Comments on: Tough Times http://www.organicmechanic.org/2009/03/tough-times/ Since 2002, Organic/Mechanic has been the personal website of Cleveland, Ohio based web designer, Adam Harvey. Fri, 19 Feb 2010 19:27:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Health Care | Organic/Mechanic http://www.organicmechanic.org/2009/03/tough-times/comment-page-1/#comment-5661 Health Care | Organic/Mechanic Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:47:19 +0000 http://www.organicmechanic.org/?p=1878#comment-5661 [...] awhile, as described in the Tough Times post I put up in March, Debbie had no health care.  Not due to any fault of her own, but because [...] […] awhile, as described in the Tough Times post I put up in March, Debbie had no health care.  Not due to any fault of her own, but because […]

]]> By: jmay http://www.organicmechanic.org/2009/03/tough-times/comment-page-1/#comment-5375 jmay Mon, 16 Mar 2009 12:28:58 +0000 http://www.organicmechanic.org/?p=1878#comment-5375 Hey Adam, A few years back (when Kathryn was around 1) we ran into a similar situation. Christy was working just to send Kathryn to day care. I'm not saying that our solution would work for you and Debbie, but maybe you can find a way to have Abraham stay home with Debbie. Y'all could take on one or two children around Abraham's age to watch in a home day care setting. No licensee is needed if you have fewer than 5 kids.* It's not the most ideal sort of set up for someone who would rather be teaching, but it might be a way to get by until the trickle down money from the stimulus package makes it down to our level (I really hope it does). I can't believe I was happy that my retirement fund <b> only </b> lost 39% last year. It really stinks that despite putting money into the fund it still comes out with less than the year before. The only silver lining I see is that I am not retiring anytime in the next few decades, so at least I'm buying a lot more shares right now (as long as they aren't worthless in 30 years). *Check your local/state laws on this my knowledge only covers the state of Indiana. Hey Adam,
A few years back (when Kathryn was around 1) we ran into a similar situation. Christy was working just to send Kathryn to day care. I’m not saying that our solution would work for you and Debbie, but maybe you can find a way to have Abraham stay home with Debbie. Y’all could take on one or two children around Abraham’s age to watch in a home day care setting. No licensee is needed if you have fewer than 5 kids.* It’s not the most ideal sort of set up for someone who would rather be teaching, but it might be a way to get by until the trickle down money from the stimulus package makes it down to our level (I really hope it does).

I can’t believe I was happy that my retirement fund only lost 39% last year. It really stinks that despite putting money into the fund it still comes out with less than the year before. The only silver lining I see is that I am not retiring anytime in the next few decades, so at least I’m buying a lot more shares right now (as long as they aren’t worthless in 30 years).

*Check your local/state laws on this my knowledge only covers the state of Indiana.

]]> By: lmcshane http://www.organicmechanic.org/2009/03/tough-times/comment-page-1/#comment-5372 lmcshane Tue, 10 Mar 2009 22:37:32 +0000 http://www.organicmechanic.org/?p=1878#comment-5372 You are relatively lucky and your circumstances are very similar to my own. You should also consider that you are lucky to live in a relatively low-cost city and you and your wife have skills that are adaptable to many career options. Has your wife explored work-at-home options to save on daycare costs? Buena suerte. You are relatively lucky and your circumstances are very similar to my own. You should also consider that you are lucky to live in a relatively low-cost city and you and your wife have skills that are adaptable to many career options. Has your wife explored work-at-home options to save on daycare costs? Buena suerte.

]]> By: Laura http://www.organicmechanic.org/2009/03/tough-times/comment-page-1/#comment-5370 Laura Tue, 10 Mar 2009 02:01:06 +0000 http://www.organicmechanic.org/?p=1878#comment-5370 Hi, I came across your blog through a link on the Plain Dealer. Great post! I too voted for Obama, and absolutely agree with about the mess that Bush and the Republicans left this this country in. I worry though that it's too much of a mess for Obama to fix in 4 or 8 years. I'm afraid all of the problems with the economy, the war in Iraq, etc. are going to take a good decade or more to fix, if not several decades. Hi, I came across your blog through a link on the Plain Dealer. Great post! I too voted for Obama, and absolutely agree with about the mess that Bush and the Republicans left this this country in. I worry though that it’s too much of a mess for Obama to fix in 4 or 8 years. I’m afraid all of the problems with the economy, the war in Iraq, etc. are going to take a good decade or more to fix, if not several decades.

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