I am thinking of locking my debit and credit cards
up again due to my trickle spending. While I do not use my credit cards, my
debit card sees regular use. The little things like this item here, that item
there, just this meal at McDonald's, etc. Again, most of the things are little
things I either need or could use, but the pattern is disturbing.
I will keep an eye on this as anytime I spend, it
is money going in the wrong direction. I know that there are things I must
spend on but each time I do spend, I need to give myself a moment of pause and
ask “is this spend necessary?” I am too close to real progress to screw this up
now.
I just need to keep my attitude positive and not
beat myself up. Sure I need to own up to what I have done and the spending that
has gone on. What I need to do is look back and evaluate, then give myself
constructive criticism and take action.
For now I will just try to be more
mindful of my spending and not lock the cards away. Sooner or later I need to
be able to control my spending without locking cards away.
I did plug in last night and tried out a new item
for filling my water tank. I have usually just connected my hose up to the tap,
laid it out towards the trailer and just turned it on, when the tank was full I
would just drop the hose and let the water spill onto the ground as I ran to
turn the water off. I always thought this was a waste but never knew what else
to do, there was only one of me.
I then figured out that the best way to solve this
problem was to put a simple garden hose spray nozzle on the end of my hose. This
way when I turn the water on, nothing flows until I squeeze the trigger on the
nozzle.
I then aim the nozzle right into the water fill
tank hole and squeeze. The jet of water is shot right into the tank and this
way I can take little breaks when the tank is near full, to let the water
gurgle down and the air burp up.
I have found that this way I can get a bit more water
in the tank and waste less water. While now it not a problem, in winter, when
there is ice on the ground, that trickle of wasted water will be a problem for
others.
The nice thing with plugging in is that I get to
watch TV for the evening. So I sat and watched some TV for the evening yet
still got an early nights rest. As always, the morning after I plug in, I move
the Trea and Wanda at four in the morning, as soon as I get up. (I like to be
settled and undisturbed when I get down to writing).
As for the story, I have gotten the first two
chapters done. Brian’s first chapter (as most of his) seem to be rough and not
good enough for standalone chapters. They need work, so they are not a quick
edit and done.
The story is developing nicely and I have a good
idea on how to tell this story, how to move it along and that is good. This
will be an exciting novel which will still lead into the next which will open
with the shipwreck.
This book will go until Brian is captured and then book
three will be when he is in the den. The one thing is clear is that we will see
more of The Sisterhood and their plots and machinations along the way.
Payday is in two days and I have decided to just
leave everything in the account this month. Next month I will put the money aside
for the rental place, if by some miracle that does not come to pass, I will
just leave that in there for savings and an oops fund.
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