Hurricane Irma
Hey Everyone it's been a very busy couple of weeks! We were so blessed and got through Hurricane Irma with little to no damage (some branches down in the backyard, power out for about 12 hours and some small branches down in the front yard). I hope everyone else fared as well as we did. I did spent quite a bit of money preparing for Hurricane Irma- including an $800 generator. For the last Hurricane we were without electricity for about 2 days and Irma was expected to be much worse. I was not interested in being without utilities for about 4 to 5 days so I went ahead and got a small generator to help us through the storm. I also bought several jugs and bottles of water, batteries, flashlights, non-perishables, battery powered cell phone charges, etc. I have not added it all up yet, but I'm certain I spent over $1,000 in preparation for the storm. This will likely cause me not to finish my retirement contributions this month as originally pred...