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1 card paid off…right before the interest rate kicked in. Yay!

But, I had to buy shingles a few weeks ago, and since they didn’t take Discover, I had to put in on a Mastercard. That I used to pay off every month. So, instead of being down to 2, I’m down to 3.

The good news is that I have a new roof, new insulation, and repaired gutters. Bad news is that I’m in more debt.

I’m going to transfer the MC to the Discover card, since that one has 0% on balance transfers until August or so. It’ll cost about $100, but save me more than that in interest. I hope. Then, pay off the Discover purchase, pay off the other MC, and pay off the Discover transfers.

Just not sure what I’ll be using to pay for day to day expenses through all of this. The correct answer in the 0% MC, but it’s within $500 of the limit right now…which is not a happy place.

So…time to get another 0% card, transfer the first MC balance, use that for living expenses and pay off the other 2? Does this sound like a reasonable plan? D’oh.

I was gone this weekend…actually, I’ve been gone every weekend…and yes, thank you for your concern about my mother’s health, but you really shouldn’t ask how she’s doing if you don’t want to hear about her pleural effusion, bone mending, boredom, depression, fear and (new symptom) dizziness. Because that’s what important in our lives right now.

Now, where was I? I was gone this weekend, and because I’ve been gone, the yard and house has slowly started to go downhill. I’m keeping up with the house as best I can, but the walnuts and leaves on the lawn are getting overwhelming. But, this means that all the stuff is coming out of the trees, which is why my neighbor (the former tree surgeon) came over and asked if he could start taking down some smaller limbs.

Apparently he harnessed up, and his wife belayed, and there are two small piles of limbs in my lawn now. They’ll stay there until we get a chipper at the end of this project, and then I’ll have piles of wood chips/mulch…yay for mulch!

It’d be fair to say the lawn is now a complete disaster area. Since my dad is putting a new roof on for me, and there are piles of construction debris…

But, the trees won’t be damaging the new roof, which is frickin’ awesome.

But I dropped a few boxes of stuff off at Goodwill. These were the things it just wasn’t worth it to take the energy and try and sell for a few bucks a piece. I’ll write them off on my taxes and call it a draw.

Mostly clothes that didn’t fit, a pair of shoes that were too worn for work, and some things that “came with the house.” Like rugs for the toilet seat…I hate those. Ick. Just clean the damn seat. A hand-me-down “shoe suitcase.” And all the stationary that was culled from last weeks cleaning frenzy…before I could change my mind.

I am fighting the compulsive hoarding…I will never get around to turning those crappy thank you notes into something worth using. Just make new thank yous from scratch…I’ll enjoy it more.