As of Thursday August 18, 2011 at 4:30 pm, we are happy home owners! We are ecstatic to move into our quaint 3 bedroom 2 bathroom home over the next few days. Our move will entail transporting all our belongings from my grandma's garage to ours...about 8 houses down. 9 houses down from ours is where we've been living for the past 3 weeks, my parents house. That's right...4 generations in one neighborhood. It the talk of our subdivision. The youngest generation just arrived on July 28, 2011 at 5:13 pm. Pictures to come. Anyways...with interest rates and home prices so low, we decided to jump on our opportunity to buy a house. Our monthly payment is reasonable, being about $200 more that what we were paying in rent. But what is the real cost of owning a home? Lawn mowers, tools, appliances, cleaning products, paint, shovels... So here is volume 1. 1 day into owning a home --
Used refrigerator: $325 ($387 with tax and delivery)
Door knobs: $45
Squeegie: $5
Carpet deoderizer: $4
Wall putty: $5
Razors: $2
Pro Carpet Cleaning: $190
Sub Total: $638
Cumulative Total: $638
to be continued...
"Waiting for the fish to bite or waiting for wind to fly a kite or waiting around for Friday night or waiting, perhaps, for their Uncle Jake or a pot to boil, or a Better Break or a string of pearls, or a pair of pants or a wig with curls, or Another Chance. Everyone is just waiting. No! That's not for you! Somehow you'll escape all that waiting and staying. You'll find the bright places where Boom Bands are playing." Dr. Seuss--Oh, The Places You'll Go!
Friday, August 19, 2011
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