I am going to do the 52 week savings challenge this year
OklaMoni
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Comments (12)It is not you. It's the blender. The behavior of liquid in the blender when you are using it is dependent on the shape of the jar and the fluid dymanics of the blades. You can try bending the blades to modify the dynamic characteristics, which I don't recommend unless you have the confidence of tinkering this sort of things. I have done it with my blender. There is a very practical way you can have the feature that is on very expensive blenders, namely soft-start. Buy a motor(router) speed control from Harborfreight ($20.00). You will be able to vary the speed of your blender from 0 to full, just like soft-start. or any speed in between. No more salad dressing on your ceiling. You can even run your blender at such a low speed that you can cramble eggs. dcarch...See MoreI saved money this week
Comments (5)celticmoon...Thanks, we'll check eBay for Allen Edmonds. So many of the men's and women's shoe brands are now made overseas, and in doing so, many of them are now of poor quality. My husband loves those new AE shoes. He's been looking for a long time for this particular pair, and even at the outlet mall they were lots more than he paid. Men's shoes are expensive! I guess I average him out...I have little feet, and I can usually get new shoes at a fraction of their original price. myfask...do check Parisian. I understand that the ones that will reopen as Belks don't have quite the bargains of the ones that have been outright sold. Be quick, though. The clerk at the Charleston store said they were closing for good at the end of January. And yes, Daniel Island is gorgeous. It's a beautifully planned community with mixed use housing for everyone from section 8 to millionaires. My son and his wife are lucky enough to live there, and my DIL has an office on the island....See MoreWeek 33: New week, Jump start the New Year?!?
Comments (16)CEF- I keep waiting to see a picture of the living room, pretty please with cookie dough on top? ;) So glad you are able to sell the doors and make some money back. Also, yay for having a properly working car!! Pinkelephant- I am so intrigued by your old school house turned home! I'm curious, do you happen to have any pictures from when you first bought it? It sounds like it has already been through a lot and now you are renoing it again. Your little girl is gorgeous!!! Sorry I couldn't help more with layout, it must be b/c of the time of year it is, the board seems kinda dead. You might try posting another new thread asking for layout help. There are some amazing layout guru's on here, you just have to be lucky enough to catch them. Good job though on shoring up walls, getting window openings set at this time of year, I know I don't want to be outside working right now!! OB2B- I.e. refinishing wood floors, I don't envy you. The first place hubby and I bought was a 60 year old house, remodeled in the 80s and they installed wood paneling and carpet over the wood floors. When we bought it, the first thing we did was pull off the paneling and pull up the carpet. We ended up refinishing all of the original floors ourselves before we moved in. I can't imagine trying to refinish wood floors in a house while living there! The dust and fumes are so pervasive!! Good luck! Also, on a personal note? Only 10 lbs?!?! You are doing much better than I am with reno fatigue!! Terri- I really want to see the before/after pics now!!! From the pic with your son, those trees were massive!! It must have made a huge difference to remove them! Annkh- I'm not a skier but those views look amazing!! I'm glad to hear you had a wonderful time on your ski trip. Schick- I, too, have all our taxes done, just waiting for a few forms to come in before submission. Are you good with electrical or are you going to have to hire it out? Our first house had to have the main replaced to bring it up to code, we were able to do it ourselves. When we added my kitchen last year, we added a sub panel for the new addition and, once again (thankfully) we were able to do it ourselves. I have only, in the past few years, come to realize why renovations are so expensive for the average homeowner. I was raised with a dad that taught me plumbing, electrical, car work, etc. (Yes, all work was done with a permit and passed inspection) No wonder others reno budgets are so high!!! I would have never been able to get even a fraction of what I have if I had to pay others to do it. I hope you are able to replace the main without eating into your bathroom reno too much! As for me, we left Saturday afternoon for them to spray insulation. We came back Sunday night with a vomiting kid and I spent the next few days trying to tend to her AND get work done. She was well enough to go to school on Tuesday so when the baby was napping, I pulled (what used to be) the window in the master bedroom which will now be a doorway to my closet. I also went in my "closet" and pulled all the decking off of what used to be the outside of the house. Just need to finish running electrical in there, build a header and install a door, and get drywall up and I will be able to start planning the design of the closet and planning the reno on the master bath. The bricks were delivered yesterday and the brick layers are supposed to be here tomorrow to start bricking. My dad is the one calling the shots on the reno since it is his (and my moms) place and I think he is honestly just ready for it to be done. We hired out pouring the slab. We hired out the septic (necessary since you have to have the proper licensing, etc. for it to pass inspection.) Hired out some framers to do the HIPP roof and now hiring brick layers to come and do the brick work. Most of this (except the septic) we could do ourselves but he is ready to be done and I don't blame him one bit!!...See More52 Week Savings Plan
Comments (16)Congratulations, lukkiirish and others who have developed a savings plan, and at least begun to implement it, which the 52-week one helps to achieve. Another variation, as I and perhaps others have suggested in earlier years, was to put the numbers from 1 to 52 into a hat and draw one out each week, then depositing that amount into the savings account. It tends to make a person try a bit harder to build a cushion of money available, in case the $45 ... or $52 ... item might show up next week. I like the idea of delaying impulse purchases, as often some extra thought tends to shift the priority downward somewhat. Grandma (Dad's side, who lived with us when we were kids) used to say that a penny saved was a penny earned .. but she was wrong (unless, in Canada, your annual income is around $11,000., in which situation you don't have to pay Federal tax [probably no Provincial, either]). Most of us, if we're in 25% tax bracket, must earn $1.33, then pay the 33 cents income tax, to have the $1.00 available to consider as savings. Good wishes with your savings plan - it'll help you retire early (whether that's a voluntary one, or imposed, such as when you suffer layoff, company bankruptcy, or for whatever reason). ole joyful...See Morejoyfulguy
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