saguaro
2-9-15, 2:18pm
Hi there, all ye SL'ers!
I am saguaro, formerly Corrine in IL on the old board when Dave ran it. Lurked even prior to that incarnation, when it was a list format. Yeah I am dating myself.
Coming back after a bit of a hiatus. DH was out of a job for over two years, and thanks to having kept our costs low, driving paid for cars forever, luckily keeping my job and our EF as the cushion, we got through. His unemployment and my salary were enough to cover things, it was only until the very end that we had to draw out of the EF then he found a job. It's not making the salary he did before, but he was lucky to have found something that utilized his new career training (web design/digital) while in his 50s.
DH is nearing retirement, I am on a seriously decluttering roll again so we might be able to sell our 1500 sq ft townhome and get into renting a smaller home as a transition between the current home and where we will go in retirement. We don't plan to stay in our current area, but are stuck here between jobs and family. We are rebuilding savings after some big expenditures replacing cars and doing long delayed home repairs.
Back to share and learn here, as I have before. I always found it a great place.
I am saguaro, formerly Corrine in IL on the old board when Dave ran it. Lurked even prior to that incarnation, when it was a list format. Yeah I am dating myself.
Coming back after a bit of a hiatus. DH was out of a job for over two years, and thanks to having kept our costs low, driving paid for cars forever, luckily keeping my job and our EF as the cushion, we got through. His unemployment and my salary were enough to cover things, it was only until the very end that we had to draw out of the EF then he found a job. It's not making the salary he did before, but he was lucky to have found something that utilized his new career training (web design/digital) while in his 50s.
DH is nearing retirement, I am on a seriously decluttering roll again so we might be able to sell our 1500 sq ft townhome and get into renting a smaller home as a transition between the current home and where we will go in retirement. We don't plan to stay in our current area, but are stuck here between jobs and family. We are rebuilding savings after some big expenditures replacing cars and doing long delayed home repairs.
Back to share and learn here, as I have before. I always found it a great place.