Cool on the Churchill day trip. My plan is for 4 days in Churchill with 2 days of tundra buggy bear spotting. My plan is all DIY due to most tours having high single supplements.
Not sure where you are in NY, but the community we are in homes seem to sell pretty quickly….best of luck with the sale and it is definitely tough getting rid of “stuff” in the houseHappy New Year Everyone!!!
We did not make ANY plans for 2025 or beyond... yet!!
We plan on listing our house in NY for sale, ASAP, whenever it is ready, hopefully by spring (4/1).
We are currently in Miami where we have been wintering every year since COVID lock down. Once we sell the house in NY, we will move to Miami permanently. We are flying home to NY from MCO in about 2 weeks to de-clutter the house and look for an agent to do a walk thru and give us their opinion on the price range and its desirability and what work (if any) it needs.
We spent this past summer working on the outside - tree trimming, power washing, roof cleaning (moss), etc. We still have some to do when the weather gets warmer... Everything got pushed off the last few years.
But now we need to get rid of all the accumulated stuff inside the house. I had started selling my old trashy novels that I use to read (when I use to have time to read) on eBay. Whatever doesn't sell by spring will go to those for-profit donation centers or in the recycle bin. Not many places take donations of novels that are 30+ years old. They all want recent novels, even the libraries. While the libraries will take books to sell at the books sales, you have to donate them at the right time, right before the sales because they don't have the space to hold them until the next sale.
My goal is to book a trip or cruise the moment we either finish de-cluttering and/or listing the house for sale. Ideally, we list the house and leave the keys with an agent and go on a quick last minute trip while we wait for offers.
Once we sell the house, we will use part of the proceeds towards our 30th anniversary trip in 2026.
I can't commit right now without knowing how long this process in truly going to take. From experience, everything takes 2-3 times longer than we plan. So, 3 months could become 6 months, or 9 months....
Perhaps we list the house and it goes into contract fast!Then we need to really boogie to plan on clearing out the house completely before closing. I just can't have a trip planned until I know the house is ready and hopefully sold... Not having travel plans is killing me but I'm promising myself there is a pot at the end of the rainbow!!
Oooh, I have Singapore this spring. Never been. I look forward to your trip report!!
You’re a brave soul to touch those at all!Can I just share how much I detest Amex gift cards?
That is all.
It probably will…we are on LI and when I’m going to do anything with our home, I now ask my daughter since I figure if I’m going to sell she’s in the target audience range…
All I've got is 2 weeks later this month in sunny WDW... which is pretty great in itself (thank you various points) but nothing much beyond that. I need to get myself together and plan some family visits! I also think I want to close one of my CiU's I have 2 + CiC and I'm hoping to snag another soon...still haven't even decided on a new cc for some upcoming bills! I need some inspiration!
they were Christmas gifts a year ago! I hate them. I won't bore you with details, but I have odd amounts on them, due to holds that won't drop off. What else can I do with them? I have $24.80 on two of them and 90 cents on the last (which I will just chock up to a loss). Where can I spend an odd amount?
Grocery stores are the best at depleting low balances, in my experience. Even the $0.90 will likely run as such. You could do a small order in self checkout for that one if you don't want to have to make eye contact with a cashier when you are charging all of $0.90 at a time.
I buy all my groceries at Target. I think I have used them there before. Have to see if they still have magnetic strip sliders in the self checkout.Grocery stores are the best at depleting low balances, in my experience. Even the $0.90 will likely run as such. You could do a small order in self checkout for that one if you don't want to have to make eye contact with a cashier when you are charging all of $0.90 at a time.
I have no shame! Money is money. Don't forget how often when we used to use cash more often, how if you passed a $50 or a $20 they would ask if you had anything smaller?Grocery stores are the best at depleting low balances, in my experience. Even the $0.90 will likely run as such. You could do a small order in self checkout for that one if you don't want to have to make eye contact with a cashier when you are charging all of $0.90 at a time.
I don't think it’s necessary a bad sign, could be ID verification since it’s his first business card
I hope so. This is just a seat reupholstery side thing he does out of our garage so not really even an official business.
… meanwhile the rest of us are out here feeling super optimistic about this years eBay take, sure it didn’t materialize last year but maybe this year
I was in Singapore for 6 nights in September. No concrete plans this time, other than to relax by the pool (weather depending) and take ds to some hawker stalls. I'll take him to the top of Marina Bay Sands for a drink at sunset and probably to Orchard Road so he can see how insane shopping in Singapore is! I'd also like to try some chili crab, something I didn't get to do last time.
I'm not sure what the closing date would be but you can pay it before your statement posts.
