Over the last couple of days the practical side of Gill (Gillian) has won over the "I don't care/fun side" of Gill!
Let me explain. We went to look over some new homes; no we are not moving, it was more a research thing, for someone else. I dragged hubby along with me and went in with "I know these aren't suitable for us" attitude. How wrong I was there....LOL I loved the homes, BUT and it's a very big BUT, they are townhomes/terraced homes, so not hugely fond of that aspect, but could live with it. Also, despite you actually owning the home, you don't actually own the land it is on. We did that in our last house. Here's the kicker though with this subdivision, unlike with our last house, where the water, all garden maintenance and house insurance and roof replacement (when needed) was covered by the monthly fees, this one NOTHING is covered and you still have to get board approval for any changes made outside. Also for the lot's we liked (not backing onto another house) you were required to pay between $750 to $850 per month rental fee, for the land. So practical Gill kicked in and said a firm no to this situation and I am glad about it!
Then yesterday it was a humid dreary day. Hubby said lets go to the casino. We can each spend $20 and see how we do. Have a bit of fun. So off we trot and I went through my first $20 pretty fast, so ended up putting in another $20 and here is what I won:
That is a 212.5% win on a 66 cent bet. I did my three back up spins (as per Brian Christopher Slots!) and ended up winning some more. I cashed out at $160.10, as practical Gill stepped in. Between us we walked out with I think $135 in profit. We could have stayed longer, we were there for an hour, but we knew there was a good chance we would end up losing it all..........as the casino always wins!!!
Passed a gas station on the way home and filled up the car with $50 worth of gas from our winnings.
So despite being annoyed that "Practical Gill" always wins, in both these cases it was the right thing to do. It's been a few months since we have been to the casino, it's not a thing we do very often. I was looking back to the last time we went to the casino and it was in March and I posted about it here.
Are you a very practical person?
6 comments:
I am shaking my head over those townhomes. OK, I get that you don’t own the land and you have to lease it, but then to have to take care of all of the outside, and have to get permission to do anything? That would be a hard pass for me too.
I’m a practical person for the most part. On the odd occasion the free-spirited side of myself will win, but that doesn’t happen often.
Our #2 son and DIL once bought a townhome and thoroughly regretted it. The fees were outlandish...they had to leave the gates on both sides of their backyard open at all times to allow people to pass through (not what you want when you have a toddler and a dog!)...and the woman in the next house smoked a lot and the smoke filtered into their unit so they couldn't have the windows open. Needless to say they got out of there and now own a freestanding home.
Too many horror stories about the fees on condo's for me to ever consider owning one.
Oh he’s. Very practical. Which I think is exactly what you need to be to survive in this world.
I’ve never heard of buying the house but the land isn’t yours. What a crazy idea
It wouldn’t get very far here.
Yes the house always wins, unless it’s owned by trump.
Yes and no. Overall, excluding the horses I am practical. It falls apart when it comes to horses. I bred them for 20 years and as the saying goes “how do you make a small fortune in horses? Start with a large one”!
Yes pretty much practical. We used to go to the Casino and enjoyed it very much. However they still smoke in Minnesota Casinos and their air purification system is not good
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