I didn’t want to have two consecutive high spend months in a row, but when big items come up for sale at a significant discount you’re best to strike while the iron is hot. Usually what I would do is wait until I’ve had some calmer weeks or months under my belt, and then spend full price on larger ticket items. But I’m taking the opportunists approach, and grabbing things we need when they are on sale or clearance (like a last years model type of thing) and saving in the long run, while feeling the pinch right this second. We have the water softener in hand now, just waiting on installation. Not a problem. I fear the water heater tank needs seeing too aswell. The overflow is pumping out a great deal of water once the outside temperatures go up. I’m not sure why that is, hence the need to have it seen to by a professional. Yet another expense. Good part is that now we have the softener it should be good for 12-15 years if we maintain it, and don’t abuse it. Hopefully.
Luckily I’m expecting a few more invoices to get paid in the next several weeks, with more going out each month, so we’re not in a bad place. I just need to reign in my spending, and focus on food, and the household basics only. Plus gas for the car, but that’s a given for as long as we have the kids in after school extracurriculars all over town, and in different surrounding cities. Oof. It’s kinds nice when summer rolls around and we don’t have to go all over gods green earth to get to one thing or another. A nine week respite in programming if you will. Actually a number of the kids programs end on the first week or June, so that month will quiet down considerably. We’ll put far fewer miles on the van starting June 1st.
Had a very eventful weekend, starting off with Ringette at 8:00am, dressed and on the ice on Saturday, then to the care home to visit great grandma, then grandmas house, then the park for a few hours. It was a long, outdoorsy kind of day. I cut the grass and weeded the front garden beds. And then yesterday I took the kids to the Zoo for three hours, and then we had lunch & dinner at grandmas where the kids spent hours jumping on the trampoline. Sun dried and crispy spent children after that weekend. The oldest was so over tired and amped up she didn’t go to sleep until well after 11:00pm. Crazy.
Domestic Duties Monday is going a bit slower today. I picked up all kinds of messes this morning, and don’t feel much like sorting toys right this second. I have a chapter to go to finish book #12 this year, and then I’ll sort out the house. Sounds like a suitable plan to me! Ciao Bella!
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