So Expensive!!!

  Hello all Happy New Year. So expensive my medical insurance will be in 2022. I am on my partners medical plan, and they are switching over to a new health care plan. Which if we stay with our old plan, we will be paying around $300 a month for the two of us. That money was not planned for in the 2022 budget. Yes, I am doing a budget this year because our spending is a lot. But that is due to repairs, food and misc. spending. Nothing to fancy just basic living. 

Since I am a worry wart I try and plan for things in advance but with life you cannot because you never know what will be around the corner where you have to spend money. I am trying to think of my future and if my income changes to less than what I am living on now.  How will II mange my basic living expenses. So this year 2022 I am on a strict budget to see how it all goes.

Also, I plan on getting rid of my old van it's more headache than it's worth and selling my childhood home since it is costing me money to have an empty house just sitting there.  So what are you New Years plans?  

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Blessed

 Hello all well here's the story. The year is coming to an end, and I am blessed. yes, there were housing issues, medical issues and car issues. But I still feel blessed. Because I have a roof over my head, food to eat and a warm bed and good books to read.   My holiday this year will be one of being thankful for getting up each morning and having a good cup of coffee. My life is simple and sometimes I have challenges, But overall I am blessed.

                                                       

                                                    Have a Safe, & Happy Holiday

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It's Time

Hello all well here's the story for the week. I have 15 days left and then it's time to say goodby. I have decided that things I like to spend money on is killing me in more ways than one. So as of, Jan 1, 2022 I decided to say good-by to the following things. Playing lotto thinking that I could win it big and all I am doing is losing slowly. I average about $20 a week and sometimes more if the lotto games are big money. So, It's Good-by lotto playing. I have stop going to the casino as much because of Covid and they don't pay anyway so why go. 

Goodbye to Sweets. I have been eating cakes and cookies for years and they have gotten the best of me. I am a diabetic and overweight that is the last thing that I need to eat. So, goodbye to sweets.  They have treated me well over the past 30 years. I know it's a long time to eat sweets. But what can I say I am addicted to cakes and cookies. 

I am also saying good-by to wasting food I am good for that too. I have wasted so much food. Throwing it out because I let it spoil in the refrigerator. Or I just didn't want to eat it anymore in the garbage it went. I know wasteful.

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$400 In Two Days!!!

  Hello well here's the story for this week. Have you ever spent $400 in just 2 days? You know I am a cheapskate so to me spending that much money bothers me no matter how many days. Well, here's the deal 1st since I have teeth problems, I have to get my teeth cleaned every 3 months. Which means my insurance pays for 2 visits.  I have to pay out of pocket for the other 2. Which is about $140 per visit.

Also, I got my water bill today which why should anybody pay for water It should be free. So, the bill came today and that was $200. For water!!  The bill is for 3 months but still it's water.  So, you are saying where does the $400 dollars comes in to play you have only spent $340. I gave my dentist office $50 bucks so the staff which is about 4 people could have lunch on me for the holidays. Now I have spent $390 ok it's not $400 but it's close.

                                                          

Also, I just found out yesterday that somebody broke into my van and took things that were in there. They don't realize they were doing me a favor. The stuff they took was going to be donated anyway.  I am just glad they did not try to break into the house. Alot of that is going on nowadays break ins especially where I live. They are breaking into cars and taking what they can find.  Did I forget to mention this is the second time they have broken into my cars that were parked in my driveway. The world has gotten crazy and scary.

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Agents!!!

  Hello all well here's the story for the week. Dealing with real estate agents is a pain in the butt!! I called a few real estate agents because I need to sell my rental home. Out of the 3 that I called. Nobody called me back. Really? So, my neighbor stated that her friend does real estate. So, I called her and made an appointment. Guess what she never called or showed up.  I know that housing market has been flooded with houses for sale, but has it gotten so bad that real estate agents cannot afford to take on new housing clients? I decided to wait until the first of the year to try again.  In December I will look for new Real Estate agents to call.

                                                                                   

 Remember when I was fussing about Con Edison putting in smart meters in my home. Well turns out the fussing that I did was not necessary. Because when I got my Con Edison bill it stated that they owe me a lot of money! So, they are giving me a credit. Meaning that for the next 6 months or longer. I will not have to pay my Con Ed bill until my credit runs out. That's a good thing for me. If you live in New York, you know everything is expensive even Con Edison so any kind of credit you get is a blessing.

