... but no complaints, as it was also a nospend day. Tomorrow is my day to play the landlord and collect the rent from my tenant. We got lucky and bought the house right next door, which makes being a landlord much, much easier.
It was also a cool and damp day, so I made a big pot of beef Madras curry. Beef - $8.50, onions $.75, celery $.60, garlic $.35, pepper strips $1.00, curry paste $1.00, tomato paste $.45, tinned tomatoes $3.00 - total $15.55. Sounds pricey, but it makes enough for two full meals for the six of us. Add about $1.00 for the brown rice each time and it's about $1.50 per serving.
Tomorrow night is pasta, which is much more cost efficient - I can feed the six of us for less than $.50 each. But the rest of the curry is safely in the freezer and will probably reappear next Saturday, but this time with Nan bread instead of rice.
I'm not a big fan of fall or winter weather, but I do like the cooker weather for cooking those "stick to your ribs" meals.
It was also a cool and damp day, so I made a big pot of beef Madras curry. Beef - $8.50, onions $.75, celery $.60, garlic $.35, pepper strips $1.00, curry paste $1.00, tomato paste $.45, tinned tomatoes $3.00 - total $15.55. Sounds pricey, but it makes enough for two full meals for the six of us. Add about $1.00 for the brown rice each time and it's about $1.50 per serving.
Tomorrow night is pasta, which is much more cost efficient - I can feed the six of us for less than $.50 each. But the rest of the curry is safely in the freezer and will probably reappear next Saturday, but this time with Nan bread instead of rice.
I'm not a big fan of fall or winter weather, but I do like the cooker weather for cooking those "stick to your ribs" meals.
October 31st, 2006 at 11:35 am 1162294504
Can you get your tenant to set up an autodraft payment to you? If they'd be willing why not set up an account specifically for them to pay into that you move the funds out of as soon as they make their payment. Thus keeping them out of your personal financial info./account. And it should keep you from having to knock on the door I'd think.
October 31st, 2006 at 04:25 pm 1162311959
The rental income is just gravy for us, so the few times I've been out of town I've just told her to hang onto it until I get back.
But I'm mindful of the fact that she is saving toward a downpayment on a house of her own. While I'm cheering her on, I'm in no hurry to lose her as a tenant. Next time we might not be so lucky.