{"id":3225,"date":"2013-09-30T07:50:27","date_gmt":"2013-09-30T12:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mdmproofing.com\/iym\/weblog\/?p=3225"},"modified":"2014-05-31T09:30:19","modified_gmt":"2014-05-31T14:30:19","slug":"wee-little-status-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mdmproofing.com\/iym\/weblog\/2013\/09\/wee-little-status-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Wee Little Status Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For those three or four folks who may be wondering what&#8217;s happened at this here money blog, well, the answer is: Not much. <\/p>\n<p>If I had any gripping tales of financial abandon to tell, I&#8217;d do it. I scan the news every couple of days to see what&#8217;s going on in the world of personal finance; certainly nothing life-changing has popped up. (Well, ObamaCare is about to kick in. That ought to be good for a few million laughs. Or tears.) <\/p>\n<p>The Federal Reserve is still doing its best to ensure that &#8220;saving&#8221; remains a four-letter word, that savers must be well and duly punished, and that stock markets cannot be allowed to drop more than a few percent at a clip. Nothing new there. This is what happens when you have an economy that &#8220;grows&#8221; only when debt expands and risk-asset prices rise. No &#8220;growth&#8221; if people\/entities\/governments don&#8217;t keep taking on more and more debt and risk. What could possibly go wrong?<\/p>\n<p>On the personal front, our family savings got about $20k lighter in September. That&#8217;s what getting a new roof, new siding and windows throughout, and gutter installation will do to you. Until this month, the largest check I&#8217;d ever written was for our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdmproofing.com\/iym\/weblog\/2007\/08\/central-ac-system-has-been-replaced.html\">home central A\/C system<\/a> back in 2007. I can tell you that the A\/C payment felt like a sneeze compared to the exterior repairs. However, we had well more than enough liquid savings to cover it, and I&#8217;m mighty thankful for that. (&#8216;Tis also nice to pull up in your driveway each day after work and NOT cringe at the outward appearance of your home. The old homestead looks pretty nice now, if I do say so myself.)<\/p>\n<p>And that&#8217;s my little roundup, for now. Back to your regularly-scheduled nap, kids!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For those three or four folks who may be wondering what&#8217;s happened at this here money blog, well, the answer is: Not much. If I had any gripping tales of financial abandon to tell, I&#8217;d do it. 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