I'd rather be fishing

I'm way ahead of you Dan. I've been setting back a few things here and a few things there for about a year now but no matter how much you set aside it still don't feel like enough. I'm gonna fire up the incubator and double my flock of chickens soon. this article here http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article9615.html
pretty much sums up the actions taken so far and yet I still see no slow down in sight. That light at the end of the tunnel is a big fat freight train in my opinion.
The biggest problem is failure or fear to call it what it is- depression- they insist its a recession and thereby battle it as such. Recession is brought about by excess credit and inflation where what we have is excess debt brought by excess credit and expanding money supply over an extended period of time. This site describes it better than I can. http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article9053.html
If you feel like connecting the dots a little this site is an interesting read. Pay special attention to Larry Summers he's been instrumental in the collapse of the Soviet Union, South Korea, repeal of the Glass- Steagall act, Iceland and other actions, now he is appointed as head of the national economic council. When you start connecting who's who and where they come from the rabbit hole gets mighty deep Alice. http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=10860 There is nothing little peons like us can do other than prepare and try to get out the information that the news won't tell us.
I built a little raised bed garden over the weekend. It's 6ft by 12 ft. not big enough to supply for the winter but will make for some great fresh veggies through the summer and I'll be giving the excess to our foodbank we set up at work for the laid off employees. Right now I donate about two dozen eggs a week since the chickens lay way more than I need. So far the economy has me scared but it hasn't affected my lifestyle one little bit, I've always lived prudently.
I hope you send some of that weather to me Dan, its still in the teens in the morning and gets up to about sixty on the sunny or should I say partly sunny days.