A few things to report:
- I sold an old coat at consignment back in January; I was able to pick up the payment a couple of days ago. That's another $38 toward mortgage principal.
- Our mortgage payment went down (for escrow; I have no idea how they calculate that), but we left it the same. And extra $5.21 toward principal each month.
- Our team bought the basketball coach and assistant coach gift certificates (we got a certificate for the local bike shop which is owned by a mutual friend for the coach - who shops there a lot! - and starbucks for the assistant). The bike shop is next to one grocery store I go to, and the starbucks is next to the other; as you can tell, I bought the certificates. One of the moms said she'd give me her share at the party last night. She didn't and I was freaking out that I'd have to cover her, but she emailed and apologized and said she'd bring it to school on Tuesday. Phew!
- Got a new book (free, epub book of course) - the first in the Chronicles of St. Mary's series. I'm a couple of chapters in, and I like it so far. A time travel book.
- Dinner tonight is a socca (chickpea flour and courgette pancake with red onion topping).
- We owe $14,636 on the mortgage.
- I am watching Just Add Magic with F on Amazon Prime. It's a really cute show, if you have a tween, I recommend it. I like it too, but I'm sort of immature.
Are you reading or watching anything for free right now?
Some Mortgage Progress, and are you watching/reading anything for free?
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I'm going to look for good and cheap - it reminds me of a blog post I wanted to do...
My daughter watches most of her content on YouTube - she likes to watch miscellaneous scenes from the Harry Potter movies. Also watches Emma Watson giving speeches in front of the UN a lot.
The library is seriously the best, except when I somehow find a book and they don't have it; our small library system seems to have very few of the books I love.
And for Frugal Texan - some of my favorite books recently if you haven't read them: The Watchmaker of Filigree St. (not really time travel, but it's set in the past but with some seriously cool stuff that was like magic) and the Night Circus (also not time travel, but also with a lot of the fantasy element). And the entire Rivers of London series (which is hard to describe, but it isn't giving away too much to say that there is a division of wizards in the London police dept.).
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Ironically, the very first episode in the very first season was about the infamous woodchipper murder that took place in my town.
If you can recommend any shows, I'd be glad to hear it. I've watched some excellent Amazon-produced shows including Hand of God and Boardwalk Empires, both really, really good.
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