Recent content by CalifGal

I agree :)

At that moment he did not feel like doing it. He had already gotten the bills out to verify those so it depends upon when I ask, how much he's had on his plate that day.

Yes I just went back to my former job I had for a short time. My close friend works here managing the home for a lady w/dementia. They loose a lot of staff. Her behavior issues are worse than her dementia. To bed around 9-9:30pm, up around 8am. Lots of time off downstairs where we have a living...

Ouch :(

Sorry to hear you are spending so much $ on drugs, wow. Hopefully that will change next year. We also have the $400 a mo. extra from the Indemnity Plan and the medications are sold at cost so that should help I am at work right now. So happy they provided internet, it's gone well so far and...

Thanks for this. Sounds like you did a great job of planning out your life yet unexpected events occurred. Glad you like your job, that really helps in this stage of the game. He kept his license active, as we worked a little over the summers together throughout the years. It's really the...

Sounds like you had unexpected things happen to you if you are consulting right now realizing you need to, so glad you enjoy it in this late stage of the game. I agree, our income is too low to retire. No one here liked the idea of getting a job later in life if need be, even at 70 yrs old, and...

I am glad you planned so well and the result is as such. Nice you give generously too. Just for the record, I don't pinch pennies. We just have a routine, nothing ever goes wrong. Maybe because we live out in the sticks so we don't have a ton of culture or ways to spend extra $ around us. The...

Okay, thank you. He's considering working this summer, we'll be working together if that happens. it does seem to be cutting it too close. Supposedly that's the reason we bought all the new items, so nothing needs replacing until age 70 when the IRA should grow enough we have the cushion needed.

Yes the numbers were wrong. It was $2265 per month forever then there was a Cola increase so it's closer to $2300. With the Pan Am indenmnity Increase of $15 each, it sorta ate most of it up. I've asked him to show me but he's not wanting to do it. The budget is surely higher than I listed as we...

Property Tax is not bad here in California. I think I mentioned we bought this as a fixer upper which is key. The purchase amount is what the tax is based on, no one comes back years later to see if you did any re-modeling. Prop Tax here is capped and Prop 13 is great because you can move your...

No we don't grow fruit trees but we have in the past many years ago. We don't eat that much fruit. That's a great idea though

Sorry I got the expenses correct, here they are again cut and pasted: Monthly Expenses: $200 prop Tax, $150 Internet/Phones, $50 Pets, $200 Towing/gas/maintenance, Utilities $400, Groceries $400,Giving $175, Eating Out $225, Gardening $50, Travel $100, $80 Indemnity Plans, Unexpected $100...

Yes it's imperative we get an emergency fund. We attend church and $200 is much lower, for sure, than others donate. The church is small too so $ is surely needed to keep it open.

Here are our monthly expenses cut & pasted from my other post. I asked hubby what they are. Monthly Expenses: $200 prop Tax, $150 Internet/Phones, $50 Pets, $200 Towing/gas/maintenance, Utilities $400, Groceries $400,Giving $175, Eating Out $225, Gardening $50, Travel $100, $80 Indemnity Plans...