[Jo Bo]

I have to go and put in my four hours at work". "Well I think that proves my point", said the MSQ. 'What point?", said her DH. "The fact that because of my careful frugality since our marriage you only have to work outside the home 20 hours a week and can devote some of your spare time to the volunteering you love so much!" "I suppose so", he admitted reluctantly, "I wouldn't be able to do the homeless soup run until 0300 4 nights a week if I was still clawing my way to the top in the corporate world". He picked up his brown bagged leftovers and got out his trusty 25 year old bicycle for the short ride across town. "Don't forget you promised to build me another window box later", she called after him, "I noticed those gourmet salad bag mixes are an astronomical price and I can grow them for pennies - and don't forget to take this recycled plastic bag and call at the police station on your way home - the sergeant has promised me some poop from the police horses for the compost". She settled back down to the kitchen table and took out her 10 year plan. The MSQ had been planning for years to move to a little block of land in the country and every morning she reviewed her plan, counted the savings she had made and added them to the 'escape fund'. This morning she noticed........