It seems like blogs are so passe these days yet here I am still doing it.
So the latest and greatest in the world that is me. Well, let’s see. After all of the crap I have had to deal with in regards to the cottage, I can finally say that the big bills are now officially paid. The renting of the cottage for five weeks over the course of the summer has officially paid off our well bills, our sewage bills, and our other misc bills tied to getting the cottage primed. So now that the summer is coming to an end, the cottage repairs are paid for and we can enjoy it. Hopefully September will be a good weather month as well.
The renting of the cottage has been pretty much handled by my wife which I have to give HUGE props to. Lots of great work and this year we had great tenants so I really can’t complain at all.
Our asshole neighbor has not spoken a single word to anyone from our family since he cut our sewer line. In fact, he runs and hides the moment he sees us at or near the cottage. Somehow that gives me a sense of satisfaction 🙂
Been doing a bit of geocaching lately. Snagged a few in Fredericton while I was there for the breakfast yesterday. Nice group of folks. I might be heading back there on the weekend of the 18th of September for another days worth of events and caching. Hopefully I can make the time.
Work has been a bit slow but I’ve been working on some stuff that is sort of outside the scope of my normal work which has made it a bit more interesting. Learning some new products and I may have an even bigger research project coming up later. Interested to see where that leads.
Lastly however, I’m a bit frustrated with family. Specifically, my mom.
I love her to death, I really do, but I am having a bit of a hard time understanding her logic. She’s retired and on a fixed income and her financial situation is not the best. I had a nice long talk with her when she was in the hospital and I thought we had it all worked out, yet for some reason, she now seems to have this idea that it’s better for her to take on more debt, than to try and utilize the assets she has.
She’s a smart woman but why the hell she thinks its a good idea to go into further debt, as opposed to trying to sell or rent out some of her property, is beyond me.
Is this what happens when parents get old? The kids really do have to push them hard to make them understand how incredibly stupid some of their decisions are? Is this what my kids are going to have to do with me? It’s not something I think I want to go through…
Regardless, I need to have a good talk with her and hopefully between me and Tamara, we can show her that there are far better ways to solve your money problems.
