wrapping things up

There is nothing I like better than completing projects and having everything done. The porch now has very nice wooden steps that lead up to our back porch. They are no longer treacherous and they are even wider than before so we could put some potted plants on them. It looks so nice out there! The rails are done, the steps are done. It is such a nice space to hang out in. We got a hammock last night to try hanging up between a couple of the posts. Last night we both said, "Well, now we can't move!" Which is what we always say when we spend time working on our house. Then we remember that almost daily there is inevitably someone who busts in on our showers to use our only bathroom. But, we do have more space to use in the attic. We just keep going back and forth about how much money we want to put into this house. We probably won't get it back.

We also made a decision about a new van. We are getting a Dodge Grand Caravan. The dealer faxed the paperwork to the bank this morning and we will probably go get it on Monday. It will be fine. It isn't anything special, but it will meet our needs. We definitely almost got sucked into buying something newer, nicer, more bells and whistles. For a couple of days we were like if we are going to spend x amount of dollars, we could spend just this much more and get something even better. But the bottom line is that we really don't need anything more than this and it would be more than we could really afford. So, we will take what we can afford and be happy that it gets us where we need to go.