I have not had much to update; my new job has been keeping me really, really busy, (and so have my kids) so the house has fallen a little to the wayside. We are currently digging out the clutter and polishing the silver (so to speak) in preparation for the Speakeasy Porch Party we are hosting in March. I've done one party before, in JULY, and that's not going to happen again.....you can't keep a poorly insulated old house cool enough with dozens of people walking in and out.
I hope there are some cool costumes; I'm going to check out Sherry's, I got a shirt for my son there he wears while working at the Ren Fest. It's handmade - she is using a seamstress to make period clothing and costumes.....not thrift store cheap, but excellent quality and not as expensive if we had bought the shirt AT the Ren Fest. I don't know if I have the time/money/concentration to put together an actual costume, but I want one of those cute hats!
Our 23rd anniversary is this weekend (married at 12), our daughter's boyfriend is coming the following weekend, then the party is the following weekend. THEN, the immediate neighbors get to behold the spector of a big square carnival house, as we get "tented". Maybe we will stay at the Dutch Motel during this time......
I have also been reading obsessively about extended warranties. Many people think they are a rip off, but use one for one or two major repairs, and they actually do pay for themselves. I am a Saab owner, and anyone who has dealt with these cars, as much as I love them, knows they will have repairs....expensive ones. Saab owners are a little cult like, so it's hard to explain why I am on my 4th.....and this one is a purchase (used) and not a lease as my two previous cars, so I don't have free maintenance. I have decided on Continental. despite possibly the most obnoxious sales model in the universe, they cover costs to the NEW value of your car as opposed to the current value. They all look the same until you star comparing side by side.......they are not cheap either, but I figure I got my car for a couple thousand under book value, so adding this cost in doesn't put me far over that. Still not money I wanted to spend after buying a car.....but a piece of mind is priceless to a constant worrier like me.
So there is a lot of stuff going on for me.....just not outwardly.
We are sanding /putting fresh finish on some of the floors..stinky work. There's a house thing.......
