Mortgage Coming

So, our entire plan...the basic premise...was to build a small house and hold no mortgage. This, after holding two mortgages at once while we paid for our land. That was stressful.



I see a mortgage coming, though. It's that awful cost overrun from the Hebel block walls. And a few price increases we absorbed in building materials. We could get away with a tiny mortgage, but I think we'll do a little larger one and put in hydro power to ensure a solid power supply in the winter, a second greenhouse (and, darn it, fix the first one), and some led lights for the greenhouse for plant starts. I'll blog on those led lights soon, you bet. The balance I want to put into gold, yes, even at $1200/ounce. I have a feeling it'll be a bargain. An old geezer once said to me (and he was, too, a dirty old man who liked to schmooze and pinch the 20-something girl l I was then) that when gold is rising that there's a lot of risk..."danger is in the air, beware". I believed him; he had such a look of sad old memories on his face when he said that. DH Matt agreed, we should cover our "bases".
How about you? Have you purchase gold or silver yet?