OK, so here's why we'll never be rich!
So, y'all know we bought this new home, right? Of course you know, silly me, you read my last post and took the video tour & commented and responded & oohed and ahhed all over yourselves and now you're wondering what's the holdup and why haven't I mailed out the Open House invites already. Ok, Ok, gimme a break, it's a hunnert degrees and that's in the shade.
Back to topic. So, during the course of inspection on this house, we discovered we needed a couple of interior doors, so we've been watching the sales papers, and lo & behold, Home Depot has doors on sale. Well, ok, so they APPEARED to be on sale, but that's a whole 'nother story. Just know that they appeared to be for now. So, we thought, cool, Fri, Sat, Sun, we could buy these 2 doors and save, oh, I dunno, maybe a couple of $'s each door, but we had to get back into the house to measure the doorways. OK, no probs. We just rung up ye ole Realtor & she arranged to get the key from the other agent & meet us up there at 6 pm. Now, ya gotta know, this house is all the way at the North end of town. We, on the other hand, are staying at the very SOUTH end of town. Six pm, right? Yeah, there's a 5 pm rush hour here, too. We did our yard sale & other stuff, basically, just goofing off in town until we were done, and it was only 3 pm. So, back to the camper we went, walked puppy & took a dip. Nice, refreshing, WARM dip in the clean pool.
Showered, cleaned ourselves up & headed out to get to the other side of town to meet the Realtor. Of course, being hot as it is, man, my eyeballs were shut shortly after we got on the road. When I heard the thunk, and felt the jolt, they flew open, just in time to see the poor deer go tumbling onto the shoulder of the road....oh my gosh. We hit the poor thing. Jose was really good & kept control of the truck (Natalie, if you're reading this, I dunno why I call him Jose, but always have), not an easy task at 55 mph.
We pulled off at the very first chance, and yup, luck would have it, was a little, windy-a$$ street to nowhere. Found a pull-off spot and stopped to check out the damage. Luckily for us, we were banged up & dented, but the radiator seemed to be intact, and the wheel & tire didn't appear damaged. Ummmm, lights & grille on the right side are different story, and it looks like yet another insurance claim. Remember, we cracked a windshield last May & ran over crap on road just a couple months ago, so we were a bit reluctant to turn this one in.
Nothin' we could do about it at the moment, so we turned around & headed back out to the new house...focusing on the task at hand - saving money on new doors, right? On the way back to the highway, we passed a Jeep that was pulled to the side of this little, windy-a$$ road & commented on it, hoped she was ok. She appeared to be on the phone, so we didn't give it another thought. Why didn't WE pull off on the side of the road? OK, you remember our truck, right? Got a big ole back end, won't FIT on the side of most roads, that one included. So, we get to the house and naturally, we were early and the agent was late. We went down the street & made the dreaded phone call. Ahhhhhh, good ole USAA. What a champ! After about 2 minutes of really bad muzak, a real sweet young lady comes on the phone, commiserates with us a bit, shows some concern, sympathizes with the deer, asks a few questions, answers a few questions, and poof! Claim is submitted, body shop of choice has the paperwork authorizing repairs, we have instructions to pay the whopping sum of $100, and we're ready to go. During that time, Jose & the Realtor had gone inside, measured the doorways in question, read the electric meter number and come back out to survey the deer damage.
We *thought* the owner of the house was moved out, and we kicked around the idea (the IDEA, not the dog!) of bringing the dog out to the house, so she could run around some, but ultimately, we decided not to, JUST IN CASE someone was still there. Thank Goodness we left her home - the owner, his sister AND their dog were still living in the house.
Anyway, we leave the house, after getting the needed info, and head over to Home Depot. Lemme just say this about that. I was NOT very happy about spending an hour and a half getting 2 stupid doors on our cart. I got a survey and they probably will not be happy with my comments, should I get the chance to leave any. (Ask the general mgr of Golden Corral if I'm vocal - we have a coupon for a free dinner for 2, should we ever decide to go back!) Wouldn't it be a hoot if we won the $5000 gift card on a negative response? HAHA - I crack myself up, just thinking about it!
Oh, and how much money did we save on these 2 doors? Nada. Yup, you read that right. Not a penny. Oh, wait, yes, we did - because of my big mouth, and Jose's military service, we saved 10% on our entire purchase. But, on the doors-on-sale?? Nope. They were not on sale. They were FOR sale, just like they always were, but this week, they were in the circular. Soooooooooo, it cost us the fuel to get all the way across town, $100 for the deer damage, whatever insurance rates will rise, and at least a day's waste getting the truck repaired. Now, you, too, know why we'll never be rich.
Oh, and today, we got the estimate.....the visible damage'll run about $1500 - not nearly as much as I'd thought, but again, that's what's visible from the outside. When they open it all up, costs could easily rise.
Today we also yard-saled. Yesterday, we bought a rocking chair, a little toy-chest-bench thing & a bookcase-like structure, made out of weathered fence boards...very shabby chic. Jose says more shabby than chic, but it spoke to me, and I just *had* to have it.
Today, we bought an electric hedge clipper, a desk for my serger, a wrought-iron wall hanging thing (surprisingly enough, I just said it was cute when he picked it up, little did I know it was gonna be in the purchase!) and a sewing room chair. Whoohoo! When we finished the yard-sales, we went back to the furniture store where I'd found a decent dining set & ordered it.
So, now we have the great room done, except for TV & rug; the dining room, except for dishes, pots, glasses & mixing bowls; our bedroom except for bath stuff; the guest room - all done; the sewing room needs only a storage cabinet. YAAAAAY! And we heard from the mortgage man yesterday, so we're just waiting for some paperwork now & the closing date to get here. After all that, we'll be ready for company, so y'all c'mon down!!
