Good morning and welcome to my blog! I can't believe I didn't start one of these sooner, but heck ya'll know I am lazy. So I decided to start this off with a review of 2011.
2011 has been by far the worst year for real estate in our area! This last year brought so many challenges in work (mainly because there was little to none). However, God has been faithful and kept us going! I am hoping that this next year things will pick up so I can get back to work and start making some money. I also hope this year brings in some child support. In February it will be one year since I got a penny. So between real estate going down the toilet and child support taking a leave of absence, money has been tight. Again God has been faithful and kept us going. We have not missed paying any bills, we aren't starving, and we still have a roof over our heads!! Now to say all that let me also say we have learned the true meaning of being frugal. Tom is so tired of eating beans... I told him they were good for him, he still isn't sure. You never know how much you can do without until you don't have a choice. As much as I haven't liked not having any extra money I am actually very thankful things have happened this way. I have learned we take a lot for granted and we also blew a lot of money. We didn't think we did, but we really did. We've never been one to go on a lot of trips or go out all the time, or buy a bunch of junk. We did however go out to eat more than we should and impulse buy things we could have done without. So this year we are determined to keep on being frugal and try and save as much money as we can.
Let's see what else has happened in 2011? Oh yeah we remodeled our new house and rented out our other one. What a crazy mess all that was... We worked so hard to remodel the house we are in now. We started last January and moved in September 1. We painted every wall and ceiling, changed every single light fixture, sanded cabinets, restained them, all new appliances and countertops, redid the bathrooms (one we redid completely!) and we did a lot of landscaping. We still aren't all the way done, but man it looks SO much better!!! I just wish we could have sold our other house. So far renting is ok, but I just hate dealing with it. Ya'll know what kind of luck I have. I am surprised the thing has not burned to the ground yet. But we did luck up and get some really nice renters!
2011 brought with it a lot of pain and sickness and thankfully it is all gone!!! After my back surgery in 2010 I started getting really sick. I was sick almost the entire year of 2010. Towards the middle of 2011 I started getting horrid headaches that would just kill me! I finally went to the doctor and they finally figured out my sinuses were screwed up and I had cysts in each side and a bunch of other mess. I had sinus surgery in June and I thought it would be a small thing. Man was I wrong! That was the second most painful thing I have ever went through! It took over a month for the pain to go away, but once it did something amazing happened, no more headaches and no more sickness!!!! Man what a blessing that has been. Then a few months ago I noticed I had something growing in both my hands. One was on the palm of my right hand and the other was on the worst on my left hand. Two doctors were baffled by my right palm. I had an MRI done and the left hand was a cyst, but the right they just didn't know. It had been bothering me some and since it was growing I decided to just have it cut out. Again I thought this would be a minor procedure, and while it was not as bad as my other 2 surgeries I was in a huge cast thing for a week! Turns out it was a huge tumor and it was bigger than they thought! He had to cut pretty far and deep to get it out. The best news is that it was not cancer and it should not grow back! The other hand they drained and it is doing a lot better to! I am waiting for Tom's insurance to send him a letter asking him why he married a fixer-upper. Tom just didn't have a clue lol.
So that pretty much covers 2011 as best as I can remember. So far 2012 has been ok, but that’s another blog!
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