Navigating life and finances
As of tomorrow, the Visa will be below $6,000. Due to my confusion as to when the chimney sweeper will be here (next month, not today like I thought), I did indeed have $500 to throw at the debt. This payment will bring the balance down to $5,923.39. As for paying the chimney sweeper, I have roughly a month to figure that one out. Hubs will have two checks before then, so I’m not too concerned. And, of course, I also have money coming in each week from caring for the kiddo. [Read more…]
Ever have a day where you feel annoyed for stupid reasons? It is things that aren’t life-changing or even earth-shattering. Today is one of those days for me. In general, I try to keep my blog upbeat, because hey, who in their right mind would want to read about someone else’s annoyances? But since you are already here, don’t say I didn’t warn you! Read at your own risk! [Read more…]
Visa has received another $300, bringing the balance down to $6,423.39. I’ll need to see what next week brings, but I’m aiming to get it below $6K. Today I also paid September’s mortgage payment. Yesterday we received our electric bill, so I took care of that bill, too. Thankfully it was down by $30 from the previous month. I changed the settings on our dehumidifiers, which no doubt helped with the savings. [Read more…]
It’s not every day that you get invited for dinner and leave with a full set of dishes and four chairs. That is what happened to me on Saturday. The dishes are a discontinued moose pattern that matches my home well. One of the items left by the previous owner of our house was a pitcher and bowl set from the same collection. My neighbor had a complete set of the dishes left for her from the last owner of her home. Anyhow, to make a long story short, the couple who was visiting them brought her another set, and since my neighbor didn’t want/need it, they then offered the dishes to me. I’m thrilled! [Read more…]
Yikes. Nothing like opening official mail from your state informing you that your spouse can’t legally work! It sure gave me a bit of a livelihood scare. Hubs is required to get a yearly physical and get it updated with the state. Well, someone dropped the ball on that. He did his part, and his company was supposed to do the rest. I snapped a picture of the letter and messaged it to him. All is good now. He texted me back that they handled it. [Read more…]
The past two weeks were so busy; I decided to take a much needed “me day.” Between preparing for the visit with the kids and then working extra days, I can’t remember the last time I stayed home all day. Given the distances we drive to go places, sometimes it is just nice to stay at home! [Read more…]
Wow, vacation sure went by fast, but don’t they always? We all had a great time. It was fun having both our kids along with their spouses, and all the grandchildren gathered in one place. One nice thing about living on a lake is that we didn’t need much for outside activities to keep everyone entertained. We did take the time to go for a hike and see some local waterfalls. For the rest, it was mostly enjoying biking, swimming, fishing, kayaking, and going for a couple of boat rides. [Read more…]
Yesterday we received the endorsed check back from our mortgage company for our collapsed deck. Also in the mail was a separate package wanting a whole list of items. It was things like the contractor’s license, signed contracts, a release of lien, intent to complete work, etc. I was a bit miffed as none of this was discussed during my previous calls with the bank. So, time to call them again. [Read more…]
Well, thanks to our collapsed deck, our finances could get interesting. I’ve hesitated to say too much (still do) but here is what is happening. [Read more…]
As promised, the check from our insurance company for our collapsed deck was in the mail and arrived on Saturday. What wasn’t in the envelope was the adjuster’s report that I also needed. Ugh, this after calling the rep from our insurance company. All there was was a blip stating the reason for the check. Being a weekend, I knew there wasn’t much I could do about it until today. [Read more…]