House Divided
Dryer sheet aficionado
Hi All,
If you are wondering I am Auburn and my DW is Alabama.
Football season is intense at our house.
I am 55 and I worked in IT for 30+ years, my DW is 54 and she has
been a homemaker for most of our marriage (36 years!). We have 2
grown children both graduated from college with no debit and are now married.
Our home and 15 acres in a rural community of north Alabama is paid off.
We have vacation property at the Alabama Gulf Coast and it is paid off.
All of our toys (RV, boats, car, trucks, ect.) are paid for. I have run
FIRECalc and it shows 0 failures for 30 years using a conservative stock ratio.
I have tracked our expenses in detail for 3 years now so I have a good
understanding of what we are spending and it has come in handy now that I’ve been
laid off from megacorp 12 months ago. I saw it coming for years they were
sending more and more work Offshore so I had time to plan for it. We are on a
budget of 52,000/year and it has worked well so far and we finished 2012 under budget.
I have Cobra Health Insurance until August then I have to find Health Insurance
for 4 months until Obamacare starts. Health Insurance is the scary part of ER.
If you are wondering I am Auburn and my DW is Alabama.
Football season is intense at our house.
I am 55 and I worked in IT for 30+ years, my DW is 54 and she has
been a homemaker for most of our marriage (36 years!). We have 2
grown children both graduated from college with no debit and are now married.
Our home and 15 acres in a rural community of north Alabama is paid off.
We have vacation property at the Alabama Gulf Coast and it is paid off.
All of our toys (RV, boats, car, trucks, ect.) are paid for. I have run
FIRECalc and it shows 0 failures for 30 years using a conservative stock ratio.
I have tracked our expenses in detail for 3 years now so I have a good
understanding of what we are spending and it has come in handy now that I’ve been
laid off from megacorp 12 months ago. I saw it coming for years they were
sending more and more work Offshore so I had time to plan for it. We are on a
budget of 52,000/year and it has worked well so far and we finished 2012 under budget.
I have Cobra Health Insurance until August then I have to find Health Insurance
for 4 months until Obamacare starts. Health Insurance is the scary part of ER.