Yesterday Tanner and I got a wonderful surprise. Not only did he receive 2 full paychecks 2 weeks in a row; he also received a bonus and managed to squeak in a littl OT.
Don't you realize what this means?
We can FINALLY finish our floors throughout the rest of the house, yippee!
Our house has lots of wonderful wood flooring, but unfortunately it wasn't well maintained and after 30 years it was covered in carpeting. Two years ago (pre-recession) we decided to remove all of the carpeting in our house (except for the master bedroom) and re-finish all of the floors. We were able to to our living room and that's it. We've been putting a little back here and there but now that we've had a little extra brought to the table we are finally going to get to do all of the rooms. Everything should be completed by Wednesday.
My mom is traveling to Florida for the next 10 days to visit my sis Patty and her new fam, so we'll be able to stay at Mom's house until the floor project is completed. I'll only be 15 minutes from work versus the 50 minute commute I currently drive. Woo-hoo!
It'll be neat to see our combined net income at the end of the year and be able to take that number and budget around it. If we could stay on track earning thousands less, we should be able to put thousands back once things are back to normal. The recession has been an adjustment, but I think I've said before, it was the best thing to happen to us financially. We are so much smarter with our money. Thank you US Economy for the tough love. We needed it.
2 comments:
That's great news about the floors! What a nice bonus to be able to sleep in a little next week!
That's awesome!! Yay!
It's amazing how we cope when we have to make do.
But it's nice to breath again and be able to get though things done you've been thinking about.
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