Planning ahead and a payoff done

DH and I decided we are going to be a bit pro active and also replace the battery in our car, in the next couple of weeks. My car is over 10 years old and we've never had to replace it. I don't need to be 50 miles away, visiting my mom or shopping and have the car not start. As with most batteries, it is about $100, LOL. I read that in cooler, northern climates batteries typically last 5 years, so........

DH boxed up 2 more huge boxes to send to DS. One he said was his weight bench set. I'm not sure what's in the other one, but each will cost about $80 to ship ground, but hopefully I can use another promo code like I did last time. One box is 30# and the other is 43#, but they are probably considered oversized boxes in dimensions, too. I think that is the last of his stuff to get rid of.

Then he opened one of the bins that have all the pictures he used to have on his garage walls. The first picture on top was of his (deceased) best friend. He found a few more of him, so he put all those together on one of his bathroom walls. Gosh, I miss him. It's been 9 years since he passed away from cancer. He and DH could talk on the phone for a couple hours every night and never run out of anything to talk about.

In addition to the $27 a month reduction in my budget I also just paid off a deferred interest charge, from when DH had to have his broken tooth repaired and I put it on my Care Credit card. I had been paying $100 a month toward it and now that is done and no interest incurred. Feels good to be done with that one. It just came at a bad time, when we had just finished our house, yet still had so many things we needed to buy/pay for (landscaping, etc). Finally feeling like we are just about "caught up". All the major projects are done and that bill paid off.

I'm not planning on going into the city to visit mom and pick up groceries until Saturday morning, but we are almost out of milk, so I should run into town today. I was going to do it during a lunch break (in an hour or so) but I'm having a hard time getting myself motivated to do it, LOL.

Well dang, my mom's place is testing another employee for Covid, so until results are known, they are eating all meals in their apartments and all activities cancelled. Last time, whoever it was, was negative. Hopefully this time is too, or DD probably won't get to see/visit with her in 2 weeks. I may not get to see her Saturday. When I called her yesterday morning she says "I have news" and told me about it. Then she told me (again) that her new checks arrived. We chatted a few minutes about other stuff and then she says "I have news" and proceeded to tell me about the Covid testing and her checks again. Then she called me later in the afternoon and told me the same thing. Usually, I will say something like "oh ya, you did tell me that" but yesterday I just acted like it was the first time she told me these things, each time. Then she doesn't get frustrated when she hears she already told me. But, sometimes it's hard because she will say "did I tell you...." and it's just natural to reply "oh, yes, you did tell me".