I live, write, and garden in the PNW with my husband of 27 years, disabled daughter, college-aged son, and my 84-year-old mother. We have paid off $250,000.00 worth of debt (if you include the interest) in the last fifteen years and as of 6/12/2020 are 100% DEBT FREE!!!!Now we've gotten rid of 2 things to cut our expenses. The first was digital cable (all cable, not just digital) and the second was the daily newspaper. I am debating on what to cut next that I consider to be a much wanted, but not needed item. I'm thinking about the 2nd phone line. That's a tough one, since I'm online a lot and we are still on dial-up. I wish our cell phones worked at our house, we have to go a mile down the road and then our reception is fine the whole way to town except a small 1/4 of a mile stretch in the valley of two foothills. That would make dropping the extra phone line so easy. Oh, well, unless they actually decide to use the technology of floating cell receiver balloons over areas of bad reception, I'm out of luck.
Oh, and even though we are not paying for cable anymore they still haven't shut it off. They were supposed to on Friday. I called to double check and we are not being charged. So, however long it takes them, I get free cable.
Unnecessary Things
July 12th, 2006 at 01:58 am
July 12th, 2006 at 12:44 pm 1152708277
I pay Verizon about $2 a month for "call forward on busy" which bumps calls to my cell phone and its voice mail. And I signed up for GotVoice (free), which will retrieve the cell phone voicemails and send them in email. But I still have to remember to check for messages.
It's very unsatisfactory, especially since we have two elderly mothers who could have trouble reaching us in an emergency. As soon as I'm sure we can afford it, I'll at least upgrade back to the phone company's own voice mail for about $9 a month. At least with that one, you know someone left a message whenever you pick up the phone--there is a special tone instead of the dial tone.