Wow, what a wild and scary ride since Trump became President in January and enough said about that. However, it has been a stressful first quarter due to that.
Our personal first quarter though can be summarized as “it went well, we spent a lot of money deliberately, we are healthy, family time was great”.
The spending: All planned thank goodness
- New TV and stand
- Hubby’s new laptop
- New glasses for both & new prescription lenses for my sunglasses
- Air sealing and insulation of house subfloor and attics
- Plane tickets for niece’s June 1 wedding plus shifting from paying for the hotel to staying with son & DIL in a home exchange 3 bedroom condo for 1/4 th the cost.
Healthy is good:
- Transition to Kaiser for care going well - so far so good
- Getting stronger as proven by increasingly challenging Pilates workouts
Family time was great!
- We are finding that going to swim lesson on Saturday is a good short family hang out time if we want it
- We babysat each Grandgirl separately a few times which was lovely one on one time
- Other family time was lovely too - Grandfriend’s Day at 2nd grader’s school, 2 year old birthday party, visiting Fairyland for Lunar New Year’s followed by lunch, older son and DIL visited, other short babysitting and visiting times
I have to keep reminding myself my retirement accounts are the long haul. I had more than one panic attack looking at my tanking returns especially since I'm retiring at 59. Six months ago when decision was made things were positive. Still, I'm healthy, my kids are healthy.
ReplyDeleteI can see how that can be scary financially in the current environment. I never could handle being in the stock market because of the roller coaster ride.
DeleteSeems like you are doing well for the first quarter of the year - good job!
ReplyDeleteThanks!
DeleteIt has been really hard to deal with this year so far. Our net worth for our household is down a digit. We were set for retirement, but now I am not so sure. I am doing as much as I can domestically to keep my mind off of it. Saving money really does help ease the anxiety a bit.
ReplyDeleteIt has been a tough year so far. We are in our mid 70s so we’ll into retirement and distressed over what is happening to Social Security and federal employees and so much more.
DeleteThings sound good in your world. I can hardly stand what's going on with the government. It's very distressing.
ReplyDeleteYes, we and the whole world have lost a lot of what was good already. It is scary and distressing.
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