tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6970915.post5419476237095744042..comments2023-11-02T07:27:20.894-04:00Comments on Not Another Homeschool Blog: Why Andrew Sullivan is WrongAhermitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12246307693236606434noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6970915.post-6048835310934339112008-09-23T14:07:00.000-04:002008-09-23T14:07:00.000-04:00One more note crimson.. unemployment lasts alot lo...One more note crimson.. unemployment lasts alot longer than it used to... For us it was almost year and a half. Thank goodness for out savings too.... But even the best planning will backfire if there are no jobs.Ahermitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12246307693236606434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6970915.post-79080445837246527552008-09-23T13:35:00.000-04:002008-09-23T13:35:00.000-04:00There's plenty of blame to go around in this c...There's plenty of blame to go around in this current economic mess. Many people are in trouble because of things truly outside of their control, but plenty of others were simply stupid and/or greedy. <BR/><BR/>My DH finished grad school in 2006. Like most of his classmates, he graduated with more than six figures' worth of educational debt. Unlike most of his classmates, we scrimped to pay off that debt as soon as we could & then directed that amount towards building up a savings cushion. While most of his classmates were getting themselves further into a hole by taking on huge mortgages and luxury car payments, we rented a modest townhouse and shared one economy car.<BR/><BR/>If my DH should lose his job, we are debt-free and have enough money saved to cover several months' worth of living expenses. By contrast his free-spending classmates would be in big trouble if they became unemployed.Crimson Wifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03254830856234479999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6970915.post-54569385468081503432008-09-20T18:15:00.000-04:002008-09-20T18:15:00.000-04:00here, here!! it's nice to hear from another homes...here, here!! it's nice to hear from another homeschooling sista with a head on her shoulders. we too purchased less house than we were told we could afford - and thank goodness! the day we opened escrow, I was laid off from my job. 30 days later we found that I was pregnant. I haven't worked since. We decided to homeschool our daughter and last year, my husband started homeschooling his 2 older sons. the boys mother passed away earlier this year and we are all now stuffed into a 600 sq foot home. BUT - we are still living within our means, and I haven't had to go back to work - in 9 years. <BR/><BR/>it's not the greed of most Americans that put us where we are - it's the corporate giants. their hands extend far and wide into many of the problems that our country is facing.<BR/><BR/>be independent! homeschool, cook at home, grow your food, walk/bike to work. stock up and save for your needs. make sure you live under your income. take care of yourself - don't "hope" anyone will take care of you.EnchantedMusinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17988076009001115283noreply@blogger.com