Oh boy so much to catch up on what we have done since I last posted in here which is -
- Bought a new to us existing home on a 1.21 acreage that has tank water in 3 large tanks, town water and a creek behind which we own half of that we can pump water out of if necessary. Paid a 40 % cash deposit on it and I paid all of the bank loan fees and charges and solicitors fees either straight of the loan or in cash to reduce the interest we will pay on the loan.
- Paid an extra 50% payment on our mortgage before even the first payment is due.
- Collected overflowing rain water from our tanks in buckets to fill drink bottles and jerry cans, flush toilets, water fruit trees.
- Using grey water from washing our laundry with to water the grass in the house paddock and flush toilets with as we are on severe town water restrictions here.
- Put away a years worth of land rates, 1 yrs worth of car rego for DH's car and a years worth of water rates for the home in our bills account.
- Took our life insurance on the 2 of us so if one or the other dies and remaining spouse can pay off the house mortgage.
- Took out house, contents and accidental damage on the home for a year.
- Took out extra insurance on the trailer to cover new for old replacement for $10 per year.
- Purchased an extendable house ladder to reach the gutters here to clean them out.
- Bought 3 garage shelving units to store our equipment on in the garden sheds.
- Purchased a new 122 pce auto tool kit we can use in the house and for car repairs.
- Bought a new 28 pce screwdriver set.
- Bought 4 x 5 shelf units for our food storage room to store food on, they are now almost full.
- Used one of the older 4 shelf units we had in the laundry to store laundry detergents, vinegar, ammonia, dishwashing liquid and pegs on.
- Purchased a backpack hedge trimmer, lawn edger and pole chainsaw in one unit so we can trim the hedges and trees around the property.
- Topped up on 2 cartons or 16 x 1kg packets of powdered milk, 1 carton or 10 packages of pure cocoa powder, 1 carton or 12 tins of lychees, 1 carton or 12 tins of mangoes, 2 x large containers of hydrolyte powder, 2 x containers of mosquito repellant, 1 x 1 lt bottle of sunscreen, 8 bottles of sparkling apple juice, 1kg of ham, 4 hot chooks on special which we broke up for meals for the freezer and likewise we will do with the ham.
- An electrician friend came and fixed up all and replaced the dodgy power points in the home (2 he said were running hot and could have burned down the house) and added 2 more power points, a tv antenna and booster for tv reception and new cords. He charged us a discount mates rate to do this for us savng us hundreds of dollars.
- Cut back shrubs so they are not touching the house, cut down a bogainvillea shrub over 2 days that was impeding on both the house and our side driveway.
All of these were bought on special saving at least $1000 or more and networking with friends for trade work also saves us hugely on most things we need doing around the home that we are not qualified to do.
I am sure there is more but with my fuddled we just moved brain and the fact we are surrounded in boxes we haven't got to yet this is all I remember at the moment.