Not us, the only extra money we spend, is to up grade older items like gutters so he doesn’t have to climb a ladder to clean them. Had Lowe’s do the covered ones, and wrote it into the contract we could pay with Lowe’s gift cards we get at Kroger’s that gives us gas points. Or the retaining wall that was rotted out. Next project is removal of carpet in the living room for a medium grade wood flooring you can install yourself, as carpet attributes to the sinus issues. 1 a year.
If it was up to me DISH would be gone. But he has to have the sports pkg.
It sounds like you and your husband are using good sense. Many people treat their house like a fly-by-night investment vehicle, rather than as the place they live!