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Sep. 25th, 2005 02:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
whitereflectionI almost forgot D:
Happy happy birthday, Mag-u! <3 Luff and hugs and good wishes to j00. Sending sparkle-thoughts your way. *hug-u*
Umm, ok. So...the yard is not torn up. But we spent more than if we had. $2205, for two guys on almost five hours of weekend/overtime duty, the extra long cable and root removal, a diesel-powered hydro-jetting (along with the roots, I guess the main line was blocked with peanut butter-consistency grease and organics), a root cauterizing/preventative foam through the main line, and a bacterial/enzymatic drain treatment powder stuff.
So. That basically cuts savings in half, where the other half remaining is my personal cash that I'm saving for a computer upgrade. So really...nothing left in savings then, actually. Between the car, the cats, and this, we're down to my computer money and what's in checking. Which sure, isn't bad. But that's where future cat money comes from, since they're still monitoring Crystal periodically (and she's due).
So I've got Blizzcon coming up, and well, that's still going to happen, one way or another. Con reg is paid for already. Just gotta get airline tickets, and I'll still front going to Disneyland because I've been *planning* that. And hotel, ok, but that I'll just slap on the credit card. I'll just make sure food is reasonable, and not go for much in the way of merchandise if there is any. It'll be a sort of last hurrah for the year, and the next year, there will be no cons. I'll do a trip to Seattle to see Mom, and *maybe* a low-key/low-cost visit trip somewhere. But mainly I think next year will be plowing money as much as humanly possible into savings. Have to be prepared for when the car someday goes, and for when this house decides to kick us in the fucking ass again, because I know that's inevitable.
I think the thing I want most someday, is to be able to convince James to ditch this idea we should be homeowners. I want to be a renter, I live like a renter. He insists he wants to be a homeowner, wants the investment--but he thinks and acts like a renter. You can't try to get the investment from owning a home without putting in the work and money, and that's what he's trying to do. I think he's also subconsciously living like his parents: buying a home and running it into the ground. That's their idea of 'investment'--which in the end is just ruining the property and/or losing money. Actually the thing I want most is to be financially independent, so I could say to heck with this all and live my own life, but that's neither here nor there.
Anyway. Thinking ahead...I think I'm going to keep Christmas at sending nice cards, or at the most very small trinkets. I hope that doesn't cause any hurt feelings. But I have to get us back in the game money-wise before the next big hit. Though it won't be a problem for the folks here...money's been so bad for Gina, Anj, and Kelly that cutting back on gift exchanges will help them too. But I just...I like being able to give, to me it's a way of showing I care. To give less in my mind says I'm indicating I care less, and that's not the case at all. But...it'll sure look like it, won't it? Not sure how to work around that. Guess I'm going to have to think on it.
I really need a shower. And something to drink.
Happy happy birthday, Mag-u! <3 Luff and hugs and good wishes to j00. Sending sparkle-thoughts your way. *hug-u*
Umm, ok. So...the yard is not torn up. But we spent more than if we had. $2205, for two guys on almost five hours of weekend/overtime duty, the extra long cable and root removal, a diesel-powered hydro-jetting (along with the roots, I guess the main line was blocked with peanut butter-consistency grease and organics), a root cauterizing/preventative foam through the main line, and a bacterial/enzymatic drain treatment powder stuff.
So. That basically cuts savings in half, where the other half remaining is my personal cash that I'm saving for a computer upgrade. So really...nothing left in savings then, actually. Between the car, the cats, and this, we're down to my computer money and what's in checking. Which sure, isn't bad. But that's where future cat money comes from, since they're still monitoring Crystal periodically (and she's due).
So I've got Blizzcon coming up, and well, that's still going to happen, one way or another. Con reg is paid for already. Just gotta get airline tickets, and I'll still front going to Disneyland because I've been *planning* that. And hotel, ok, but that I'll just slap on the credit card. I'll just make sure food is reasonable, and not go for much in the way of merchandise if there is any. It'll be a sort of last hurrah for the year, and the next year, there will be no cons. I'll do a trip to Seattle to see Mom, and *maybe* a low-key/low-cost visit trip somewhere. But mainly I think next year will be plowing money as much as humanly possible into savings. Have to be prepared for when the car someday goes, and for when this house decides to kick us in the fucking ass again, because I know that's inevitable.
I think the thing I want most someday, is to be able to convince James to ditch this idea we should be homeowners. I want to be a renter, I live like a renter. He insists he wants to be a homeowner, wants the investment--but he thinks and acts like a renter. You can't try to get the investment from owning a home without putting in the work and money, and that's what he's trying to do. I think he's also subconsciously living like his parents: buying a home and running it into the ground. That's their idea of 'investment'--which in the end is just ruining the property and/or losing money. Actually the thing I want most is to be financially independent, so I could say to heck with this all and live my own life, but that's neither here nor there.
Anyway. Thinking ahead...I think I'm going to keep Christmas at sending nice cards, or at the most very small trinkets. I hope that doesn't cause any hurt feelings. But I have to get us back in the game money-wise before the next big hit. Though it won't be a problem for the folks here...money's been so bad for Gina, Anj, and Kelly that cutting back on gift exchanges will help them too. But I just...I like being able to give, to me it's a way of showing I care. To give less in my mind says I'm indicating I care less, and that's not the case at all. But...it'll sure look like it, won't it? Not sure how to work around that. Guess I'm going to have to think on it.
I really need a shower. And something to drink.