Still Crazy After All These Years
I just wanted to let everyone know I'm still here.
I've just been hellaciously busy lately.
I still love you all, some of you more than others.
You know who you are.
The big events that have happened lately are Kowgirl getting into an accident with our "good" car. She's fine, but the insurance refused to pony up for repairs. We then purchased a new car (new to us, at least) as a replacement. However it looks like we'll need to repair the older one anyway as Kowgirl will start taking classes soon and her campus does not have any bus service to it. None. Not even inconvenient "only comes once and hour" service.
In other financial news, we applied for an extension of credit on our LOC in order to do some required work around the house. Basically the plumbing is literally falling apart. We also lost our furnace this past spring and are relying on a wood burning stove to heat the house. We'd hoped to get about $20k as a loan to use for remodeling the bathroom, a new furnace, and replacing the plumbing. Long story short, we got turned down. The housing crisis has made everyone REALLY skittish about new loans. The $20k would pretty much max out our equity based on an estimate so our financial adviser has warned us pretty much no one is going to take a chance.
So it's belt-tightening time if we want to take a shower and stay warm this winter. I'm not sure how to broach this subject, but Kowgirl wanted to take two weeks in Mexico this winter and I don't see how we can do both. She may have to choose between a break from Seattle winters or heat during Seattle winters.
How're things with everyone else?
I've just been hellaciously busy lately.
I still love you all, some of you more than others.
You know who you are.
The big events that have happened lately are Kowgirl getting into an accident with our "good" car. She's fine, but the insurance refused to pony up for repairs. We then purchased a new car (new to us, at least) as a replacement. However it looks like we'll need to repair the older one anyway as Kowgirl will start taking classes soon and her campus does not have any bus service to it. None. Not even inconvenient "only comes once and hour" service.
In other financial news, we applied for an extension of credit on our LOC in order to do some required work around the house. Basically the plumbing is literally falling apart. We also lost our furnace this past spring and are relying on a wood burning stove to heat the house. We'd hoped to get about $20k as a loan to use for remodeling the bathroom, a new furnace, and replacing the plumbing. Long story short, we got turned down. The housing crisis has made everyone REALLY skittish about new loans. The $20k would pretty much max out our equity based on an estimate so our financial adviser has warned us pretty much no one is going to take a chance.
So it's belt-tightening time if we want to take a shower and stay warm this winter. I'm not sure how to broach this subject, but Kowgirl wanted to take two weeks in Mexico this winter and I don't see how we can do both. She may have to choose between a break from Seattle winters or heat during Seattle winters.
How're things with everyone else?