* Need to do some work this weekend, so will start after lunch and I pay a couple of bills. Will probably also work on Sunday ( Read more... )

Marisa and I talked this morning about our age and the cold weather. She hurts all over and I admit to some pain (much of it from me slipping on the ice last week ( Read more... )

Spent around $40 so far for moving expenses in the backroom project: about $20 for a complete set of Stanley hex wrenches (both metric and SAE--English units) so I could use the correct hex wrench to disassemble the treadmill and about $20 for a flat dolly (4 all-direction wheels on a wood rectangle platform with carpet tacked on). I purchased the ( Read more... )

The power was out twice in the last day. Once for just a second, then about ten minutes later it was out for about ten hours ( Read more... )

Sunday done ( Read more... )

In the mail to-day I received a credit card bill from my visa credit card. I had somehow misplaced the bill from last month so owed two months worth plus a late fee plus interest. The late fee plus interest totaled around $70. This certainly concerns me. I might as well have taken 7 ten-dollar bills and thrown them in a garbage can! I didn't ( Read more... )

I started a spreadsheet to-day with all my projects, big and small ( Read more... )

Last year I started saving $300 a month toward the property tax and property insurance for Zolacmanor (House 60). That was because saving $200 a month, which I did through 2014 and 2015 did not meet the final bills ( Read more... )

2023 is the year we completely own House70, primarilly because we are doubling up on our monthly payment. It can be difficult to do that, but so far have maintained this overall ( Read more... )

* I had a check-up with my doctor to-day. He was pleased. My weight was down (176 pounds at the office, but last time I checked my naked body it was 170 pounds). There is a definite trend down with my current diet. My blood pressure is not the 120/60 I used to get reliably, but 132/85 to-day was pretty good. We will see what blood chemistry ( Read more... )