We are finally loosening the purse strings a bit too. DW wants some painting done (what for, I haven't the foggiest idea, there's nothing wrong with what's there) but I can't claim we don't have the money because we certainly do. So that's going to get done by someone else since my days of standing on ladders are over. She also wants the family room done in hardwood flooring to match what is in the adjacent area. That's getting done too.
I'm getting back into radio control model airplanes and while not inherently costly, like most other hobbies that hobby has no ceiling on what one can spend. During the last two months I've spent more than I ever did in one year but this should hold me for a while. Hey, this is fun!
Next month I have a follow-up doctor appointment two and an half hours away, and instead of getting up at o'dark thirty and driving that morning, we'll go the day before, have a nice dinner out, get a $180 hotel room across the street from the hospital and walk over after breakfast. Then maybe do some sightseeing before heading back.
Okay, none of this is exactly luxury living but it is a departure from our long practices, and the strange part is we're still saving money so I guess we're doing okay. Clearly, we have to loosen the strings some more.
I'm getting back into radio control model airplanes and while not inherently costly, like most other hobbies that hobby has no ceiling on what one can spend. During the last two months I've spent more than I ever did in one year but this should hold me for a while. Hey, this is fun!
Next month I have a follow-up doctor appointment two and an half hours away, and instead of getting up at o'dark thirty and driving that morning, we'll go the day before, have a nice dinner out, get a $180 hotel room across the street from the hospital and walk over after breakfast. Then maybe do some sightseeing before heading back.
Okay, none of this is exactly luxury living but it is a departure from our long practices, and the strange part is we're still saving money so I guess we're doing okay. Clearly, we have to loosen the strings some more.