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Various (non)updates

August 19th, 2015 at 04:19 am

Most of my news is no news. Our plumber pulled a permit for the basement bathroom and now we have to wait for the city to schedule an inspection. Trying to ignore the $4K set aside in our checking account and assume it's all going to the bathroom and the city, but my suspicion is that it's not going to be anywhere that much. So I'm tempted to schedule some more remodeling! But I know I shouldn't until we find out for sure how much the bathroom will cost.

Our living room is still 95% done. The contractor finally got the baseboards from the place that was making them, and he'll bring them sometime this week to install, as well as update a few electrical outlets. Then we'll be done.

We expect the bulk of the furniture in early October. We still need to make some purchases/choices on art, end tables, lamps, clock, etc. But we're kind of waiting until the other stuff is in here and we can see what kind of spaces look like they need filling. (I have been looking on Etsy for art and clocks, but haven't made any decisions.) For end tables and accessories, we'll probably shop thrift stores, Craigslist, antique stores, etc. (Partly to try and save money, partly because we might want some interesting, funky stuff to offset all the neutral grays we'll have going on.) But that all has to wait until the reno is done and the big pieces of furniture are here.

When we do have it furnished, we'll need to sell or Freecycle some stuff we've got. None of it is really great, but we might get an odd few bucks here or there. If I get antsy waiting for other stuff to happen, I might try to get some of that done in the next few weeks.

We found out today that AA's new elementary school won't bus her to our daycare--they say it's out of their bus zone. It's only about 2 miles, so we were really surprised. AS has started making calls to see if there's a way to get an exception or something. I hope we can figure it out, because we really want her to still get to be at the daycare a bit, at least while SL is still at the daycare!

My Roth contribution went through but we still haven't heard anything about AS's issue. I'll have her check in next week or something. I'd love a big bump in net worth at the end of the month, but I don't think the market is doing much. Oh well, it'll pick up again at some point.

Waiting for the next month of UK rental income so we can pay NT's mum another chunk of what we owe, but it's not there yet. The last month it hit on the 17th, so I hope it's there tomorrow.

So that's it. Lots of waiting, but nothing too urgent. Bit of the August malaise, too. As short as the summers here feel, the fall is always nice because it's time to get refocused. Maybe a Dietbet is in order; it's been a summer of eating excess.

3 Responses to “Various (non)updates”

  1. snafu Says:
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    It's fun and easy to spray paint or re-paint coffee & end tables, ceramic lamps and vases or plant holders. Our plastic bathrm waste baskets have been painted the same color as the walls in 4 different homes. Goodwill always has quality picture frames [metal ones screw together, or genuine wood] with ugly pictures but just change them out. Habitat for Humanity is another source for 'finds.'
    Do you/will you hang your TV on a wall? What to do with all the wires is easily managed by a tradesman but I am fearful of trying it as DIY.

    I hope you'll take lots of photos of DD1 1st day of school, they make an adorable gallery wall addition

  2. ceejay74 Says:
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    I was kind of thinking we could spray-paint some furniture! We have a lot of wood trim on the walls, so I don't really want more natural wood to clash with that.

    Didn't know you could get stuff from Habitat. I'll have to look into that. Thanks!

  3. FrugalTexan75 Says:
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    I hope it works out with the bus situation!

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