The absolute cheapest way to makeover a room? Move the furniture around! I've been lukewarm about our living room for awhile. It was very comfortable, but the composition left something to be desired: We have two very comfortable recliners and a great couch. But the room doesn't look very well put together. In fact, it Continue Reading
Archives for May 2012
The $19 makeover
The main bathroom in our house is pretty blah. We have a nice new bathroom faucet, courtesy of the fact that the old one dripped steadily and had to be replaced. But there's really no color anywhere in the room. What's worse, the bathroom cabinet looked drab. It was painted white, but it was a little dingy. Also, there were small spots where the Continue Reading
Are we big meany-heads?
Or whatever the technical term is. A reader responded to They reeeeaaally don't get it saying that we did not come off well in the post. Her view is that we put them in a demeaning situation: " I get that they are needy people but the constant reminder that you are in charge and will only respond to their needs when it suits you is a very Continue Reading
Well, the emergency fund was nice while it lasted
Slowly but surely, we'd built our EF up to $680... And then we took the car into the shop. Sigh. The A/C hasn't worked for awhile. I thought it was just low on the freon-type stuff. But apparently the compressor is defunct. A new compressor, the installation, a flush of the system (to make sure another part is okay) and the actual cost of the Continue Reading
They reeeeaaally don’t get it
Tim's dad needed to pick up a prescription. His mom had reminded us all week that the meds were running low, but we were sick all week. So imagine Tim's shock when, mere hours after we got back from the ER with news of the miscarriage, Nadine told him, "Now remember, Tim, tomorrow you have to take Dad to Fry's to get his meds." She apparently Continue Reading
4 doctor visits in 40 hours
We've been walking wounded here this past week. Tim got a bad chest cold, and I followed suit pretty quickly. We thought Tim had a sinus infection and planned to take him to a clinic on Thursday. But on Wednesday night, his asthma flared up and we had to go to the ER at 11:45 p.m. (The 40-hour clock starts now.) Turns out it wasn't just a bad Continue Reading