It’s a mostly quiet day today. We did get a bit of snow but the sun has melted it.
We got our property tax bill. I knew it would cost us more for our garbage because we got a second can but that part of the bill was well worth it for $50.00 for the year. Our total bill was for $4664.+. Last year’s bill was $4788.+. So even with the $50.00 additional cost our bill decreased by $123.+. I am shocked because everything has just been going up and going up. It looks like our town and county leaders have done a good job with contracts, etc.
We both got our notices from Social Security showing our 2.5% increases. However, the Medicare payment for each month of 2025 which comes out of each of our checks went from $ 174. to $ 180. so the increase for our Social Security checks wasn’t much. But we both paid into SS and Medicare for years as everyone else does. At least we are getting a bit of money back over the years since we started getting it. I am hopeful that when President Trump is inaugurated that he and the Republicans will fix SS so that our children and grandchildren will be able to get it like we have.
A couple of weeks ago Nielsen sent me a survey and a $1.00 in cash to fill it out and send it back. It only took a minute or two and the return envelope was postage paid. They promised that if I did, they would send me an additional $ 5.00 in cash. That came today. $ 6.00 and a couple of minutes sure beats running all over inside of stores to ShopKick to cash out at $5.00 which I don’t do because it isn’t worth my time or gasoline. It would be nice if these surveys continue. But I am not counting on it.
I entered my last two weeks of receipts into Fetch today. I love getting the Walmart gift cards. They help defray the cost of my Walmart orders.
Brunch this morning was an apple fritter with our coffee. We had purchased a box of them recently. They are Hubby’s favorite. This year I am going to see if I can find a great recipe.
Dinner tonight will be canned Chunky soup and crackers. I am waiting for Hubby to get back from his orthopedic appointment before I pick out what we want from our pantry. The cortisone shot did not work so he is getting the gel injection to see if that works. I hope it works because I hate seeing him in so much pain. If it does he can get them every 6 months. If not the next step would be a knee replacement. Ugh! I am praying that he gets relief from this gel.
I ran the dishwasher last night. It had been three days since I ran it. I spent my hour cleaning yesterday and today in the kitchen. I am organizing at the same time and getting rid of things we don’t want.
What have you been doing to work on your goals for this year?
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Hi Precious. Today I went to my exercise class. I am trying to keep with my regular schedule now that we are back. I also went grocery shopping to fill in from when we were gone. Kroger had a dozen eggs for 2.49 on special and I got 3 of them. Most of my other stuff was fresh produce and a couple of big packages of chicken breasts that were BOGO this week. I made one for supper and we will have the leftovers for sandwiches, wraps, etc. and I am going to make a chicken pot pie out of some of it on Saturday. There were 2 bags of Domino sugar in the mark down area for and I grabbed them both. They were 2.38. I missed the sugar sale at Christmas and we were down to our last bag. I will watch for it to go on sale near Easter. We took a nap this afternoon and will go to bed early tonight. Still catching up from our trip and the little girls are coming tomorrow.
Hi Chris,
Yeah on your exercise class. That is a great price right now for eggs.
Can I come over for chicken pot pie? That’s one of my favorites. 🙂
Nice score on the sugar.
Trips do take a lot out of you. Enjoy the girls.
Today I finished going through all the Christmas decorations. Continuing my declutter journey, I reduced my decorations by one tub! I had decorations that I kept saving but no longer putting out. I will be going through all my seasonal decor throughout this year.
This past week, I have been cleaning the drawers in the bathrooms and got rid of a few things we no longer use.
I hope your husband does well with the gel injections. I have gotten them for many years. It does take a few weeks to notice the difference but they continue to work for my osteoarthritis.
Hi smhuh,
I love that you are decluttering.Nice job! Hubby and I did the same thing last summer so we have very few Christmas decorations also.
Hubby says thanks. They told him it could take up to four weeks for him to see the full effect. Mine worked for a few years getting injections every 6 months. Finally I had to have two knees replacements. I am happy they still work for you.