Margali's Griffin Wood Ranch

[Baymule]

My mail lady drives an old hearse.

 

[Margali]

All the materials for plumbing are starting to arrive. Still no progress on the house pad.

Our house is complete. In Alabama on the other side of all the Hurricane Ida flooding. Don't know when it will be delivered. Everyone in the area has more important things to worry about.

And we decided to rent something very important. Such a sanity saver with 3 kids in tow.

 

[Baymule]

Wow, it may be awhile before your home gets to you. There are bigger problems out there, be patient. Smart move to put up a porta potty.

 

[Margali]

I'm trying to be patient- sickness and hurricanes are out of everyones control.

It's just things stacking up:
- RV floor failing
- RV invasion by fire ants
- Husbands health
- ****ty health insurance that hospital doesn't accept for ER facilty bill
- Budget death by a thousand cuts

 

[Baymule]

I know y’all can’t wait to get out of that RV, especially with the floor failing. That’s kinda important. And fire ants too? I hate those things. Sorry about your husband’s health and insurance problems.
That’s a lot to stack up on you. Take care of yourself, you are the glue that holds it all together.

 

[Alaskan]

I'm trying to be patient- sickness and hurricanes are out of everyones control.

It's just things stacking up:
- RV floor failing
- RV invasion by fire ants
- Husbands health
- ****ty health insurance that hospital doesn't accept for ER facilty bill
- Budget death by a thousand cuts

Not sure which broke the camel's back... but I agree. That is too much at once!

 

[farmerjan]

I'm trying to be patient- sickness and hurricanes are out of everyones control.

It's just things stacking up:
- RV floor failing
- RV invasion by fire ants
- Husbands health
- ****ty health insurance that hospital doesn't accept for ER facilty bill
- Budget death by a thousand cuts

Thoughts are with you. There are no easy answers. Hoping that the floor will hold up for as long as it takes...Don't know a thing about fire ants, thank goodness they aren't up here....
Can you get some sort of "construction loan" or something while all this is crawling, through no fault of your own??? I am just thinking that the interest rates are still real low, that maybe it is smarter to work off borrowed money for a bit with interest rates real low... I have no idea of what your situation is. If you aren't worrying over the budget so much, then maybe you can survive the rest with a little less stress...

 

[Margali]

@farmjan We already have more debt than I'm comfortable with. And I guess that should says ranch budget death of a thousand cuts. Like ~$200 of materials stolen, $300 for septic design that we cant get someone to install, etc.

Fire ants are the thing I despise most about Texas. They weren't a big deal in our sticks & bricks house because the insect guy could use harsh chemicals on outside of house. With 300sqft built like a sieve, I'm limited on what I'm willing to use inside. Sevins dust chemical spray on the underside of carriage and de inside are working but it's a constant fight.

 

[Baymule]

I’ve had fire ants in my car before. At one house, I kept a can of Bengal ant spray on the porch. When I got home from work, I sprayed my tires to keep the fire ants out of my car. And no, there was no food in the car.

 

[animalmom]

Regarding your fire ants... I've used peppermint oil successfully to keep the pests out of the rabbitry and our house. It has a strong, but pleasant odor for a few hours, and seems to deter the ants for a long time.