Take care, stay cool & don't work too hard! Much love!
Back to topic. So, during the course of inspection on this house, we discovered we needed a couple of interior doors, so we've been watching the sales papers, and lo & behold, Home Depot has doors on sale. Well, ok, so they APPEARED to be on sale, but that's a whole 'nother story. Just know that they appeared to be for now. So, we thought, cool, Fri, Sat, Sun, we could buy these 2 doors and save, oh, I dunno, maybe a couple of $'s each door, but we had to get back into the house to measure the doorways. OK, no probs. We just rung up ye ole Realtor & she arranged to get the key from the other agent & meet us up there at 6 pm. Now, ya gotta know, this house is all the way at the North end of town. We, on the other hand, are staying at the very SOUTH end of town. Six pm, right? Yeah, there's a 5 pm rush hour here, too. We did our yard sale & other stuff, basically, just goofing off in town until we were done, and it was only 3 pm. So, back to the camper we went, walked puppy & took a dip. Nice, refreshing, WARM dip in the clean pool.
Showered, cleaned ourselves up & headed out to get to the other side of town to meet the Realtor. Of course, being hot as it is, man, my eyeballs were shut shortly after we got on the road. When I heard the thunk, and felt the jolt, they flew open, just in time to see the poor deer go tumbling onto the shoulder of the road....oh my gosh. We hit the poor thing. Jose was really good & kept control of the truck (Natalie, if you're reading this, I dunno why I call him Jose, but always have), not an easy task at 55 mph.
We pulled off at the very first chance, and yup, luck would have it, was a little, windy-a$$ street to nowhere. Found a pull-off spot and stopped to check out the damage. Luckily for us, we were banged up & dented, but the radiator seemed to be intact, and the wheel & tire didn't appear damaged. Ummmm, lights & grille on the right side are different story, and it looks like yet another insurance claim. Remember, we cracked a windshield last May & ran over crap on road just a couple months ago, so we were a bit reluctant to turn this one in.
Nothin' we could do about it at the moment, so we turned around & headed back out to the new house...focusing on the task at hand - saving money on new doors, right? On the way back to the highway, we passed a Jeep that was pulled to the side of this little, windy-a$$ road & commented on it, hoped she was ok. She appeared to be on the phone, so we didn't give it another thought. Why didn't WE pull off on the side of the road? OK, you remember our truck, right? Got a big ole back end, won't FIT on the side of most roads, that one included. So, we get to the house and naturally, we were early and the agent was late. We went down the street & made the dreaded phone call. Ahhhhhh, good ole USAA. What a champ! After about 2 minutes of really bad muzak, a real sweet young lady comes on the phone, commiserates with us a bit, shows some concern, sympathizes with the deer, asks a few questions, answers a few questions, and poof! Claim is submitted, body shop of choice has the paperwork authorizing repairs, we have instructions to pay the whopping sum of $100, and we're ready to go. During that time, Jose & the Realtor had gone inside, measured the doorways in question, read the electric meter number and come back out to survey the deer damage.
We *thought* the owner of the house was moved out, and we kicked around the idea (the IDEA, not the dog!) of bringing the dog out to the house, so she could run around some, but ultimately, we decided not to, JUST IN CASE someone was still there. Thank Goodness we left her home - the owner, his sister AND their dog were still living in the house.
Anyway, we leave the house, after getting the needed info, and head over to Home Depot. Lemme just say this about that. I was NOT very happy about spending an hour and a half getting 2 stupid doors on our cart. I got a survey and they probably will not be happy with my comments, should I get the chance to leave any. (Ask the general mgr of Golden Corral if I'm vocal - we have a coupon for a free dinner for 2, should we ever decide to go back!) Wouldn't it be a hoot if we won the $5000 gift card on a negative response? HAHA - I crack myself up, just thinking about it!
Oh, and how much money did we save on these 2 doors? Nada. Yup, you read that right. Not a penny. Oh, wait, yes, we did - because of my big mouth, and Jose's military service, we saved 10% on our entire purchase. But, on the doors-on-sale?? Nope. They were not on sale. They were FOR sale, just like they always were, but this week, they were in the circular. Soooooooooo, it cost us the fuel to get all the way across town, $100 for the deer damage, whatever insurance rates will rise, and at least a day's waste getting the truck repaired. Now, you, too, know why we'll never be rich.
Oh, and today, we got the estimate.....the visible damage'll run about $1500 - not nearly as much as I'd thought, but again, that's what's visible from the outside. When they open it all up, costs could easily rise.
Today we also yard-saled. Yesterday, we bought a rocking chair, a little toy-chest-bench thing & a bookcase-like structure, made out of weathered fence boards...very shabby chic. Jose says more shabby than chic, but it spoke to me, and I just *had* to have it.
Today, we bought an electric hedge clipper, a desk for my serger, a wrought-iron wall hanging thing (surprisingly enough, I just said it was cute when he picked it up, little did I know it was gonna be in the purchase!) and a sewing room chair. Whoohoo! When we finished the yard-sales, we went back to the furniture store where I'd found a decent dining set & ordered it. So, now we have the great room done, except for TV & rug; the dining room, except for dishes, pots, glasses & mixing bowls; our bedroom except for bath stuff; the guest room - all done; the sewing room needs only a storage cabinet. YAAAAAY! And we heard from the mortgage man yesterday, so we're just waiting for some paperwork now & the closing date to get here. After all that, we'll be ready for company, so y'all c'mon down!!
Take care, stay cool & don't work too hard! Much love!
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