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Love Watching These Stories

                        

                           

Hello all well here's the story for the week. Watching stories about lottery winners is one of my guilty   pleasures. I like to know what they did with the money after they got it. I like to see people who have no concept of having that much money spend it foolishly and some wisely.

Can you imagine having that much money. Your life would change so fast. For me winning more than 5 million is scary money to me. Winning 100 million is more than one can spend in a lifetime if you know how to use it right. If I won that kind of money, I was be a paranoid, scary hide in my closet for the rest of my life person. I am already a semi-scary person so that money would just add to my fear. 

So how was your Thanksgiving? Mine was small and quiet. Just me and my partner a small turkey, backed potato, cranberry sauce and cornbread. That was it.  Was trying to visit family but New York traffic is crazy when it's not a holiday and its worst when it is. 

                   Nothing much to report this week which is a good thing in my book. 

                                            So that's my story what do you think?

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Happy Thanksgiving

 
                                  Happy Thanksgiving, be Safe, Blessed & Happy

Holidays Are Here

  Hello all well here's the story for the week. The holidays are coming  I am ready as I will ever be. My new past time is going to different grocery stores to see what kinda crazy prices they have. This week it was Stew Leonards. My partner wanted to go since this was a fancy-dancy kind of grocery store. They make a lot of their foods and you could buy things like lobster rolls $14 each or 3 for 30.  They also offer all kind of buffet style chicken wings. Would not touch them with a ten foot poll. To many people's hands been on  it. The store offers entertainment while you shop. Singing bears and other barn creatures. It was cute.

Stew Leonards had tomahawk meat. The meat with the big dinosaur bone in it for $25 dollars a pound. Hamburger was $12 a pound. Most of the stuff that I saw was expensive. More then the normal grocery store. I did buy a roasted chicken for $4.99. I should have left it . The chicken was dry as a bone had to feed it to my stray cats. Over all the store was a  wasted trip. To expensive, food not very tasty, and not enough variety. 

Thanksgiving this year is going to be quite and a small meal. Ham, veggies, cornbread, cranberry sauce and a small pecan pie from Walmart the 50cents ones. What about you what is your thanksgiving looking like this year?

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Love my neighbors

  Hello all well here's the story for the week. In New York it's cold outside. Today is about 38 degrees. I love my neighbor because we share a love of stray cats. either she is feeding them or I am. We have about 5 of them in our backyards. I told my neighbor that I wanted to purchase 2 $30 dollar shelter homes for them for the winter. She build one instead. Made out of her outdoor furniture, plastic coverings and wood. It's nice  I don't know how I got so attached to these strays but hey you just do. They are costing me $$ buying a big bag of  cat food for $15. 

 That darn CVS I had an appointment for a booster shot today. So why did they cancel on me. Needless to say I made the appointment a week ago. Now I have to make another appt for a booster. Hopefully they will keep the second one. 

Not to much to tell beside crazy food prices at the supermarket. This holiday it's Turkey parts that were on sale 2 weeks ago. I got a pack of turkey wings for $5. That works for me with some inexpensive side dishes and my sweet potato pie. What more do I need?

                                     Have a great Holiday  Be Happy, Safe and  Full

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Cutting Back

  Hello all well here's the story for the week. Cutting back. I am trying to find ways to cut back on everything. Since heating oil is going up it now cost me $4.50 a gallon to fill my oil tank. Which is about $600-700 every 2-3 months depending on how much oil I use to heat my house with. I hate oil I am a gas girl myself. Cheaper and cleaner. So far when food shopping I am only buying what's on sale. No new clothing or shoes don't really need it. Trying to sell a 1989 van and my childhood home. These could take a while to  sale.

I use to do flea markets ,yard sales and I was a toy freak. I have so many toys that I am trying to sell. I will be using that money that I get from selling for two things. One is my next year's big birthday vacations and two is just in case money.  I am getting rid of  everything I can get my hands on. I can't stand a lot of mess and junk laying around so either I sell it donate it or throw it out.  As long as I get rid of it I don't care how it goes.

