Well, like I mentioned before, the grass definitely has gotten greener over the septic tank, for good reason. I was thinking the pump was out, but the guy came out, tested the wires, and assured me that the septic pump was running, but that the main tank was probably full. Well, yea, I mean I know it is supposed to be pumped out something like every two or three years and this baby has five years worth of crap in it, so that makes perfect sense. Good news: Don't need $500 for a new pump. Bad news: Pumping runs around $200.
By now my loyal readers (checks in the mail, guys, I promise) are beginning to think I am bemoaning the cost of home ownership. After all, when you live in an apartment, they are responsible for all the maintenance. However, after years of being chased down the road every other year with outrageous rent increases and declining quality of affordable places to live, I can assure you the occasional financial hit you get being responsible for your own breakdowns is more than made up for by the stability, fixed mortgage payment, extra elbow room, and a million other perks that comes from owning your own place.
If I want to knock out a wall, I do it. If I want to plant a garden, I have plenty of dirt to do it in. I pay no pet deposit. I don't hear elephants rampaging on my ceiling at night. I don't hear men beating their wives next door. There hasn't been any crime I'm aware of in my area since I moved here. There are lamas up the road. And horses.
I am hoping this is the last major financial difficulty I have to deal with for the foreseeable future. Both I and the wife have fully functioning organs we can sell if things really get bad. Or, enough Americans will start feeling the pain of trying to survive in a George Bush America and decide there's got to be a better way. Already violence is flaring up across the land at the filling stations. Truckers are starting to go out of business like never before. School budgets are being strained by the cost of fueling school buses. Has it occurred to anyone how much we are paying George Bush to jet around the country in Air Force One telling the mothers of dead soldiers their losses were noble? Well, maybe it will begin to cost the army so much to patrol Baghdad in those gas guzzling death traps that we will start to see a reduction in deaths due to IED's. I still think we need to fly those boys home while we can still afford to.
Wednesday, August 24, 2005
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4 comments:
Great post...and even though owning a house sounds like loads of work..and your posts haven't helped me think otherwise, hehe, I still want to own someday because as you said...beats all the other BS that you have to deal with.
You know, Michael my bro, I'm thinking we all could use having the crap pumped out every now and then.
I'm thinking maybe it is time to take a honey bucket to DC and do some serious pumping on the whole system.
I'm knowing it is time to bring our boys and girls home where they belong.
Good work.
My friends and I were just talking about the merits of buying versus renting. It's exciting but terrifying to have all of the responsibility on your shoulders. Financially probably worth it, though...
And I'm with Buffalo... haha
Did you go on strike, run out of words or what?
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