I’m a saver. I have containers for change in at least three rooms of the house. I have an auto-deposit into Christmas and Vacation accounts. The vacation fund usually ends up going toward my propane contract and real estate taxes… Whooowheee… We vacation on the wild side!
I am thankful for my saving-nature; especially when nature calls. You see, we are in the process of having our septic system replaced. Yes, some people save for jewels (I did get a crown this year … on my tooth), cruises or island vacations. We country-folk needed a new septic system. Ours was antique (but not in a good way) and causing problems. Throughout the summer’s heat and drought we had a green stripe of grass flagging the problematic area.
One Sunday morning, my youngest took a shower upstairs. It consequently drained into the downstairs kitchen sink. Kitchen sinks are not designed to hold the amount of water used by a teenager in a shower. Upon leaving for Sunday School, he noticed the problem. He didn’t want to be late for Sunday School. When pig farmer and I got home from church, we found a small pond on our kitchen floor, bordered by one bath towel and a hand full of paper towels to thwart the spread of the pond. I was on the verge of going into septic shock.
The next morning I was on the horn early, sending out an SOS to our plumber… our back-burner project was now at emergency status (as far as I was concerned)!
This week we are in full digging/trenching/plumbing/septic mode. I can honestly say our savings have gone to the sh!tter. And I’m thankful.
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Oh we had to do that a few years ago. We tend to vacation like you do. I need a crown but have a temp patch job for now. I try to not over smile so it doesn’t show. LOL
I patched my tooth twice…3rd time was not the charm. I said I actually preferred a tiara for the expense…but got crowned instead!
You are so witty Marla. When bad things happen it always happens at once. Yes, we also had to sock quite a bit into our septic. We actually put in a completely different system. Well you can at least check that off of the to do list. I love taking a vacation and I know it is very hard to hear jim say well that was our vacation. So i understand why a person would try to put it off and maybe do something else with the money. Tell pig farmer hello
Thanks for reading Lori … and sorry that you understand our plight!! I will tell pig farmer hello. 😉
What a pain! Country living at it’s best.
Funny, the things we learn are luxuries!!