I am also trying to find surveys, sweepstakes, giveaways anything that will help me not to take any money out of my pocket. My friends goes to Atlantic city once a week on the bus. She pays $20 for the ride they give her $15 back in food & play money.  Which makes her tip cost $5 one way. She gets free rooms and somethings gambling money from the casino. She just goes to get the free gifts the casinos offers. While spending very little to get there and gamble. It's about a 2 1/2 to 3 hour  drive to Atlantic city from her house.  She brings her own food & drink.  Now this is the way to cut back and enjoy a vacation.

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Con Edison Really???

  Hello all well here's the story for the week. I received a letter from Con Edison. Which is my light & gas company for my area. I live in New York so I use Con Ed. Anyway they sent me this letter stating that if I do not get their smart meters installed they will be charging me an extra $100 on my bill each month. That sounds like a treating letter to me. What do you think?  It's not like I don't pay Con Edison enough money as is. My monthly energy bill runs  about $200-220 a month. So I would say they are getting a pretty penny from me each month. 

So I called the company that's installing these new meters. They came  and install them. Mind you I had to get up at 5am so that I could make sure I was at my rental home  by 8am. I had a 8-12pm appt.

Now that these new meters are installed  my bill needs to be lower. Bet it's going to be higher. Watch and see.

On another note; Thanksgiving is around the corner trying to plan my menu. It will be simple. Turkey legs or wings, salad, sweet potato, corn bread and jello with fruit. So what's your plan for  Thanksgiving?

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Cover Charge

  Hello all well here's the story for the week.  Am I the only one that needs to pay a cover charge just to shop in the grocery story anymore? I mean you go into the grocery story like it's a club the food is to expensive like the drinks are in a club. To many people pushing and shoving you over to get to the sales items. Like a club  people always wanting to be seen. When you want to leave the club also know as the supermarket with a few token gifts ( which is  food for the week) you are charged $100 or more just to leave. I could be  wrong about this.  What do you think?  

 I got my flu shot this week. Let me tell you about that. First I made an appointment to get it done at a Walgreens drug store near me. My appointment was for 3p.m. on Wednesday. I had another appointment that same day and it was in the area that I was going to get my flu shot.  So I decided to stop Walgreens  to see if I could get the  flu shot earlier. The employees in that Walgreen put up such a stink I  canceled my appt and left.  I  when to  a Rite-Aid pharmacy by me got my flu shot  in 5 minutes of walking in. Minus the hassle and the stink attitude.  Now I just have to get the other shot and I am good..

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Cooking

  Hello all well here's the story for the week. First I am a bad cook. I had to go to a youtube video just to find out how to make brown rice. Sad right? Anyway so far so good.  I went to a doctor last week before he came into see me. I heard his boss telling him off. The doctor did something wrong and his boss was not happy and he was telling the whole office about it by yelling.

So you know when the doctor came into see me he had a attitude  I don't deal in attitudes. So I told him to go back outside and let's try this  again. I am paying to much money for your services  for you to  give me  attitude. What is with doctor these days. This is not the first doctor that I  dealt with that was unprofessional.

Also I think murphy is gone. Meaning what could go wrong will that's Murphy. So far things have calmed down. I have paid a small fortune in repairs where I live and on my rental. But these were repairs that were needed or else I would not be spending the kind of money I spent.

  Hopefully November will be better. So that's my story what do you think?  

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Wrong Week

  Hello all well here's the story so far. Murphy came to visit and I think he is still here. First I had a nail in my tire so I had to get that fixed. Thankful that the mechanic did not charge me for it. Went to turn on the oven to cook something  it's not working. So I have to get that fixed. My washing machine and dryer are  not working because of the flood in my rental. Thinking about getting that fixed. I am not even going into the medical problems that are coming up with me and my partner. That will take way to long.  Murphy is here anything that can will go wrong. I am praying for  Murphy to leave my life  today and every day going forward.  

Trying to sell  a van and house ain't easy.  That Van is  a 1984 Econline Van that has seen better day. We used it to do flea markets but that was a long time ago. Now we just want to sell it . It's been sitting in our driveway for far to long. Most of the people we talk to say that either the van is to old or that nobody is spending money right now. We only want $1500 for the van the price we paid to repair it. That's fair right?

Well that's the story for the week. It's about me spending a lot of money for repairs. 

