Did the laundry today. The nearest public laundromat is over 20 miles away (literally). That means that it's important to choose a time to do the laundry that isn't when everyone else in the park wants to do laundry. Monday morning isn't it. For some reason it seems that half the park considers Monday morning the optimal time to do laundry. Apparently Tuesday morning isn't as desirable.
It costs $5 - $6 to do our weekly laundry at the park. I went to an appliance store the other day and happened to pass the washer and dryer department. It seems that a good quality washer/dryer pair costs about $1500. A top line one will run $2000. That's 5 to 6.5 years of doing the wash at a laundromat before you break even. It's actually longer when you count the cost of the water and electricity. When we buy a house I may not bother to get a washer and dryer.
I spent most of the rest of the day making work for myself. When we bought the trailer I purchased a series of books entitled "10 Minute tech". They are collections of small projects that you can do to improve living in a trailer. I went through one of the books and picked out several to do. The next step is to go to Home Depot and buy some supplies.
A box of our mail came today. A lot of financial statements, some magazines, and half a dozen bills. I paid the bills and ignored the financial statements. There was a letter from the IRS. It's always a thrill to get one of those. It turns out that when we settled the last disagreement with them we miscalculated the interest due by $2. They sent us a four page letter telling us that we'll receive a bill later for the $2. Hell, it cost the $2 to send this letter. Besides, they're lending the banks money right now at 0%. Why should we have to pay them any interest?
I've been ignoring the house search for the last couple of days. I'll have to start that up again tomorrow.
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