I am really happy to say I am finally making forward progress. For so long, I felt I was spinning my wheels, only repairing things without making movement from the point where I first bought the house. It's slow going but I don;t mind that much. Keeps me occupied for a longer time.
This week, I installed a new programmable thermostat for the furnace. Not sure how well the old one was working. I feel rather certain it was over 30 years old, probably the original thermostat. Possibly even from an older furnace.
Got the roof beams up for the solarium. Still need to do the cross beams and two attachments to the wall before putting up the covering but none of that should take long. Few more days.
Daughter's room is nearly complete in basic form. Wired, new floor (except the closet yet), painted (still some completion to do there) and bed is built, with a decent mattress.
The Camaro is far from perfect. Needs work. Still better than anything I've been driving for several years. At least, since I finished fixing the leaking freeze plug.
Not skipping meals to make ends meet. Which I am definitely no stranger to.
If I can sell the truck for $300, that will finance insulating the ceiling space for the main house and maybe a little extra left over. Which I can use for lumber to build furniture for daughter's room and some more shelves.
The new job seems to be going well. I'll be going to being paid by the case in a couple of weeks. That has the potential for higher pay but is much more likely if I can get my shift changed to start earlier. Can't enter the request until after my 90 days are up.
I did figure out if I can average 90 cases per day, it will mean $1200 a month extra before taxes. Think I mentioned that before. If I can do that, can pay off the student loan plus get a lot more fixed up in rather short order. Even more so if the solarium works as planned and reduces the heating bill.
This week, I installed a new programmable thermostat for the furnace. Not sure how well the old one was working. I feel rather certain it was over 30 years old, probably the original thermostat. Possibly even from an older furnace.
Got the roof beams up for the solarium. Still need to do the cross beams and two attachments to the wall before putting up the covering but none of that should take long. Few more days.
Daughter's room is nearly complete in basic form. Wired, new floor (except the closet yet), painted (still some completion to do there) and bed is built, with a decent mattress.
The Camaro is far from perfect. Needs work. Still better than anything I've been driving for several years. At least, since I finished fixing the leaking freeze plug.
Not skipping meals to make ends meet. Which I am definitely no stranger to.
If I can sell the truck for $300, that will finance insulating the ceiling space for the main house and maybe a little extra left over. Which I can use for lumber to build furniture for daughter's room and some more shelves.
The new job seems to be going well. I'll be going to being paid by the case in a couple of weeks. That has the potential for higher pay but is much more likely if I can get my shift changed to start earlier. Can't enter the request until after my 90 days are up.
I did figure out if I can average 90 cases per day, it will mean $1200 a month extra before taxes. Think I mentioned that before. If I can do that, can pay off the student loan plus get a lot more fixed up in rather short order. Even more so if the solarium works as planned and reduces the heating bill.
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