Despite high gasoline prices, food costs, and talk of recession, tornado and earthquakes- okay I'll stop.  I've continued to fund my 401k plan and make some periodic contributions to my Roth IRA. 

I realize it's getting tougher to fund your retirement accounts.  We all like to travel and take vacations, but I realized over Memorial Day weekend many of us stayed close to home.  We were spending time with friends and family with backyard bbq's, movies and short trips to the video store.   Welcome the "stay-cation." It's a pretty good  good description of what many of us did this weekend.  Let's face it- we need to stay on a budget now.  I hope you've continued to fund your retirement accounts to the max and stay home occasionally with a low budget "stay-cation."  Any great ideas's for a stay-at-home vacation?  Please send me an e-mail.