As you know I have been planning for "worst case" losing the house and having to move to an apartment. Even a dump costs $600-700 a month in Houston which is quite discouraging. Plus anxiety about when I am going to get a job... not a fun place to be.
So I was talking to someone last night, a family member, about a possible home for Spotty and they stopped me and said "We (they are married) have discussed this and we will pay off your house if insurance won't" Wow. I am still processing that. "So you don't have to move".
I still don't believe it. If this happens what a huge load off my back!
I will feel so much better when I get a job, though. Even with a paid off house I will have taxes and insurance to pay. I also plan to put at least $200 into savings every month for home repairs. It is easy to neglect that and then, BAM new roof! I don't think I need to worry about the plumbing for 30 years or so but the roof has been around for a while. I would also like to get rid of the mulberry tree in my back yard.
A neighbor volunteered to clean out my yard when the tree was much smaller and I asked him to take it with the other weed trees (yes, a thing in Houston). He said "No it is a fruit tree, it is a good tree". The birds eat all of the fruit I don't get any of it. Why would I want that thing next to my house? I wouldn't.... so save up to get rid of that thing (my yard guy can do it but I want to pay him for this job). Also save up because I have a $2K deductible on insurance.
SO a lot to do yet. Tomorrow I go downtown and fix my bus pass. The plan is to put another $30 on it so I have a $60 total, that is 100 rides for me (more actually they give some free rides per every 10 or so).
I was cleaning out my bookmarks and found Old Navy had cloth masks on sale, I could get 5 gray and 5 navy, for $8 plus shipping. Sounded good so I went ahead and pulled the trigger. Used the credit card even which I will pay off shortly. The navy will be particularly good for work and interviews as navy is a color that says "I'm here to work". And I liked gray a lot even before Ron died. I am wearing yesterday's gray tshirt in fact.
Well, more than the t shirt. 😂
I had some bad experiences with masks that didn't work last year. I think I have a normal face but everything was too tight? I am a little beefy but not that much. Anyway Old Navy had good reviews and I can take a chance on their masks.
I bought one from a specialty company in CA last year and it was great, I got another and it was way too tight. I bought another (they had sizes so I kept going up) and it was too tight. That was a lot of money wasted at a time when money was very tight.
So a $4 pack of masks sounds pretty good. If they work out I have 10 nice ones. I don't think I have 10 right now (aside from some disposables I got for Ron as he preferred them). I will be keeping the disposables I just had a hard time the one day seeing his. His eyes would leak little "tears" onto the mask and I saw it and almost lost it.
And I gave him such a hard time right before he died, a night or two before he took out his left eye and was cleaning it with a wet wipe. I walked past and saw the eye sitting on his face and screamed. I said "I will (perform personal care task) all day long but I won't deal with eyes!" He laughed and teased me about it. I am glad he felt comfortable enough to do that.
Once or twice his eye fell out, I had to help him find it, pick it up, etc. He had gotten a new set of eyes made back in 1999 he was about 230 then. I think the eyes got "loose" as he lost the weight. I had been talking to him about getting a new set made (Medicare pays for that sort of thing). The crematory got rid of his eyes I sure didn't want them.
So I am happy I got the masks. I can use them. I don't exactly want to use the brightly printed masks right now in my grief. I am not going around in black but not ready for bright colors (it will come).
I am working very hard to be a good steward and I absolutely need masks. so I feel good about that.
So, good news about the house. That is a big load off.
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