Comments on: Recession Depression http://theweightofmoney.com/2008/03/recession-depression.html understanding the weight of money Mon, 25 Jan 2010 03:09:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Donna Jean http://theweightofmoney.com/2008/03/recession-depression.html/comment-page-1#comment-24342 Donna Jean Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:13:03 +0000 http://theweightofmoney.com/2008/03/recession-depression.html#comment-24342 The simplest is just bringing in more money. I'm steadily increasing my income and the idea was the the partner's annual raise would help balance things a lot (but I've already decided that raise is not going to happen). Also, in a few months, we should be paying less for food as we'll be producing the majority of our needs. But the temporary house-poor comment is more the near-term but one-year-plus range of the accumulative affects of bringing in a bit more money where the house payments will have less of an impact on our overall budget. We made the choice to stretch a little further than we got this property knowing that our finances would suck for the first year, so at least we are where we expected to be. The simplest is just bringing in more money. I’m steadily increasing my income and the idea was the the partner’s annual raise would help balance things a lot (but I’ve already decided that raise is not going to happen). Also, in a few months, we should be paying less for food as we’ll be producing the majority of our needs.

But the temporary house-poor comment is more the near-term but one-year-plus range of the accumulative affects of bringing in a bit more money where the house payments will have less of an impact on our overall budget. We made the choice to stretch a little further than we got this property knowing that our finances would suck for the first year, so at least we are where we expected to be.

]]> By: S/100/30 http://theweightofmoney.com/2008/03/recession-depression.html/comment-page-1#comment-24341 S/100/30 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:00:30 +0000 http://theweightofmoney.com/2008/03/recession-depression.html#comment-24341 <i>Our continuing financial struggles aren’t helping, though I’m constantly just repeating how it’s just a temporary house-poor adjustment that will be a faint memory in a year or so (please, don’t burst my bubble on that one little, though not guaranteed, comfort I have).</i> Not trying to burst your bubble, just haven't read much of your backstory so I'm just wondering what changes you expect in the coming year? Our continuing financial struggles aren’t helping, though I’m constantly just repeating how it’s just a temporary house-poor adjustment that will be a faint memory in a year or so (please, don’t burst my bubble on that one little, though not guaranteed, comfort I have).

Not trying to burst your bubble, just haven’t read much of your backstory so I’m just wondering what changes you expect in the coming year?

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