Stagflation
Chaos, murder, mayhem, raging infernos of insanity, ugly babies, plagues, pestilence, and woe unto all.
Okay, nothing that bad has been going on here. Really. But, we have had some problems we've been working through. Pretty much everything goes back to the joys of stagflation and the dubious pleasure of clinging to the lower rungs of the middle class ladder. We have fixed rate mortgages (yes, plural) so a balloning mortgage payment isn't an issue for us. However, when the price of gasoline, groceries, and electricity increase by roughly 25% and your income doesn't, you have a big, expensive problem on your hands. Add your car breaking down (again), and you now have a very big, interesting, expensive problem.
We have some possible solutions in the works, but things are still up in the air. I should have something to actually post about it later in the week. Wish me luck.
And, we have actually completed some landscaping and plumbing for a change. Pictures and more to come.
Okay, nothing that bad has been going on here. Really. But, we have had some problems we've been working through. Pretty much everything goes back to the joys of stagflation and the dubious pleasure of clinging to the lower rungs of the middle class ladder. We have fixed rate mortgages (yes, plural) so a balloning mortgage payment isn't an issue for us. However, when the price of gasoline, groceries, and electricity increase by roughly 25% and your income doesn't, you have a big, expensive problem on your hands. Add your car breaking down (again), and you now have a very big, interesting, expensive problem.
We have some possible solutions in the works, but things are still up in the air. I should have something to actually post about it later in the week. Wish me luck.
And, we have actually completed some landscaping and plumbing for a change. Pictures and more to come.
Labels: budget, cars, disasters, mental illness, money, morons, woe
posted by John | 9:27 PM
1 Comments:
Oh car, why did you chose NOW to break down?
Mine always choose the worst times. They don't break down often, either.. Toyotas. But since they have close to 200,000 miles... well, they get to pick and choose their breaking times.
Sigh.
I hope everything works out easily for you.
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