rosarugosa
4-17-21, 12:50pm
Here is the short version:
We had to put Silvio the cat to sleep in early March, which was very painful for us.
A week later, our niece was killed in a terrible motor vehicle accident. She was 39 years old, and left behind a husband who was crazy about her and 4 little kids.
Two weeks after that, my MIL died. She had been in a nursing home for 2 years and was 88 years old, so it wasn't entirely unexpected, but certainly a loss to us nevertheless.
So March really sucked. Some brighter things in April:
DH got a brand-new, not-at-all-frugal 2021 Ford Bronco Sport. It replaces his 2007 Saturn Sky, which we had also bought new in 2006. That was the least practical car on the planet, but he loved it and he did keep it for 14 years. The Bronco will be a more practical vehicle and we will no doubt keep it for a long time and at least we're not financing it. I know this can hardly be considered a smart money move, but oh well.
DH is also quitting his part-time job at the hospital. He's not enjoying it any longer, and I think we're both really feeling that "life is short" mindset for obvious reasons right now. I told him to go ahead and quit and we can make it work. So hopefully I'll be more active on the Frugals thread going forward. I picked up some library books the other day, and DH said it was great that I could get so much of what I want to read from the library. I told him I would be offsetting the cost of his new vehicle one library book at a time. ;)
We had to put Silvio the cat to sleep in early March, which was very painful for us.
A week later, our niece was killed in a terrible motor vehicle accident. She was 39 years old, and left behind a husband who was crazy about her and 4 little kids.
Two weeks after that, my MIL died. She had been in a nursing home for 2 years and was 88 years old, so it wasn't entirely unexpected, but certainly a loss to us nevertheless.
So March really sucked. Some brighter things in April:
DH got a brand-new, not-at-all-frugal 2021 Ford Bronco Sport. It replaces his 2007 Saturn Sky, which we had also bought new in 2006. That was the least practical car on the planet, but he loved it and he did keep it for 14 years. The Bronco will be a more practical vehicle and we will no doubt keep it for a long time and at least we're not financing it. I know this can hardly be considered a smart money move, but oh well.
DH is also quitting his part-time job at the hospital. He's not enjoying it any longer, and I think we're both really feeling that "life is short" mindset for obvious reasons right now. I told him to go ahead and quit and we can make it work. So hopefully I'll be more active on the Frugals thread going forward. I picked up some library books the other day, and DH said it was great that I could get so much of what I want to read from the library. I told him I would be offsetting the cost of his new vehicle one library book at a time. ;)