We've spent day after day after DAY picking up boxes and bags, then hauling them out -- to the garage, the dumpster and the storage trailer. I am relieved to say that we've got one, maybe two long days left -- then the upstairs is cleared out. (The downstairs has been for a week now, but the concrete guys were working down there.)
Finally, painting and floors start next week.
But we won't be totally homeless.
We bought a trailer! It's an Arctic Fox fifth wheel, a little bigger and a lot newer than our previous one. We exchange the final payment and the title next week.
And...thanks to an incredible Hollander deal on tickets, we put down a deposit on our dream trip: a world cruise in 2020. (True to form, I managed to register twice for it, worrying that we wouldn't get the sale price. Arghgh. Thankfully, that's fixed now.)
What a week. What a month. And now it starts all over again.
Life will be a little hectic this weekend, so I thought I'd get this post up early. Here we go:
A huge auto/bike collection, hidden by its collector for years, is going up for auction. Some real beauties and rarities here...
More shootings: this time in Virginia Beach. And no, this does NOT prove that we don't need to own guns. (Though I do believe that the laws should be more strict.) In fact, it shows the opposite -- if someone would have been 'carrying' that day, they might well have stopped the carnage sooner. Thank God for police officers quickly on the scene.
Financial "rules" that may not be the best for YOU. (From Budgets Are Sexy)
'Should I feel guilty about accepting hand-me-downs, when other people need them more?' (Musings from I Pick Up Pennies -- the 'other' blog)
Bizarre (and incredibly cool) fossils. (From Ranker) Also from them:
Weird foods people ate to get through the Great Depression. Prune whip, anyone? But that led to a very interesting article on:
Desperation pies . (Thanks, Bon Appetit)
A dozen 'cheap luxuries' -- to help keep you from feeling too deprived.
Ten hidden gravesites...found with satellite images. (From Listverse)
"How I eliminated a sizeable chunk of debt" -- in just one year. (From Thrifty Mom in Boise)
The King's highway. An interesting parable with a twist. (From Budgets Are Sexy)
Twenty very funny office notes. Including:
Honus Wagner's baseball card -- one of a dozen in the world -- sells for $1.2 million. That sounds great, until you read it was expected to fetch up to $5 million. (Yes, five million smackeroos, for a piece of paper. And a small one, at that.)
Twenty photos that prove the story. (From Upbeat)
Have a good week(end).
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