January 9, 2012
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It Can Be Tough….
TALES FROM THE BRAT FARM
Writing a blog every day when your life isn’t full of people, events, surprises, etc. can be a real drag. So what do you do? You talk about how you feel about the life you are living and what events make you happy or sad. It can surprise you at times what you can say about it all. My life isn’t exactly material to twitter over. That much I can be sure about. I’m no star nor even a real person of interest. I’m just what I like to think is an average person. One exception is that we really don’t have much in the way of financial problems. Thankfully.
Our CPA used to shake his head over us. He believed you should leverage your income and your assets to acquire more. The Beast believed in not having bills. Not even a mortgage. So, every time we sold a house, we used the money to pretty much pay it off or else that is what we concentrated on doing. It worked well for us overall. We actually own two homes right now. Both are paid for. One of them we are selling on contract to Tara. If she changes her mind, it’s been no worse for her than renting. But, she is actually paying down the principal faster than she would be with a conventional one. Even our lawyer thought that was generous of us. Hopefully, within a year or two at the most, she can convert it to a regular mortgage for herself. Right now she is working to get her own business started so it wouldn’t look real good on paper just yet. But it will. I have faith. She’s done well so far and just picked up another client the other day. Poor baby will be stuck with a six-day work week…..at least until she hits the point that she can hire someone to help her. That day, too, will come.
Poor Sister Cee has had a major problem that developed with Frankenstein. He got an infection in his spinal column. It required an 8 day stay in the hospital, major draining, the installation of a stent so that she will be able to administer the medication which he will require for another 6-8 weeks. But, she says he isn’t complaining about pain in his back any more and seems to have regained his normal (cheerful?) attitude. It still amazes me that the doctors removed two of his spinal disks and replaced them with titanium ones without causing him to be paralyzed or to die. That WAS a possibility. The healing part was a mess, too, as I recall. His big problem was actually that fact that it DID leave his feet without feeling. After the pain he had suffered, I guess he felt it was a small price to pay. But there are always drawbacks to any major surgery on your body. It’s an *insult* that the body sometimes just doesn’t adjust to.
I lost another aunt last week. It leaves just two uncles on my dad’s side of the family. I know that they are *old* since I, who was once a baby they dandled on their knees, am now an *old* person too. But it is so sad to see them leave us. They are family and a part of our history and continuance. She had grandchildren and, perhaps, even great-grandchildren. She lost a son several years back. A real tragedy since it involved a subway train and it was about a month before the family discovered what had happened. He was young and he had his whole life ahead of him. Way too sad.
Well, time to get this posted before the storm rolls in once again. I dread all this moisture in the ground. We will have to get out very early in spring to try to keep any fungus from developing. Lots of lime and other goodies that will help, we hope. If the Lord is good, he will give us some aid.
Love you all. Stay warm and safe.
