Although I think "love" maybe a little strong of a word, I have to respect some of the ideas this author expresses in his article...

http://www.bankrate.com/natl/news/pf/20080625_reasons_love_recession_a1.asp

Smile, we WILL get through this!

BTW, I just harvested about 20 lbs of onions from my garden, enough to us get through the winter/spring. I just finished canning all the tomatoes, green chilies, carrots, green beans and asparagus too. Whew!
And I have to agree, our mailbox almost has an echo in it lately. Rather nice!