The budget billing amount for our natural gas has been lowered from $43 to $28. A nice surprise! We do have quite a bit of money on credit going into the high gas use season, so I'm sure it will work great.
I have a Pinecone $3 payment in my PayPal account this morning. Another snowflake for November!
The glasses we ordered online for my youngest daughter arrived this weekend. She is thrilled with her pick. Last night we went to Target to have them adjusted and soft nose pads added. So far so good. I believe she wore them to school today. I told her to let me know if she gets any headaches, as that could indicate a problem. I don't anticipate any however. We did pay $135 for the glasses, so not ultra cheap, but I know there is a savings there over other places we have purchased from in the past.
We thought a new timing belt was in our future for our Honda Odyssey. We remembered the dealership mentioning it last year, saying it should be replaced every five years. They also mentioned a mileage amount for replacement. We were at the year mark, but under the mileage. We decided to wait a year. Last night we pulled out the owner's manual, which states every 60,000 miles under extreme weather conditions (very hot and very cold). This does not apply to us. We are nearing 80,000 miles and don't drive in these extreme conditions mentioned. Turns out our Honda has a maintenance minder code that will tell us when to replace the timing belt. We will wait for our van to tell us when it is ready for a new belt. Glad to not have to spend that money now.
Do you participate in budget billing for utilities? Have you ordered glasses online? Does your vehicle tell you when to do maintenance?
Lower Bill & Vehicle Maintenance Avoided
November 19th, 2013 at 02:19 pm
November 19th, 2013 at 04:06 pm 1384877179
Honda: When we bought a 2 y/o CRV, it included free oil changes. Whenever I took it to the dealership for servicing they sent a mechanic to scare me with a list of expensive work needed. Never did that when DH took it in! Perhaps it was because I had to stay and wait. When we checked with our mechanic, she laughed and said when it caused a problem that was the time to replace it! We checked the manual and noted suggested time on the calendar to be aware of potential servicing.
November 19th, 2013 at 04:14 pm 1384877683
November 19th, 2013 at 06:17 pm 1384885051
I have a 2007 Honda Civic Si Sedan with maintenance minder, however, it has a timing chain rather than a belt. DW has a 2010 Honda Civic LX Sedan with maintenance minder, the engine in that also has a timing chain.
We budget bill our utilities, natural gas and electric through same supplier. We used less utility this year again, even with the addition of central air! We are still based on the previous owners usage for the budget as we used less each year since! Haha!
November 19th, 2013 at 07:05 pm 1384887932
Can you utility lower your budget if you are consistently using less energy?
November 19th, 2013 at 08:24 pm 1384892676
Regards, Joe
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