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[charlottezweb]

Whew! 6, count 'em, 6 triple loads of laundry completed and put away. That may be a record for us. We've got another smaller (much smaller) batch to do on Weds, which has been designated laundry day, and then we'll be totally caught up. The clothes we have left are the ones that don't fit so they get shoved to the back of the laundry pile instead of getting washed. But we have to wash them before we can donate them, thereby getting them out of the house, finally.

I got the results of my bloodwork on Friday--the meds have raised my TSH levels from .oo4 to .005. Great. (It's supposed to be at least 3.5.) So when I go see the endocrinologist he'll probably raise my dosage. I need to make that appt.

I signed us up for Netflix last night--movies will be winging their way here shortly. I figure that will actually save us some money--we spend quite a bit on payperview/on demand and at the video store. Of course since we now have the most basic cable, there is no more ppv or on demand.

We also decided to change our housing plan for Charleston--since my step-MIL can't be around a child for 3 months if she gets her transplant and I'm not at all sure we could all live together anyway, we had thought about buying a trailer to put on the property since there's already an established trailer space. We picked out a new model and then thought about how much that would cost in the long run, so we decided to get a used one, as cheaply as possible. Then, we remembered that there's a (tiny) house on the property already. The homestead where A grew up, as did his father before him--A's grandfather built it some 50-60 yrs ago. It needs some work, but is sound--we'd need to paint and replace some things, but could do it over time and this way we'd have a place to live pretty much immediately and with no real expense. A's dad even offered to take care of getting the wiring checked and having central heat and air put in!

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[lorres.livejournal.com]

A's dad even offered to take care of getting the wiring checked and having central heat and air put in!

Nice! Hope things work out well for all in that regard.

[hkbear.livejournal.com]

Good grief, come fold my laundry while you're at it. It's been in the dryer since Sunday.

Yay house! Although I was really looking forward to chillin' at your trailer.

[offcenter-wc.livejournal.com]

I'll second the tiny house for now, especially if you get the wiring checked out and--wow-- central heat and air put in. First, that's a major expense covered immediately. Saves you a bunch of money right there. Second, I'm not that enamored of used trailers. Put it this way, I remember how well some early 80's 14X70 trailers wore over time, and the answer is: not well. Not only would you have the trailer payment, but there would be additional expenses from the inevitable wear-and-tear that would make itself known over time.

All in all, not a bad strategy. Just think, the less indebtedness, the more you have available for future indulgences. OK, not indulgence, but just remember that expenses always appear magically to eat up whatever surplus you might manage to eke out.

Still happens to me...

[prairierabbit.livejournal.com]

Good luck with getting the TSH level rising in more than .001 increments. The house sounds like it could be very nice, and no real expense sounds great.