We paid off our consumer debt and accelerated payments on our mortgage. Fortunately, we both have good jobs -- the Canadian Forces isn't going out of business any time soon -- and good relations with our siblings. If things completely go south, as it were, we are more likely to be among the helpers than the helped, but I have abandoned my fantasies of moving to a less stressful climate than that of the Ottawa Valley until we see how things shake out.

Watch and shoot, as we say in the army ...