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Running A Business

 Hello all well here's the story for the week. Not working or being retired is like running your own business. Here's why I say that. This week alone I had to call my insurance man to add more insurance on my home, call my doctors for appts and test to be taken, call  the medical insurance company because they are changing over. It's so much to do and it's crazy at times. It's like running a business you have to make sure that your company which is you are getting all the right things that you need in order to live the lifestyle that you want.

I think this month and last month was the month of doctors and test. It was crazy I have gotten to the point that I see so many doctors for  different things.  Taking off my clothes is second nature to me. Even if someone see me  butt naked  I don't care anymore. I just want to get healthy. Does that make sense to you? Guess I am just getting tired of living my life when it's all about the medical.

Side Note this is some good and very high in calorie Ice cream. Just wanted to let you know.

                                                                                       

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Just Junk

Hello all well here's the story for the week. I decided since this week was a spend money week to take a break this weekend and go to some community yard sales. I love yard sales. I went to a new one and one I  go to yearly.  All I can say is the first community yard sale was in Douglaston . The houses were by the water they were big and beautiful.. The yard sales not so much. The houses that you had to go to were to spread out. Also the streets were to narrow . Which made  driving crazy because yard sale shoppers tend to park their cars in the middle of the street. They have no consideration for other drivers when it comes to them shopping at yard sales.  It got to frustrating so I moved on. Plus the things that were being sold was to expensive and I did not need them.

The  2nd community yard sale in  Williston Park  was a better driving situation but they had the same old stuff from the last 2 years. We did cover a lot of yard sales in this area. But the stuff was  about the same in every house and the prices were a bit higher. It was just a day out to get some air and look and see what people were selling.

Needless to say I have to much stuff to sell myself to even think about buying anybody else's stuff to sell.

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Scary

Hello all I know Halloween is around the corner. But  even before  that day  I still have scary thoughts. What about you? I am scared of being homeless, not have enough money for medications, my teeth falling out. I have gum disease.  Not being able to live on my income which is not much if something were to happen to my partner. All these scary thoughts keep me up at night. 

I am trying to correct and do better with some of the things that I mentioned. I am trying to make a budget and stick to it. I am looking for ways that I can cut back and cut down. But living in New York no matter what you do is expensive from food to repairs. Heck they are charging us for air. Kidding but I would not put it pass New York to do that.

I know that your saying you can not predict what life will throw at you , No you can not but you can be prepared by doing the right things like planning the best you can. So when life throws you crazy stuff  you will be prepared for it financially I am talking about.

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2 Days

  Hello all well here's the story. 2 days it took to get a plumber in to look at my hot water heating tank and my heating system in my rental. Which I am glad it's empty at the moment. Anyway I had an appointment on Monday with the plumber he never showed.  The company he works for stated that he went to the wrong place. Who's fault was that? Now day 2 he finally shows up and fixed the problem and they have a nerve to charge me $1200. The killer part is two things I have not gotten the part to fix my hot water heater which would be about $500.  The part is  on order. Also these repair companies are charging $75 just to tell you what's  wrong with the item that needs to be fixed. To add insult to injury they include  the  $75 to the price of the bill if they have to fix it.  Not anymore that $75 is separate from the labor charge and parts  that you might need.

 Con Edison  already came and told me what was wrong with my systems for free. So why should I pay your repair company $75 to tell me the same thing? . If you don't have insurance money or house money you are going to be screwed. Repair   companies are now charging you  crazy prices to come and see what's needs to be fix. Forget  what they will  charge you to fix it.

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Who Knew??

  Hello all well here's the story for the week. Who Knew?. I told you that I needed a plumber for my hot water heater in my rental. I started to call the company that I always used. But when I asked my facebook group about them did I get a ear full about the company. I even read the Yelp reviews and the bottom line is the company is a rip-off.

The last time they came to the house to  repair something. They told me I need new pipes in certain areas of the home and if I did not get them fixed the pipes would break and I would get a lot of water in my basement. I thought they were right so I did the job for $1700. Come to find out they have pulled that same scam on other customers. They Got Me or shall I say my money.

 It's hard now a days to believe anybody will come and do honest work. What happen to the good old repair people back in the day. Now I only see people who want to scam you. Such a shame.

