I've been selling personal property like a mofo (an SUV, a truck, and a boat this year alone) trying to get shored up for harder times. Since '07, I've felt like we were about 3 years "behind the curve" as to where we should be. We'll be calling the construction company next week to start phase two of our alternative energy plan for the house, which is the outbuilding to put it all in/on. Phase one was taking the garage off-grid successfully, which has been done for a few years now.