Thursday, December 11th, 2008
Does your home feel like a circus too? I know mine does. There are many changes I am hoping to do in 2009 that will make it even less of a zoo here. First, I am hoping to become more organized. Right now, we have paperwork from one end of the house to the other. Instead of just stacking it and then filing it when I am good and ready, my goal is to actually file it right away. Then I don’t have to worry about losing it. Next, I am hoping to save more. This will be interesting and hard. With Bill’s new car and possible school tutition for Madison, that may wipe us clean in a crappy economy. However, we’ve made it this far. I already cut coupons and if need be, we will start cutting the extras like cable and my daily newspaper. However, I am keeping my hopes and I think 2009 will be a great year!
What are your plans to make your life less of a circus in 2009?
Tags: aka, Big, Bill, cable, car, circus, crappy, economy, end, home, house, life, madison, mine, newspaper, paperwork, school, top, tutition, year, zoo
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Thursday, October 23rd, 2008
I have looked at more showers in the last year than I ever have wanted to. We remodeled my upstairs bathroom and added a new shower last summer. We also added a new tub and had to tear down all the tile that was there before (good times, let me tell you). This summer we added a new bathroom to the basement downstairs. I don’t miss living in a construction zone. However, it is very nice to have two full bathrooms now. However, both of my bathrooms spaces are small, so I could not go all out like I wanted to.
In the basement, we had very little space to work with due to the configuration of my basement. We ended up putting up a shower enclosure (However, I had no idea that you could get a shower enclosures online. If I would have known that, I would not have let my husband pick it out. Somebody had to stay home with the kids, so I let him pick it out by himself. He did do a good job, but I probably would have picked something different.) However, if you only have a small space and want to add a full bath, I definitely recommend shower enclosures. They offer a lot more room than they look, and it is nice having two showers when you are trying to get ready for parties and such.
Eventually, when we add on to upstairs, I am going to check out the shower store and look into getting discount steam shower. We are going to add in a hot tub up there, so we need the shower to be seperate. What would be better than a steam shower? They look awesome and extremely relaxing. If you are lacking on space, they even offer steam showers with minitubs attached!
I personally can’t wait to remodel again, so we can spruce up our house. Even the economy is in the tank, houses still are a good value. Even though houses prices have dropped for the time being, they will bounce back. Remodeling also makes it more enjoyable for you to stay in the house you are in. By building out our basement, we can definitely stay in this house a lot longer (my upstairs only has 980 square feet, so we were a little cramped up here).
What does your bathroom look like? What kind of upgrades would you like to make?
Tags: basement, bath, bathroom, building, configuration, discount, downstairs, economy, enclosure, home, house, idea, job, kind, look, lot, online, remodel, remodeling, room, seperate, Showertime, somebody, something, space, steam, store, summer, tank, time, tub, upstairs
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Monday, September 29th, 2008
As most of you know, Bill and I have been looking for a vehicle that gets better gas mileage. Our Jeep Liberty, well, it stinks on gas mileage. We are averaging around 20 mpg, and Bill drives a minimum of 70 miles a day. Needless to say, with gas prices as high as they are, Bill alone spends over $500 a month in just gas for his car. I recently came across a site that I could have used before we put out name on the waiting list for a Prius. vLane allows you to research and compare vehicles with just a few clicks. You are able to even research different options on the vehicle that you want. If that isn’t enough, you can run a poll like the one below.
Now, since we are on a waiting list for a Prius, I thought I’d ask everyone their opinion on getting extra options on our Prius. If you have a question you’d like other opinion on like my Prius question, you can create your own poll. It can be listed only on their site, or you can even embed it on your blog like I have done. You can also search for a vehicle based on total price, monthly price, fuel type, fuel economy, performance, and manufacturers. You can also see (by stars and reviews) what other reviewers of the site think of each vehicle. If you can’t find your dream vehicle on vLane, I would be seriously surprised.
Let me know if you make any of your own polls, so I can go vote for you (either on your blog or vLane)! Also, don’t forgot to vote on my poll!
Tags: Bill, blog, car, day, dream, economy, everyone, fuel, gas, jeep, Liberty, list, mileage, minimum, month, name, opinion, performance, poll, price, prius, question, site, type, vehicle, vLane, vote
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Sunday, May 18th, 2008
We finally got our stimulus check on Friday deposited in our checking account. Our goal is to save that since we are stimulating the economy enough with all the money we have been spending on our basement remodeling job (Home Depot is our new best friend). We also started talking about how we have paid everything off right away (so far), so we don’t have to worry about stop notices, liens, or anything like that. We have worked with several different contractors and suppliers for stuff, so this is very important. I have heard stories about people trying to buy a house and they find out there is a lien (or stop notice) on it. That has to be taken care of before the sale can go through. Each state differs in its rules regarding these, so make sure you do some research. In a crappy real estate market (and economy for that matter), you really don’t want to be messing around with something like this.
Tags: business, Business and Economy, canada, checking_account, Construction and Maintenance, economy, Home Depot, home_depot, job, money, new_best_friend, Oceania, Real estate, real_estate_market, stimulus, United States
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