Ray and I started house sitting almost a year ago. Really most of the time it's nice, we got to save up a bit of money since we had no rent. But the homeowners are coming home and we have to clean. Unfortunately I also have papers due on Monday and Tuesday in school. So today with a little help I cleaned and wrote papers. Not a lot of fun on my Saturday.
So anyway Ray and I saved up a bit of money but unless we can find a house sitting place for like two years we'll never save up enough money to buy a home in this area. We found a house we absolutely love. Problem: our payments would be about half of what we get a month, not leaving us enough to pay other bills and live. And that is a cheap house in our area. Oh sure there are cheaper most of them built 30-40 years ago and have never been updated. I have looked at some horrible houses around here. One house was $200,00o with a whole in the living room ceiling. All the insulation was hanging out, there was no carpet because the ceiling leaked and the carpet was ruined. And the rest of the house wasn't much better. I really hate living in an area of smart rich scientists. Things are way too expensive for us normal people.
Oh by the way the house we are house sitting in is an area where the houses are 30-40 years old and they go for $300 to $400 thousand. Yikes!
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Stuff stuff and more stuff
Posted by lbt at 6:08 PM
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Oh, how I remember the 'sticker shock' of this town.
But, I know you can save what you need!
It takes setting a personal goal and being determined! You can do it. After cleaning and finding places for everything (never easy) then, realizing how much it costs to go to the store (not an easy thing here) and deciding to 'enjoy things - not own things' ... you just gotta let yourself get deep into projects (not so hard here - fewer distractions - like things to do...) and when you keep working hard (especially at the eternal things -that help release the hold of material stuff...) and before you know it, the balance grows (Max did the auto save deal- so we'd pay tithing and saving before anything else and it worked for us). I know you can do it! Just keep trying. It is the only thing that will really, REALLY satisfy. Like going through a HOT day and forgetting you need water - not all the expensive stuff...
We love you.
(Thanks for helping me through RS battlescars.)
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