Our monthly budget just took a $138 deduction and our house payment now stands at $828.58. I just made the transfer to pay off our second mortgage!
Now we can get started on some of the projects we've been putting off since we bought the house, so keep an eye out here for all of the before and after pictures.
I will start turning focus to our first (and only) mortgage. The balance is $118,748.31 right now, and if we can continue at the pace we set with the second mortgage, we may be able to reach payoff within 3 years. I think that may be possible because we are still waiting on our first time homebuyer tax credit.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Monday, September 14, 2009
Quick update...
Things are a bit cleaned up-- I've enlisted my brother's help to get a better looking banner up top.
I added a progress meter to the sidebar and will be adding links so you can keep track of how our house is doing. I'll try to add some instructions on how to do what we're doing, so maybe, as I actually start to earn some authority in telling people how to fix their houses, we'll start leaning toward a how-to/informational blog.
Hurrah!
I added a progress meter to the sidebar and will be adding links so you can keep track of how our house is doing. I'll try to add some instructions on how to do what we're doing, so maybe, as I actually start to earn some authority in telling people how to fix their houses, we'll start leaning toward a how-to/informational blog.
Hurrah!
Chadwell Chronicles!!!!
Natalie and I just bought a domain name. http://www.chadwellchronicles.com
Feel free to update your bookmarks and blogrolls, although the old address will continue to work. Things will look a little different as I have time to fix stuff up. In the meantime, enjoy some of our recent estate sale finds!
1. Item: Markwell "RU60" Tack-Master
Era: Mid 1940's.
Favorite part about it: The tagline (may be hard to see in the picture): "It's Trigger Fast"
Price: $1
This thing is going to be at my estate sale.
2. Item: Bird... jars?
Era: 1960s-70s.
Favorite part about it: Awww, those cute little birds!
Price: $5 for the set.
Item: Owl figurines.
Era: Unknown.
Favorite part about it: The loving nickname we've given them: The Turd Birds.
Price: $1 for the set
Item: Corningware Spice O' Life set
Era: 1972 - 1987
Favorite part about it: Uh, hello? Most useful dish set ever created.
Price: $30 for the set.
Item: Owl Figurines. (Again!?!? Come on Natalie!)
Era: Midcentury... what can I say? They loved owls back then...
Favorite part about it: They are just so cute I want to pick them up, poke their eyes and pull their wings off!!!!! Lil guys...
Price: $5 for the set.
Feel free to update your bookmarks and blogrolls, although the old address will continue to work. Things will look a little different as I have time to fix stuff up. In the meantime, enjoy some of our recent estate sale finds!
1. Item: Markwell "RU60" Tack-Master
Era: Mid 1940's.
Favorite part about it: The tagline (may be hard to see in the picture): "It's Trigger Fast"
Price: $1
This thing is going to be at my estate sale.
2. Item: Bird... jars?Era: 1960s-70s.
Favorite part about it: Awww, those cute little birds!
Price: $5 for the set.
Item: Owl figurines.Era: Unknown.
Favorite part about it: The loving nickname we've given them: The Turd Birds.
Price: $1 for the set
Item: Corningware Spice O' Life setEra: 1972 - 1987
Favorite part about it: Uh, hello? Most useful dish set ever created.
Price: $30 for the set.
Item: Owl Figurines. (Again!?!? Come on Natalie!)
Era: Midcentury... what can I say? They loved owls back then...
Favorite part about it: They are just so cute I want to pick them up, poke their eyes and pull their wings off!!!!! Lil guys...
Price: $5 for the set.
Sunday, September 6, 2009
House Update
Natalie's totally getting into mid-century furniture. I drilled a few holes in this buffet and it makes a lovely TV stand.
We still haven't paid off the second mortgage so we're still just doing the free-inexpensive work. Enjoy:
The hallway had two closets right now to one another. We decided we didn't like that.
I've definitely felt like we're in over our heads a dozen times so far, but I just keep pushing on. I guess I'm just courageous like that.
See? We got protection from all of the dust and just braved right through it all. I'll post some after pictures as we get closer. I've got all of my equipment to rewire the light switch, outlet, etc.
P.S. Natalie cut 11" of her poor hair off and it looks really good.
So, feeling a little overwhelmed with the study/closet adventure, we decided to solve some other house problems. Here is our beautiful master bathtub...
Nice, right? So I spent the next 45 minutes trying to get comfortable in the tub chipping away the moldy grout/caulking.
Natalie helped a LOT. Thanks, Natalie.
Tah-dah! Beeeeeeeeeeautiful.
After we (er, I) scraped all the crud out, we taped it up and got ready to recaulk.
And there you go. It's not quite done and we need to touch up some areas since we ran out of caulk mid-recaulking.
There you have it. I should also get some pictures of the backyard and side of the house-- we've spent many hours out there cleaning it up and it's looking a lot better nowadays.
P.S. Shout-out to Young House Love for the inspirstructions.
We still haven't paid off the second mortgage so we're still just doing the free-inexpensive work. Enjoy:
The hallway had two closets right now to one another. We decided we didn't like that.
I've definitely felt like we're in over our heads a dozen times so far, but I just keep pushing on. I guess I'm just courageous like that.
See? We got protection from all of the dust and just braved right through it all. I'll post some after pictures as we get closer. I've got all of my equipment to rewire the light switch, outlet, etc.P.S. Natalie cut 11" of her poor hair off and it looks really good.
So, feeling a little overwhelmed with the study/closet adventure, we decided to solve some other house problems. Here is our beautiful master bathtub...
Nice, right? So I spent the next 45 minutes trying to get comfortable in the tub chipping away the moldy grout/caulking.
Natalie helped a LOT. Thanks, Natalie.
Tah-dah! Beeeeeeeeeeautiful.
After we (er, I) scraped all the crud out, we taped it up and got ready to recaulk.
And there you go. It's not quite done and we need to touch up some areas since we ran out of caulk mid-recaulking.
There you have it. I should also get some pictures of the backyard and side of the house-- we've spent many hours out there cleaning it up and it's looking a lot better nowadays.P.S. Shout-out to Young House Love for the inspirstructions.
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