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Thanks Hurricane Ida

  Hello all well here's the story for the week. I have never worked so hard as I have done this week.  Yesterday I worked mopping, scooping water , cleaning bathrooms. all because Hurricane Ida hit New York and   flooded a lot of my area's basements with water. Thank god it was my rental and the basement was empty just tiled flooring and nothing else to much. Well my neighbor  told me that the water was coming out of the toilets in the basements  and it kept coming because of the heavy downpour of rain  Ida had given us. Thanks Ida or mother nature.

Anyway my rental basement damage was enough  that we worked  cleaning the floor as much as we could of the  dirt and left over  water . The water smelled like fish it was nasty.  Thank god my mother installed a  french drain in the basement years ago because we use to get a lot of water in the basement. The French drain pumps  the water into a big barrel in the basement and then it takes the water in the barrel and pumps it out into the street from under the house.  That saved me from seeing a swimming pool in my basement when I got  there. Oh yea my rental home is the house I use to live in if I forgot to tell you that. Now the problem is  I have to call a plumber because the switch on the hot water heater was damaged because of the high water. Also I need to check the washing machine and dryers system so much to do. It's a hot mess.

While working  on clean up was bad  it could have been worse. I will call my insurance company to see what they can do. I know  it's time to sell. Let somebody else have a turn  cleaning up water in the basement. I have done it for years and I am tired.

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Not Much To Tell

 Hello all well here's the story for the week. Nothing much to tell. Still trying to get the van sold. I am hoping this guy I talked to can get me a buyer. I only want $1500 for the van. The cost of my repairs.

Being retired takes a lot out of you. I have to be responsible for our finances, calling for doctors appointments, keeping track of household situations, It's like being a secretary , financial officer, driver, travel planner and so many other thing all at different times.  Sometimes it gets frustrating and  tiresome.

I had to cancel my reservations for Atlantic city because we are still waiting for our car to come back from the repair shop and the car I am using now I dare not take to far. It's over 30 years old and has some issues. I love my car but she does have her limits.

Other then that nothing much to talk about my week has been quite so far.

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To Hot

 Hello all here's the story for the week. It's to hot to do anything. New York is 90 degrees but feels like 100 degrees. Friday it was 98 but felt like 108. Me and my partner cleaned the van that we are trying to sell. A guy that we know said that he was going to take pictures of the van because he has a buyer. But for the last 2 days it was to hot to move. So the guy did not show up , But I understand it's to hot. The guy told us to give him time. The van will be sold for like $2000. That's what I am asking for it anyway. It cost us $1500 to get it fixed and we thought $2000 is the right price to sell the van for just to get rid of it.

I was sweating like a pig just walking outside to my car. That ever happen to you  where you just can not stop sweating because it's just to hot?

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Update

Hello all  I am tired. I have been working  making phone calls to  Insurance companies, car repair shops,  I need a break. When you get into any kind of  accident you might as well say that you have do do most of the work yourself.

Here's the crazy part Saturday the repair shop called to say that the  Allstate  claims adjustment guy  has not shown up yet to inspect the damage to the car.  The repair guys  took my car for repairs on Wednesday. The repair guy says that he can not do anything until the Allstate guys sees it and tells him how much he will be paid for the repairs. That's crazy. Now I have to wait until someone decides to check on my car  and give them  a repair price to get my car back.

  I swear since covid things have not been right since.

I am tired..

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Company Truck

  Hello well well here's the story  for this week. They hit me!!! My car got hit by a  major company truck Can you said that I am mad. I am mad!! The damage is extensive. what is it about red cars that people don't like. I have a red car and it keeps getting abused. The crazy part is that I waited 5 hours for the police to show up. I called 911 70 times every 15 minutes on the 15 minutes. They told me that the police were on their way. So 5 hours later  I was still waiting.

I ended going to my local precinct  to get a police report the cop tells me that they do not  comes to  personal property accidents anymore.  They also said our insurance company should fill out the police report. What does that mean??  Well it means they do not come to  car  accidents unless somebody is badly hurt  or god forbid dead and the insurance company can do the paper work for the accident.  If I would have known the police would not show up  I would not have waited so long.

