Ozzy and I have been chilling our heels in Plymouth, New Hampshire. We have been house sitting for Mike and Robin for the past week and will be there for another week. It has been nice to have heat, hot water, a bed and cable television. I had Netflix for a while, but, I don't know what happened and after a few days it asked me for a password which it didn't previously. I suppose I could give Robin a call, but, it's really not that important. I still get Shark Tank and Pawn Stars without Netflix so all is well. I am looking forward to teaching in another week and really looking forward to the end of January when I can get back into the van and on the road again.
Christmas was low key for Ozzy and me. I went to breakfast at Tish's and dinner at Barb and Jan's. Just spent the day with my feet up watching television. Although I haven't gone crazy with eating a lot of fattening food which is off-diet, I have eaten some of what I shouldn't have and it is time to get back on the wagon.
The real story this week is money issues are taking an upturn in prospects. I will continue to get my rental payments from my tenant and my social security payments from the government. The rent has covered, and will continue to cover all of my condo expenses, mortgage, taxes and condo fee. I have been basically living on my social security with occasional supplemental monies from time to time. The really good news is that the Town of Campton did a new assessment of the whole town and as a result instead of $1800 a year in taxes this year will be $1200...that's $600 less and I think that next year will be even less in taxes as half of this year was reflective of the old assessment. $600 is $50 less a month in mortgage payment. It also means that I will receive a rebate check from the mortgage company because my escrow account will show an overage that can be sent back to me. In addition, the social security amount will be increased by 1.5% making my benefit about $10 more each month. On top of all of this I will be making pretty good money for working this January and I should receive an income tax return after filing...and I usually file very soon after January 31.
So, what all of the above means is that barring any major unforeseen expenses, Ozzy and I should be able to continue our travels for a while longer.
I hope all had a wonderful holiday and will have a happy new year. I have a party to go to new year's eve after which I really am looking for things to settle and get back to normal, whatever that may be.
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