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. . . And you can't buy a home without taking out some home loans, can you?  If you can, congratulations!  Wanna pay off my house too?

In all seriousness, we haven't gotten to that point in our lives just yet, but we are doing everything we can to get there.  We had to take out even more home loans when we wanted to do some remodelling projects, which was a real disappointment.  Thankfully, those second mortgages are paid offf now, and we have a greatly-improved house to live in as well.  We used the money from our home equity loan to finish the basement and make room for the new baby, and we were able to pay it back quickly so we saved some money on the interest.  I expect it will all be worth it when we sell the house.

I am getting a bit sad about moving and leaving all the work I've done behind.  We'll be painting more before we go, and I have a feeling I'm going to have to use neutral colors so as not to offend the senses of our potential buyers.  That kills me -- there is no joy in painting in shades of white and beige.  Again, it all comes back to the hardship of mortgages.  If ours were smaller, we'd be staying put and painting the house red (or some other equally cheerful color).  Such is life.  Someday soon, we'll be working on a new home in a new place, and I'll love that one even more because it will be debt-free!      

jessy @ 11:15 | comments(0) | Permanent link

I haven't been doing a whole lot of home repairs lately, since my boyfriend and I are talking about selling our house, but we did decide to have the kitchen floor tiled.  We're also going to have a backsplash put in since the wall behind our counter is stained from cooking grease and it's impossible to get the stains out of the paint.

I think I'm also going to take that as my opportunity to add some colorful kitchen gadgets as well.  I love the line of Kitchen-Aid mixers that come in just about every color of the rainbow, and I wouldn't mind leaving something like that set up on my counter all the time.  Even practical gadgets can be decorative, too, you know!

I may also pick up a pot rack so that I can display the Le Creuset cast iron cookware that I accumulated while I was working at their outlet store.  I could go nuts shopping for kitchen products.  It's too much fun to think about all the ways they can be used to create delicious meals and tasty treats -- and cooking is always so much more fun when you have a new toy to play with while you cook!   

jess @ 05:43 | comments(0) | Permanent link