Over the weekend, we got the usual mail of catalogs, periodicals and weekly grocery inserts. On top, though, was a letter from our mortgage company that didn't look like a bill (it was pink behind the window, not the normal bluish-gray). I've come … [Read more...] about The $800 Surprise
Today while I was closing our pool, I struck up a conversation with the neighbor across the street. I learned that she would be walking the full 4 miles kilometers in the Walk for Hope to Cure Breast Cancer - DC. She was going to walk with 3 other … [Read more...] about I’m Walking for Hope. Consider donating.
I've complained and complained all spring and summer about these vicious retaining walls I've been building around our property and I think we're finally done (for this year at least). Any other walls will be minor, such as around our A/C unit as the … [Read more...] about Finishing Our Retaining Walls
When all the news reports came out a few weeks ago about the dangers of radon-emitting granite countertops, we got worried. The previous owners installed $4,000 worth of granite in the kitchen and we had no idea if we were poisoning ourselves or … [Read more...] about Testing Your Home and Granite Countertops for Radon Gas
Debt • Finances & Money • Home
For the last 3 years, we've been on a mission to pay off our non-home debt. In that time, we've paid off about $82,000! You can track our current status in the debt scales in the sidebar. But now we've decided to switch from paying down our car … [Read more...] about Changing Gears on Our Debt Repayment
Family or Marriage • Finances & Money • Home
A few weeks ago, when I learned our house and truck have devalued quite a bit, a personal friend of mine who calls himself "Realist" here a guy called "JiggyPete" who commented as "Realist" (NOT my personal friend "realist" who refuses to punctuate … [Read more...] about Riches do not equal Prosperity
