Jan/Feb 2006-Apr 2006
Feb 2Don't break 2 arms at once--very inconvenient! I fell and did this on Dec 23 so haven't been here for a while. Getting better with physical therapy but have 2 more months before fully healed or tha't approximate date. Glad not to be at work though. :) Disability pay and contributed leave from coworkers is coming through. have to thank lots of people for all help they give me. I tripped and fell on bad concrete and have alked to a lawyer about a claim.

meanwhile, Phoenix gas prices fell to $2.13 gallon late Dec; but its climbing again rapidly. Up to $2.45 now. Am using laptop contributed by friend. I don't know when I'll be here regularly for next few weeks.

Gal Reg Gas $2.45
Feb 23Checking in again. I'm able to get around more easily these days. PT is hard but necessary to get things in arms working again. New exercises take in out of me a lot. Anyway, updates of gas price here these days. Barrel Crude $60.54Gal Reg Gas 2.35-2.45Nat GasHeat Oil
Mar 3New York Times has an article about peak oil peaking about now this week! surprise! Wonder hwo many people couldn't drink their coffee or tea that morning reading it? Good that all of this is so public and more mianstream than it used to be though. Gal Reg Gas Still $2.35-2.45Nat GasHeat Oil
Mar 17My previously broken arms are almost totally functional again. :) Returning to work parttime in a week. I'll see how my most injured arms deal with being used at work again. Hope it works out okay as I have to put in a few more months before I can retire. Haven't had as much time to keep up with energy and other world events the past 3 months as usual. Time away from the edge of all that news is has a good calming affect though. And, energy issues are out on the table much more than they were a year ago. And this is a very good thing, I think. Not too muich fluctuation in the price of gas the past month like there was the past several months.Gal Reg Gas $2.29-2.36Nat GasHeat Oil
Mar 21Broken arms good enough to return to work 1/2 time next week. Back to the driving maze light rail construction has created here. :(Gal Reg Gas here is now $2.46 and up and that's just in the past week! Apparently it's the same price increase all over the country. Nat GasHeat Oil
Mar 28Barrel Crude $64.??Gal Reg Gas Paid $2.45 today at the full service place so they checked everything for me. Nat GasHeat Oil
Mar 29Barrel Crude $66.??Gal Reg Gas $2.41-2.45Nat GasHeat Oil
Apr 3Barrel Crude $66.?? Crude is heading up towards $70 again like right around Katrina. I wonder if gas will be at $3 again by summer.Gal Reg Gas $2.45-2.51 Nat GasHeat Oil
Apr 6Barrel Crude $67.?? Not sure of exact price the last few days. Haven't ben watching close enough. Re Arms: Back to work fulltime in 2 weeks. :)Gal Reg Gas $2.45-2.59 Nation wide up 30-35 cents last monthNat GasHeat Oil
Apr 8Barrel Crude $67.??Gal Reg Gas $2.67 Gas up 8 cents! Nat GasHeat Oil
Apr 10Barrel Crude $68.??Gal Reg Gas SameNat GasHeat Oil
Apr 12Crude at 70.38 at 2:04 EDT; $68.28.
On Today Show interview, some gentleman, sorry I didn't get his affiliation, said that the reason for high gas prices partly is due the place that had oil are running out of it. Yep, I'm sure that's what he said. He also said that oil is now is in hard to get places or unstable politically. Gas will probably rise past 25 cents more a gallon to at least $3.00 and more this summer.
Summer has traditionally higher prices for gas due to vacations or trips in this season. Then it often goes down in fall but wonder if it will this year?
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Apr 13Barrel Crude $70.?? or 69.00?Gal Reg Gas moving up to $2.72-2.75 in one dayNat GasHeat Oil
Apr 14 Good Friday 2006Barrel Crude Price: $69.?? from April 13, Stock exchange closed for Good Friday.Gal Reg Gas $2.75. Some prices up to $2.77 at some stations.Nat GasHeat Oil
Apr 17Barrel Crude $70.82 at 1:34 EDT on CNN commodities; Closed at 70.40. Gas in many places is much higher than Phoenix. Some places have passed the post-Katrina rise of last fall. I haven't seen that yet here but maybe beofre Memorial Day it will come to that. Convenience stores still seem to have the lowest prices.Gal Reg Gas $2.75-2.80Nat GasHeat Oil
Apr 18Barrel Crude closed at 71.35. On April 17, after pt I saw further increases in gas prices: $2.86 for regular, then 2.96 Unl Plus and prem 3.06! Up toward post-Katrina levels but not past them yet here.Gal Reg Gas $2.86, Reg Unleaded 2.96,premium 3.06Nat GasHeat Oil
Apr 19Barrel Crude $72.15 Gal Reg Gas Unl $2.89, Unl Plus 2.99, Prem 3.09Nat GasHeat Oil
Apr 20Barrel Crude $73.69 EEK!Gal Reg Gas $2.99, 3.09, 3.19Nat GasHeat Oil
Apr 21Barrel Crude $75.17Gal Reg GasNat GasHeat Oil
Apr 24Barrel Crude 73.33Gal Reg Gas 3.03, 3.13., 3.23Nat GasHeat Oil
Apr 25Barrel Crude $72.88 Pres. Bush made a speech where he's deferring oil going to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve until fall. This has caused the price of petroleum on the markets to drop.Gal Reg GasNat GasHeat Oil
Apr 26Barrel Crude $71.93Gal Reg GasNat GasHeat Oil
Apr 27Barrel Crude $70.97Gal Reg Gas Some Uln 2.99, Most prices $3.03, $3.13, $3.23