Raises at my job were canceled across the board this year. Retirement benefits were also cut this year. But we got a bonus. Smaller than the formula calls for, but it was something. They would have cut the bonuses if they could have figured out a way to cut it for the workers and still have the corporate execs get full bonuses.

My husband is out of work at the moment… This time last year things had slowed to part time… There’s no work in commercial architecture right now so he’s working on my “honey do” list. If his former firm gets work, he’s welcome back… but even the principal of the firm is collecting un-enjoyment insurance. He’s gone on some interviews but nothing has panned out yet.

Good thing we were/are savers… And very good thing we have been trimming our expenses for a while.