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Hi All,
Like many I have been lurking here for quite a while. I feel like I know many of you. I am 56, DH is 57. We both work way too many hours at stressful jobs, and have both dealt with health issues. We've raised six kiddos and are hopefully in the home stretch. They are not all completely off the dole, but the majority of kid related expenses are behind us. We live in a high cost-of-living-taxes-are-choking-us-area, and anticipate that we will need to cut costs and eventually relocate to make things work. I started working late (due to the six aforementioned kiddos). I'm more of the saver (and worrier) and DH the spender (and everything will be fine guy). The issue for me will be (eventually) figuring out an income stream. Yes, I did do fire-calculator, and if we set a reasonable budget we should be o.k.
Our next move - should be - selling our house but (with working 6-7 days a week) that task seems overwhelming. We have two house now, one inherited from my parents. Our house is in pretty rough shape, and stuffed. We would move into my parents house for now, and put the proceeds from the sale of the marital house, into an untouchable "house account" until we are ready to move.
I am always ready to listen to advise - but please be kind.
Like many I have been lurking here for quite a while. I feel like I know many of you. I am 56, DH is 57. We both work way too many hours at stressful jobs, and have both dealt with health issues. We've raised six kiddos and are hopefully in the home stretch. They are not all completely off the dole, but the majority of kid related expenses are behind us. We live in a high cost-of-living-taxes-are-choking-us-area, and anticipate that we will need to cut costs and eventually relocate to make things work. I started working late (due to the six aforementioned kiddos). I'm more of the saver (and worrier) and DH the spender (and everything will be fine guy). The issue for me will be (eventually) figuring out an income stream. Yes, I did do fire-calculator, and if we set a reasonable budget we should be o.k.
Our next move - should be - selling our house but (with working 6-7 days a week) that task seems overwhelming. We have two house now, one inherited from my parents. Our house is in pretty rough shape, and stuffed. We would move into my parents house for now, and put the proceeds from the sale of the marital house, into an untouchable "house account" until we are ready to move.
I am always ready to listen to advise - but please be kind.