How are current gas prices affecting your life?

Question

I live in Ohio and prices for gas range from $3.10-$3.60 depending on the day of the week. I have a large family, so when we all travel ANYWHER we use a conversion van. My husband runs for the fire department and his truck uses almost $40 a week.

Thanks to the hike in gas prices, we have stopped our weekly ritual of eating out on Thursday evenings. We usually are large festival goers, but because it costs so much to go 40-60 miles away now, we've found that the cost to actual travel that far and back eats up our "festival allowance."
Finally, we have cut our errands down to one day a week.
My sister, a single gal with a new car who lives close to her work, says the gas prices have barely affected her whatsoever.
I was curious to see how it's affecting everyone else.
Thanks in advance for your answers.

Answer 1

I am retired now which means that I have a fixed income. I get a monthly check and any price increases are hard to take.

The Bush economy has been very good to me but inflation is always a worry. Bush also had an energy plan that could be helping us now (Better nuclear, more refineries, Anwar, renewable energy etc.) but the Democrats didn't want to help and most of the Republican only wanted stuff for their own districts.