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msmemory_archive ([personal profile] msmemory_archive) wrote2008-09-30 09:39 am
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My portfolio is down about 30% for the year. (Not that I was looking to sell, but it's that comfy cushion against retirement or disability).

The hot water heater has decided to leak.

I guess that my scheme to hire a landscape company to overhaul the yard before winter may need to be put on hold, unless I can scare up some more freelance jobs to finance it with. Which just makes me pretty normal in this year's economy, doesn't it?
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[identity profile] kr4sh.livejournal.com 2008-09-30 02:04 pm (UTC)(link)
just be glad you are not 1/2 built right now... oy.

i think we are in good shape because we don't need to borrow any more $$ for this to make it weather tight but..

[identity profile] cvirtue.livejournal.com 2008-09-30 02:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Do you have skills you can barter with a landscaper? That might be an option.

Sympathies -- we have had some similar cutbacks in plans.

[identity profile] artisticphoenix.livejournal.com 2008-09-30 05:00 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm right there with you on the portfolio, I don't even LOOK at my 403b statement these days or I will cry. I keep repeating the words, I'm going to wait this out and continue to buy stock at a lower rate and it will all bounce back by the time I retire. Sigh. I hope.

And actually contractors and landscapers are a good buy this year as they really need the work.
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