But there are other things, that are part of having a resident spouse (non-citizen) to which we have poured buckets of money into just to get the resident part and now pour on more buckets as our deadline for citizenship is upon us.
Then of course there is the oven, which has not been working since January. Locking our food in..maybe I'll blog the whole story about that some other time. But has been quite a pretty penny so far and still not working.
Then the muffler on the "new" (which we officially own now 100% paid off!!) car sounded like it was going to fall off, which actually ended up being a pretty cheap fix...but while I was at the garage they mention that "by the way I'm going to need 4 new tires soon"..awesome..let me just go pick another $400+ dollars off our money tree out back.
Spring is coming and we need to plant more grass since we have almost none out back due to our amazing gigantic tree, which unfortunately does not produce great grass beneath, we're working on it.
But there will always be these extra things I guess..happy home-owners!
So one thing that we thought we put quite a bit of money into each month and don't really need is TV, well more specifically cable. err I guess..satellite tv.
Anyway, for a pretty small package we were spending around $75 every month...ouch!
So we decided to jump on the Netflix bandwagon
We cancelled cable and now only pay $8.99/ month for "TV" We figured 90% of the channels that we had we weren't watching, we typically feel like a movie when we can watch TV (usually weekends), and lastly our favorite new shows we can stream for free online! Our $8.99/month allows us one DVD at a time with un-limited amount of DVDs to have per month, plus hundreds of TV shows and movies that stream instantly through our Wii or online..yah!
Best of all they offered a 30 day, no obligation free trial, so we got to try it out for a month to see if we would like the change. well 2 months in, we have hardly noticed any compromise and love catching "the Cosby show" from season 1 :)
and Noel also loves that she can snatch the Wii remote and make whatever we're watching, pause, stop, move ahead etc. and really isn't just about everything we do for her! :)
We're also still in the stone-age when it comes to our TV equipment as we still have a giant black box for a TV instead of a nice sleek flat screen. so maybe with all the money we'll be saving and we pay some stuff off we can have a little reward of a new TV someday! :)
So maybe not an eco-green move, but definitely getting more *green* in our bank account!
hafds
ReplyDeletenice buddy, that will definitely add up. I think those types of decisions can really have a greater impact on your view of life. So often I hear people talking about the multiple, multiple, reality shows and sitcoms they watch... jersey shore, the great race etc. They take up so much of your day and week when you could be doing something so much more productive. Spending time with your family, learning something new, educating yourself on something that really matters. People lose sight of the realities of the world around them and the opportunities they are blessed with.
ReplyDeleteJust my 2 on that.
Also, i feel you on the tires. Steve and I both had to get new tires in the past couple of months. And then new calipers and brakes for steve. Its always something. ugh
Anyway, I hope you are feeling well. I miss you guys! Wes wanted me to have you tell Moose hello. He also wants to send him a picture of his new bling.
ps--haven't forgotten about our phone conversation regarding the letter, have just been extremely busy- just finished working 12 days straight.
pss- you should add the pat tillman story to your queue. tragically disappointing but definitely a must see.
ReplyDelete--the "hafds" above was from a me trying to add something previously and it not working-- deleted everything I had written -- so i was testing it-- then forgot to re-add in the movie recommendation on the actual re-written version
= ) *hugs