First, the Good News:

I paid less than two dollars per gallon of gas today, and the price of oil has dropped below $50 a barrel, the lowest it's been since May 2005.

The bad news: Unemployment hit a sixteen-year high, and it's only expected to get worse. Great! Just when the kids are getting out of college and loans have to be paid back.

In other news, the long range forecast is for a milder winter than usual. Kind of warms my heart as I watch snow flakes the size of silver dollars falling outside my window.