Pinch me and tell me I'm dreaming

We have been funtioning fairly well the past 4 years on one income. We have not really denied ourselves of much. We have become pretty budget conscience. It has been pretty amazing that we were able to pull off putting hubs through school, me working and kids staying at home. We are in debt up to our eyeballs but who isn't right?!? But now things have gotten worse, we are watching every penny that is being spent. We have had to make some pretty dramatic changes just to counteract the inflation. I haven't "grocery gamed" very much this summer. We have been munching on our pantry and freezer stash. Except for the milk and bread our grocery shopping as been pretty nonexistent. Even with coupons, groceries are still high. We have also become electricity nazis. Our AC now resides at 75 which is a far cry from 72 where it normally stays. Also lights are completely optional. Unless it becomes an occupational hazard at night, the lights are off and our house is lit by the one of 12 lamps in the house. We aren't eating out as much either. If we do we get the bare minimum, ex...cheeseburger each and share fries, drink something from home. Or we just go somewhere that kids eat free. We have been selling things around the house to buy the things we need. We needed 2 more car seats so we found things around the house and sold them all for a big whopping $160. We have also been selling our books to a used book store for extra cash. I would like to have a garage sale in the next few weeks to add to my "back to school" clothes fund. I go through 2 pairs of tennis shoes a year. Truthfully that will probably be the only thing that I buy for school next year. In addition to all this, my grandmother is not doing well so we know that we will be spending money (gas, food, hotel) to go up there when she dies. So we are having to trade off our river trip and my 10 year reunion for going to Oklahoma whenever the time comes. ****Sorry Sleeza we just decided this today :(

Is anybody else out there feeling this pinch or are we just a bunch of broke monkeys?