The other $186 (which I did as a separate transfer to safeguard against the chance of overdrawing before our paychecks hit) showed up in the savings account.

I'm still not updating my sidebar until I'm sure my entire sidebar won't disappear, but that takes us to $39,879.15.

$13,411 is earmarked for US renovations, $20,014 for UK renovations. That means we've saved up about $6454 for downpayment/closing/moving costs. Not much, but it's a start!

We've spent $89 so far on US renovations (on the trade show where we met our contractor, and on paint samples and brushes).

We need $28,796 more to get a $29,750 down payment (7% on $425K home) plus closing costs of $4,500 and moving costs of $1,000. (All speculative amounts, of course, just to give us something to work toward.)

Looking ahead the next couple weeks, not too much is scheduled to happen in our renovate/save/move world. Our friend is eager to start scoping out duplexes; not that we're ready to make an offer, but to see if it's even feasible. So we moved our realtor meeting to this Sunday and are going to ask if she can schedule some showings for the following weekend.

Our contractor-prospect hasn't gotten back to us with quotes yet; I imagine if he doesn't get in touch by this Wednesday, we'll nudge him to see when we can expect them.

No word on the WV land deal; it's now 16 days into the "30 to 90 days" the gas guy said might be needed for attorney to certify the title. That's assuming the last person on the right-of-way path has signed and is getting his title certified as well; haven't heard anything more about that guy, so it could potentially be longer if he hasn't signed yet. (And of course it could all fall through if he decides not to sign, but the gas guy seemed to think it would be signed soon.)

AS has hemmed the curtains and they look great, so that's the first thing off our renovation/staging list! Small step but feels good to have something done.