That sucks. Sorry to hear that. I've been there. My dog got cut up one year and tore her side up bad and needed 14 stitches. The dog protector vests don't cover everything unfortunately. Wishing your dog a speedy recovery.
Good thread with some different perspectives. I went with the low stress, payoff the house route. I would have done better financially if I'd have invested the money in a S&P500 fund, but I'm ok with not getting the extra gains. No kids, and two incomes (DINK) and we've been maxing out 401K's...
@Hammsolo :ROFLMAO: My wife and I also saw Stephen Wilson Jr. this year. Never heard of him, and about 2 songs into his set, I was like, who the hell is this guy?, and who is playing the guitar? It was him, obviously. And agreed- he was freaking awesome. Best performer I've seen in 30 years.