Alternative Energy Blues

I'm slowing down on buying the house. In the past I haven't listened to my committee.  I wound up with my second wife.  Dad doesn't want to buy the house.  Curtis wants me to wait.  The landlord is amenable. Mom is okay with the purchase.  Since one party has a definite bias, I take the majority to be against a purchase at the moment. I read that people who have been through a major emotional event,  like a death or a divorce should wait for a full year before making a major financial decision. After my first wife, Judith Miller, passed away I waited a full year before buying a car. I walked away from home with the clothes on my back Thursday, July 24, 2015.  I'm still going through the divorce.  So I have 210 days to go.   My concern can be moved towards taking care of my parents, physical and emotional recovery,  work,  and political projects.   

A bit of a tailwind, here.  Dad says he doesn't want me to buy the house that we're living in.  It has too many problems.  My problem is that it's the probably the only place we can afford that's this convenient to work and everywhere else. A house inspection will cost around $450.00. Abacus Plumbing said putting a camera and cable down our line will cost $150 but first they would need to jet out the line because there's so much grease they can't see.  The jetting will cost $750. We save a little money and time by not having to move.  I have mental plans for that lot and the lot behind our house.  If we can get this property, tear it down, and build a new house, that would be great.  I'd really like to buy the house on the corner next to us, and tear it down too.  The plan, and I hope I'm not repeating myself to you: Buy the house we're in.  Clean, repair, renovate, until we can get more outside funding. Buy the house next door. ...

Well. This afternoon I went to a fundraiser hosted by some Greens for the group out of the Flames of Ferguson.  I saw some friends I hadn't seen for a long time.  The food was wonderful. I realize how much I miss seeing people, talking with people and getting things accomplished that help people. I hope I can meet new friends and be a good friend. Living with my parents has allowed me to better take care of them.  My income and organizing their finances has helped us all live better. I'm grateful to be healthy enough to work. I'm grateful to be outside of jail.

I'm lying low and helping my parents dig out from a few decades of bad spending habits. As always I'm grateful that they are with me.  I pray for their good health and mine, so I can help them and my family. I talked briefly with a friend who's helping to clean out my garage at the house where my soon-to-be ex-wife lives.  I told him that I had no problem with him helping her out in any way.  Hurting her doesn't help me one bit.  I thanked him for doing that organizing and cleaning that I never had the emotional wherewithal to do.  Unfortunately, the monthly rent on a storage area that he found begins in January.  I don't want a bill for stuff that doesn't do some good.  I'll be soliciting ideas on dealing with letters from WWII to recently. My focus on the New House The first thing is to review mom and dad's finances.  They got the usual middle finger when it came to getting a loan for a home.  I look at my finances and I realize that...