Yesterday was the fifth anniversary of moving into our house and getting our dog back (best day ever!) This place has certainly come a long way in half a decade. We finished the basement, which has been a huge improvement. And the yard has gone from being a field of weeds to being a place… Continue Reading
Making Progress Towards Our Savings Goals
Happy November! I hope you all had a good Halloween and that your week is off to a great start :-) Last spring, we refinanced our mortgage. We’ve been loving our 2.44% interest rate, and we haven’t made any additional principal payments since we refinanced – it just doesn’t make sense with that rate of… Continue Reading
Easy DIY Mouse-Proofing
Don’t you love it when you open your silverware drawer and a mouse jumps off the forks and scurries to the back of the drawer? Yeah, me neither. And the next two hours spent cleaning everything in the kitchen drawers and under the sink aren’t much fun either. Seriously, mice, why do you have to… Continue Reading
A Good Enough House For A Great Life
Last spring I published a post that was inspired by an email I got from a reader named Kate. She wrote about how being able to pay for something isn’t the same thing as being able to afford it, and I loved her perspective. We had some back and forth emails, and then at the… Continue Reading
Finding Inspiration In Tiny Houses
Hope you’re all having a great Friday! My de-cluttering is still going strong… I’ve even progressed to furniture! Earlier this week I got rid of a desk by using the free section of Craigs List, and I’m hoping to get rid of a dresser today. We decided that my husband and I can share a… Continue Reading
What Sun Oven Food Looks Like
Yesterday I baked a loaf of whole wheat bread in our sun oven. Then I decided to make eggplant sandwiches. I had a fresh farmers market eggplant, which I sliced up and drizzled with fresh garlic, olive oil, salt, and pepper. Then I put the eggplant slices in the sun oven and left them there… Continue Reading
In Our New House!
Nope, I haven’t fallen off the face of the earth. It’s been a bit crazy around here lately. We are absolutely thrilled with our new home, but moving is a bit of a drag. Hopfully we won’t be doing it again! Everything was going smoothly until two days before our move date when I called… Continue Reading
Our New Mortgage
We’ve been tying up loose ends all week, getting ready to sell our current house and buy our new home. Our closing is set for Friday morning, and then the closing on the new house is on Monday. It feels like we’re never going to get everything packed up and moved out of her by… Continue Reading
Not Paying For Our Buyer’s Low Interest Rate
We think we’re finally past most of the speed bumps on the road to selling one house and buying another. The appraisal was the last hurdle for selling our house, and unfortunately it came in $5000 lower than our asking price. We knew this was going to be an issue even before we listed our… Continue Reading
One More Hurdle To Jump Before We Sell Our House
Our home appraisal is tomorrow. My husband and I are both on pins and needles about the appraisal. Our house was listed for $214,900, and got two offers for the asking price, one after three days on the market, and the other after five days. We had tons of showings in the few days before… Continue Reading