Good news is the payment is under what we had worked out because the finance guy took it for LONGER time (and then worked out what we needed to pay extra to hack off that last year he added to get the interest rate that was 3 % lower than what we had found and it still was under the $900 payment even with the extra payment saving us even more on the interest. Our insurance agent looked at a couple different underwriters to get us the best deal on insurance and still was an ouch due to the size of the truck.
Bad news is my favorite car is now at the junk yard
Good news is we took food to Daughter 4, whose own daughter had invited a friend to spend the night (kids take turns on that) and at the last moment found out the friend can't eat gluten. If we hadn't take food to her she wouldn't have had something for the young lady to eat. Bad news is Daughter 4 dislocated her shoulder at work and is off work. Medical payment is 60% of her normal paycheck. Good news is , that's what she bases her budget on and with us giving her food she is going to be fine going through the next two months especially since she was back to work today with restrictions.
Bad news we are not having Thanksgiving dinner for the family any more, not just this year. After not having it this year we had several comments of kids and grandkids wanting it to stop but did not want to offend anyone with their reasons why. One grandson was very open about being torn between families and having pressure put on him by his parent to attend ours instead of the other side and he has a girlfriend that is likely to get a promise ring at Christmas so there will be her side also.Good news is no one is under pressure to attend, no one is AKA us and Son 2 is spending money, time and effort to be at a dinner that there is a lot of complaining going on. Do not need the DRAMA which is on the good news side.
Bad news I won't be getting deep fried turkey for dinner or sweet potatoes with marshmallows(son 2) or baked beans (by girlfriend who makes extra so I can freeze them), good news is I am roasting those 3 turkeys and putting them in OUR freezer and making broth.Deep Fried turkey doesn't make good broth.
Good news is since we didn't have Tday dinner we just sent all the kids money ( a lot more than normal)for them to buy Christmas as we had trouble connecting to them all at the same time last couple years and can't afford 6 different trips (bad news). SO we all told them it was time for them to come our way and it did not have to be on holidays. The kids are fine if we don't do cookies and candy BUT if we do and want to limit it..Buckeyes, sugar cookies for Granddaughter who eats NO chocolate , snickerdoodles for most of the rest and oatmeal cookie and peanut butter for Son 2 and no candy for him. We will see how that goes.
We thought about a Christmas open house and decided to pass on that as we are still changing things around.
Bad news is my sewing scissors , all 4 pairs is missing, Daughter 4 said something to Daughter 2 and she said she had borrowed them while she lived with us for work to cut cardboard and forgot to bring them back....then Daughter 4 who does sew reminded Daughter 4 who does not sew that sewing scissors are for fabric only not paper, cardboard etc. Daughter 2 did say she did not know where they went after she left them at work. SO I now have to replace my scissors and since they were missing I couldn't sew the winter curtains...
BUT I did use pinking shears and cut this no pill fleece for the wheelchair bathroom that at this point I call Hubby's bathroom .
Bad news is the lights in the north loft don't work, good news we put the winter squash, potatoes and sweet potatoes in that loft since it's on the cold side and we would have to use electric heater to have it warm enough for any one. Hubby already called the electrician that installed it and they are on stand by until Hubby checks a couple things with his tester as they think it's the actual light not the wiring since the outlets and other light works.
Bad news is we need to get our propane tank filled... Good news is I prepaid it when they delivered the tank.Doubled what we used at the other place.
GOOD news, even though Hubby doesn't care if we decorate for Christmas, I would like to some...the weather is suppose to be decent Wednesday,Thursday and Friday so I can get what I want done and Hubby won't have to deal with icy cold crap doing the outside lights.
Bad news ,between the house, car, truck and medical our one retirement acct will not last to Hubby can collect SS...GOOD NEWS is , we have not touched the other retirement acct and could actually pay everything off and still have money to live on allowing him to not pull SS when he planned to. Our finance guy is bouncing some figures around and looking at the big picture to show us our options in Dec.
It all balances out in the long run is what Mother used to say. GOD will provide the work to earn what we need.
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Sometimes it's better when those complicated holiday traditions are let go.
ReplyDeleteYou could have a meal some time next month, invite all the kids and grandkids and whoever comes, comes. That way no one is unhappy. If they don't want to come they don't have to. Just pick any Sat. or Sun. that isn't Xmas or Thanksgiving.
Also, in my opinion, you ought to ask Daughter No. 2 to replace your sewing scissors. All four of them. She's old enough to know better than to take your things.
In her head she did nothing wrong and shouldn't expect her to replace them. Her 15 yr old son asked her the other day in front of Daughter 4 if she was ever going to grow up, work a full time job like an adult and become stable.. I am so glad their dad and step mom are stable and a good example
DeleteThank you for this post about seeing the good even when there is plenty of bad. I agree that it all balances out. My husband was let go from his job in April. Even before then when things were uncertain, we turned it over to God to work out. He has. We are not rolling in money, but month after month he has provided ways to earn what we need.
ReplyDeleteSound's like you have it under control. I have at least six sets of sewing scissors and some time cannot find a one as they are all under something in the shop, instead of hanging on the wall where they belong. When I clean they all get put back and then they go hide again.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the laugh...right now that would be some of my canning stuff.
DeleteJuls, Due to John's work as a paramedic we have never had a family holiday on THE day...and as you say, DRAMA is an issue for most any holiday (NOT the children but with others). So we've done quarterly family days until this summer/fall. If I can get over this cold enough this next week I plan to try to pull my three Georgia kids together for an agreed upon date to have a family day. John is actually off for Thanksgiving this year but dil wants to go to her dad's and I am not yet well enough to care to do a huge family meal. Of course, even with just four of us, two of them have already changed plans four times...I have actually grown to prefer the 'perfect' family holiday of just us two.
Deletewe haven't had any holiday on the actual day in over 30 yrs(blended family and all sides large families plus Hubby usually worked, EMT and maintenance) so the actual holiday was usually just the two of us unless one of the kids didn't go to their other side.If my Crohn's calms down we will go to a friend's house, first year both their sons won't be home so they are struggling some.
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