 I can not tell you the damage to my car and my personal self. What a way to start the week

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Stupid Spending

  Hello all well here's the story for the week. I have made some stupid choices when it comes to spending. Here's one of them. I have this van  a ford econoline 1984. That has been sitting in my drive way for 2 years getting rusty. I use to use it  for  doing  flea markets and taking  stuff to the donation center. But no more. It sat for 2 years  maybe 3 getting rusty in my driveway. Now it needs new tires, calibrator's, you name it it needs it. But get this the department of moto vehicles sent me a letter saying the car needs inspecting. So that I can get my inspection sticker to drive it . I  said  no the  van needs to be dumped. It's a piece of junk. 

But my partner wanted the van inspected so  we sent it to the gas station had to tow it there by a tow truck to get it fixed. That was las week Wednesday.  I am hoping that it will not cost us much money to get that piece of junk fixed because to me we are wasting money. Junk it and it will lower our insurance and  repair cost.

To fix a piece of junk that will not work or  is no longer needed is stupid spending. That's all I am saying.

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It's Time

 Hello all well here's the story for the week.  This week was family time.  Since the virus was quite I took advantage and spent  some well deserved time with family. I had a mini- vacation. Went down to jersey visited the beach  ate all the wrong foods  and relaxed. If one thing that this virus has taught me is that life is to short. So if you get the chance spent the time with loved ones. Because you just never know what the future holds.

Also I can tell you this with spending time with family I did not need to visit Atlantic city to gamble I spent just as much money  with them then I would have gambling. But I am not complaining it was fun.

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Got The Rip-Off Bills Today

  Hello all here's the story. I got my visa bill today it was $4697. I almost cried when I saw that bill. Then I took a good look  it was all my rip- off services that were done for the month of June. The plumbing services with new pipes a new faucet and sink  for my  bathroom. That was about $3000. The car inspection which turned into an oil change was $75. That was suppose to be free with me proving that I took the corvid shot. I spend way to much on groceries for 2 people $500. That and other basic things like my deposit for my cruise next year $150. I still cried I hate spending that kind of money on rip-off stuff  even though I needed it. Well some of it anyway.

 I am willing to pay $7300 for 11 days for this view in 2022. I just booked my holiday cruise for Christmas 2022  and returning after new years 2023. It's 11 days and it was expensive. but I saved on  airfare because I am cruising from New York. 2022 is a big birthday  milestone  for me. I want 2022 to be  about me  enjoying life  (God Willing)  Oh I will be looking for better deals since I have time. I am hoping to get this holiday day trip for under $4000 for 2 people.

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Responsible

  Hello all well here's the story so far. First hope everyone had a good 4th of July. Mine was quite except for the loud fireworks going off for the last 2 days.  You ever get tired of being responsible for things? I am at that point where I am tired of being responsible for the bills, making sure things are working right in the house, making the doctors appt for me and my partner, making sure we have enough medications, planning all the vacations. I get no help I just get  " whatever you want dear" I hate  hearing that and that's why I am tired. You ever get like that tired? Sorry I don't mean to vent on you this is not why I created this blog.

The good news is that I won $502 in lotto. I have not cash the ticket yet. But I do know where the money is going. It will be spent toward my cruise in 2022. My goal is to get $3000 toward cruising and wild spending for my birthday next year. ( god willing) I am  selling off my stuff that I have collected within the last 5 years ( old G,I, Joes & Barbie's dolls) That money will also go toward my 2022 birthday fund. I still mystery shop to even though they are getting cheap when it comes to what they pay you to shop between $7-12. Other then that it's been quite so far.

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Happy 4th & I Am Tired

  Hello all Happy 4th Of July. Hope everyone will be safe and have a great day. Well here's the story short and sweet. I am tired of being ribbed off. First I told you about the car mechanic that charged me $75 for some synthetic oil that he put in  my car that I did not ask for. He was only suppose to check the car for a state inspection. I was so pissed that he did that without my permission. But the damage was done and now I have to use this over  priced oil in my car for the duration of the use of my car.

Then the gardener rang the bell in the middle of the day to say that I owed him money from last year. That took an hour to straighten out with him. He had his receipts and I had mine. We both came to an agreement of what I owed. Which I was not happy about. He might get fired next year.

That is why I am tired but you know what it's me not keeping better control of my finances. But from now on I am paying better attention and if you try to rip me off I am walking away after I tell you off of course.

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Can I Get A Room Please?

