“No!” I exclaimed. Maddie looked up at me and started to giggle. She then proceeded to poke her finger back into the wall outlet. Apparently, it’s time to “baby proof” the loft.

Ten days ago I was worried I might not be able to find enough gas to keep my wife and I going.  Today, not only do we have plenty of gas but the cost per gallon is almost 65 cents less.  Crude Oil barrel prices are somewhere in the sub $90 range (and falling) so our local station prices are averaging $3.55 or so per gallon on regular unleaded.  That’s compared to an average of $4.19 10 days ago.

I’m guessing if the world market keeps sinking like it has in the last week, we might see gas prices dip below the $3.00 mark for regular unleaded.

In other news, my best friend David and his lovely wife Tricia flew into Atlanta Sunday night. David was in Atlanta for business on Monday and Tuesday but had a chance to crash at our loft in Castleberry Hill Tuesday night before heading out for some vacation time in Savannah, GA (1 year wedding anniversery!). The last time we saw each other in person was during his wedding so it was nice having the opportunity to catch up.

Mel and I decided it was time to take our loft off the market for a couple of months. We just can’t fight the current housing slump Atlanta is going through right now with regards to property sales. We had 4 showings over 6 months and only 1 open house. Apparently Atlanta is down over 50% on condo sales this year compaired to 2007 and has an insane surplus up for grabs. Not worth the stress or time it takes to keep a property in “showing shape” especially when we still live there so at this point we’re just going to cruise through the end of the year, get through the elections and hope the market starts to turn around in the Spring.

Frustrating but there’s not much we can do atm other than wait it out and hope for a quick recovery.