. . .

We were visiting with our Amish neighbor last week. He was talking about his horses and the new one that was born. Then he went on to comment on getting rid of one. It was just getting too expensive to feed these horses with hay being $7 a bundle. That was just outrageous in his opinion.

My husband and I laughed on our way home. Even though he doesn't have a car, his cost of transportation has been affected as well! I almost asked how many bundles a horse can eat. But didn't want to look like a silly woman!

I guess it is all in your perspective!

 
At 8:51 AM, Blogger Diann Hunt said...

Oh, my goodness, Andrea, that's hilarious! I guess you're right. Even if I rode a bicycle I'd still have the upkeep with tires, keeping my horn working, all that! *g*

 
At 10:56 AM, Blogger Colleen Coble said...

There's a benefit to having just one car now (our Taurus croaked in IL in January when we loaned it to a young friend so she could visit her family.) Dave only drives about 2 miles to work.

But we go to Ft Wayne a lot right now, helping our son and his wife remodel a bathroom. So we complain about the gas but still pay the price. LOL

 
At 11:26 AM, Blogger Pam Sanderlin said...

I don't even know what the prices for gas are in the US right now. In Turkey we are paying $9.25 per gallon. Our car is small--just right for the three of us--so carpooling is out. Bicycling in Istanbul? Too dangerous. We have great public transportation, though.

 
At 1:07 PM, Blogger Valerie said...

Not to get too political, but honestly, if the environmentalists would release their choke-hold on Congress, we could use all the natural resources we already have at our disposal instead of relying on the Middle East for our oil. We have tons of it, but we have to save the spotted owl...

Ok, I'll get off my bandwagon now.

(Sorry.)

 
At 1:55 PM, Blogger Southern-fried Fiction said...

Not only was gas cheaper, you could buy a car for what it costs to fill an SUV!!! LOL

Now I have to go sign up for your newsletter. ANd WHAT LI BOOK???

 
At 3:12 PM, Blogger Diann Hunt said...

Oh man, Pam!!! Over nine dollars for gas?!!!! Okay, so I won't complain anymore. I just can't imagine that!!!

LOL! I understand, Valerie!

Ane, it's an LI book that's already out. You've probably read it already. :-)

 
At 5:52 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Pam S., I cannot believe you pay nine dollars for a tank of gas! And here I thought Texas was bad, we pay $3.11 per gallon.

There are students at my school who are from Turkey, I wonder what they would think of this.

 
At 9:13 PM, Blogger Kathy Rainwater said...

I don't have much of a commute, most of my work is from home (thankfully!), but it's affecting our family outings!

Every thing I think about doing - like go north to visit the tulip fields - the cost of the gas is now factoring into the total estimate of how much it will cost. UGH!!

We usually go to eastern Washington in the Summer to camp. It's about a 500 mile round trip, plus gas for my friend's boat. I have a feeling we better start saving now!!

 

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Kristin Billerbeck
Kristin Billerbeck is a proud Californian, wife, mother of four, and connoisseur of the irrelevant. She writes Christian Chick Lit; where she finds need for most of the useless facts lulling about in her head.

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Colleen Coble

Colleen Coble writes romantic suspense with a strong atmospheric element. A lovable animal of some kind--usually a dog--always populates her novels. She can be bribed with DeBrand mocha truffles.

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Denise Hunter writes women's fiction and love stories with a strong emotional element. Her husband says he provides her with all her romantic material, but Denise insists a good imagination helps too.

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Diann Hunt writes romantic comedy and humorous women's fiction. She has been happily married forever, loves her family, chocolate, her friends, chocolate, her dog, and well, chocolate.

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Cheryl Hodde writes romantic medical suspense under the pen name of Hannah Alexander, using all the input she can get from her husband, Mel, for the medical expertise. For fun she hikes and reads. Out of guilt, she rescues discarded cats. She and Mel are presently taking orders from four pampered strays.

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