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So do I.... LOL. deb

Its been a long scary haul for sure. The Guy Working on the house is Luis Medina. All of 23 years old. Got his Master Builders designation through the building trades. Working his A$$ off for his Father who is also a Master. No shortcuts or passes given. Just good training. Started as...

Not a problem. I been known to write a book after someone has asked me why the sky was blue.... ::Snort:: deb

I am the one with the High desert Land. Been busy remodling the house. New floors all the way down to the support beams had to be done. The young man working on it did a fabulous job. So now the subfloor is ready for the finish floor to be put in. I opted for vinyl plank. Its been...

Welcome to the Thread @Birdielee every once and a while the thread sparks up a little. deb

Hah Never been married. up keep is minimal. I dont mess with the desert too many herbals. I do need to keep a 100 foot defensable space around my house. brush wise. I bought a garden tractor for that. Property tax breaks ended quite a while ago. but they may have done a different...

Welcome Olympic Chick... I am finally rehabbing my house in preparation for the move up home. Well um A very energetic young man and several helpers is... LOL. The floor in the house is toast down to the floor joists. He even had to replace some of those as welll as rebuild a wall due...

I worked hard for my social security benefits... 20 years as a manufacturing engineer. but I am a financial nit wit... take after my dad. So when It came time to choose retirement I had NO savings. and had been living through a Payment from my grandmother which paid for necessities like...

wow @Loopeend I see it all as opportunity. I am a writer first and foremost and plan on publishing once I get home. My jewelry is all custom I don't crank out many pieces that are similar ... I can but don't like it. I also plant set up my workshop so that I can produce commercially...

Pretty well. The weight loss surgery was life changing for sure... just now starting to normalize my routine. But when I move home I will be on my own. 19 acres and a ramshakle house I have to rebuild. I was away from it for twelve years. It needs serious rehabbing for sure. But its...

Ok I took Social Security earlier than I planned... Grandma passed at 103 in her sleep she had a fabulous life. I am still living in her house while I handle the estate. Technically its my sons house. He is selling it. In June I had Gastric sleeve surgery and have lost now 100+ pounds...

@Dharmachick I probably mentioned this but I bought my horse from Washougal Washington back in 2000. deb

Outside of the medical you are doing great.... There is a Teaching hospital here that takes on patients that have need... I had my cancer surgery there. I am already on Medi-Cal and hope to stay on it when I transition to medicare... one more year for me... Had my Elective surgery...

same as here.... Food Pantrys, Project Share, Christian organizations, food co-ops... I will be using a project called Commodities when I move home. ONce a month they distribute to low income people two bags of groceries depending on need. There may be an additional box of fresh veggies...

Yeah and you can use them to heat water for the house.... I want to encorporate that feature eventually.

Not adobe.... But a mobile home that has had a house built over the top. Found out when we gutted the bathroom. Still I love the style of some of those houses... Cant afford to build new... so will make do... deb

IN my case my land is paid for.... did that during the housing boom of 02-03. Its not a pretty house but its warm in the winter and cool in the summer... R factor double that of a regular house... one food thick walls. I heat with a potbelly stove in the main part of the house which...

Well after I set up the windmills I will count up the bats and birds laying on the ground.... They are far from silent and on a home setup very far from being Large.... Just to allow home maintenance. I know this is a hot topic..... but This is a thread about living off Social Security. deb

thanks if you take a look at the bottom of my post there is a link to the thread I started about my jewlry... deb