Vacationing in the Backyard

Instead of taking an elaborate family vacation this summer, Heather Lavine, a mother from Waxahachie, Texas, scrapped her travel plans and bought her kids a $200 pool from Wal-Mart. She placed it right in the backyard of their home -- which is located across the street from the source of their woes: a gas station. "I think we'll be having that pool again next summer, I really do," Lavine said. "I think gas is just going to keep going up, and with gas going up, groceries are going to go up... Full Story