Checking off the Chores

We use a calendar application on the home computer to remind us of things we need to do. Even in retirement, there are a myriad of chores (as many retirees already know) that present themselves to be accomplished on a routine basis. The application also reminds us of birthdays, appointments, holidays and anything deemed necessary as a one-time or recurring event.

Wednesdays are filled with things to do:

• Look at the grocery ads
• Do the weekend food planning
• Start and run the engines in the RV and in Damsel’s Convertible

And today, being the fourth Wednesday of the month:

• Record the SSA deposit in the banking application
• Pay off the Credit Card

There was an additional chore to do today; fill the RV with diesel (it has been on half tank since our return from the fall excursion). Our grocery chain has a “GAS REWARDS” program where we can get up to a dollar discount per gallon up to 25gal. It so happened that we had enough rewards for fifty gallons of fuel, so I drove the RV to the station that accepts the rewards here in town and pumped in 44 gallons of diesel at a dollar off the advertised price. Paying $1.99⁹/gal is a whole lot better than the last time we fueled up in rip-off Kalifornistan at the $3.55⁹/gal price tag over there.