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Originally Posted by WiscoDogsDad
Jerry,
Thank you so much for the kind, thoughtful and thorough response!
Lots of the points you make are covered under other subsets of my budget. This is just to keep a roof over my head....nothing else.
For example:
- I'm in contact with Babette's Furniture and one opinion is to budget 10% of the home's value for furnishings and decorating
- I'm carrying $17k for golf cart
- Have NOT started to consider budgetting for travel. I'll be working full time for the first two to four years as a Villages resident
- Our family did Disney to DEATH in the seventies and eighties....and there are no children nor grandchildren in my life. I will take the money that MIGHT have been spent at "The Most Expensive Day on Earth" for other luxuries.
My intention is to work right up until the day I have the house all upgraded to my desires, the mortgage paid to zero, and a new car in the garage....then stop worrying about a THING.
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"The Most Expensive Day on Earth" - that's pretty funny !
Gas $25. Natural gas? I paid more than that for a month I wasn't here (nothing running, service fees).
But natural gas is relatively cheap in the winter for heating if you're lucky enough to have it. < $100/mo. in the winter.