 Hello all well here's the story so far. Can I get a Room Please? I am trying to get free complimentary room in Caesars Or Hard Rock  In Atlantic city.  Which really the rooms are not free if you add on the room tax which is about $10 the resort fee $25 the electric bill fee $10 ( don't ask) a complimentary room is really not free at all. Anyway  both hotels  are quoting me crazy prices for 2 night stays . Caesars Atlantic City will give me a free complimentary for one night but the 2nd night it's $265. I told the women she was crazy if she thinks anybody going to  pay that for depressing Atlantic City. They don't even charge that much in Vegas Caesars. Which is much nicer. I told her forget it.

Then I called Hard Rock in Atlantic City and they quoted me  $140 the first night & $165 the second night. I told her I have complimentary codes for a free room. She told me that all the complimentary slots were filled. I said for August! I am calling in June for a August room Really???? 

I end up getting free 2 night stay at Resorts. But the reviews say Resorts Atlantic City is a dump. Might rethink were I am staying in August when it comes to Atlantic City. 

So right now I am on a mission to get a Free Room and stay cool It's about 95 Degrees in NY.

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Celebrating

  Hello all well here's the story so far. I am celebrating my birthday this week by  making   cornbeef  & getting a tiramisu cake a small one. Oh I am also doing A mystery shop on that day as well. The company offered a price I could not refuse to pass up and I wanted the money so that it could go toward my cruise next year. My birthdays are like me simple, quite and grateful to be alive.

I went to get my car inspected. It's a requirement from the state for safety  only. Look I have a  a 28 year old car. I call her Betsy. She's old and rusty but still works. I will be getting a new one soon. Anyway I got Betsy inspected and I ask the mechanic how much. He said free if I show my vaccination  card.  So I saved about $30 bucks. I like free stuff.

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To Darn Crazy

  Hello all well here's the story for the week. I got my  July property taxes in for the house I am living in and for my rental. The house I'm  living in property taxes will be $9650 for the year. My rental property taxes will be $6500 for the year. I remember when my property taxes for my rental was $3000 for the year. Just a reminder I live in New York. I will be paying $16,150 for 2 places in property taxes. Now you see why I want to sell my rental I can not afford to keep a house that sits empty. No I am not renting it out anymore because I don't trust tenants to not take me to court like the last two did over security deposits. I quit being a landlord getting to old for the bull crap.

Also I told you about the plumbing problem. So that's another couple thousand. Thank god we have my partners pension and social security. Or I would be screwed right now. I can not afford all these expenses coming at me at one time. There goes the vacation money that we saved last year. I would say that I have spend over $21,000 in taxes, home & car repairs. That's crazy!!!

I have put my car purchase on hold for now. My Car ( Betsey is about 30 years old) I just have to patch her up  and keep moving. Spending $25-30 thousand on a car right now is not in the budget.

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Water & Money

  Hello all well here's the story for the week. Water cost a lot of money. I had a plumber come in to  replace a sink and faucet in my small bathroom. To get the faucet and sink that cost me $100. But the plumber the first one I called he wanted $500 just to walk in the door. The second plumber I called came  did the job but that cost me $777. I kid you not that's was the number.

Anyway when I asked him to look at the water pipes in the basement he found the water pipes were rotten and needed to be replaced or I would have a major water leak if it busted. That whole job will cost about $2500. and that's with the senior discount of $200 off.

                  That's why I say anything dealing with water is going to be expensive.

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Farmers Market

  Hello all well here's the story for the week. Every summer my local park has a farmers market. The vendors offer fresh veggies, cakes, bread, ice pops, fish, wine and plants.  The first time they started it was packed. Now not so much. Yes you have fresh items to choose from but the prices are not so great. What they want for say a loaf of bread $5 you can get in the store for $4. I will confess I did my my zucchini bead from a vendor I like this past Sunday I love zucchini in bread form. That was $6 for a med size loaf.

Over all it was a nice day to get out of the house and  walk and enjoy nature. Not to much to talk about this week.  Oh yea Con Edison  is trying to make me schedule an appointment for my rental so that they can put in a new meter that they can read from the office. So many things you have to still do with an empty rental. it's really getting on my nerve. I am getting to old to maintain 2 homes. I am putting my rental on the market this year. I would rather have the money and not the hustle.

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