Wednesday, February 5, 2014
Kitchen Upgrade: Dishwasher
We have wanted to upgrade our kitchen appliances for a while now. Since we are on the Dave Ramsey life plan, we don't go out and buy whatever we want, whenever we want. We opened a Home Improvement account and have been saving a little each month. When we had enough saved, we headed out to find a new dishwasher. Installed Saturday and we are in love! It matches our clean steel fridge and runs so very quietly, there's even an 'Eco' setting. Next on the upgrade plan: stove & microwave :)
Monday, February 3, 2014
2014 Goals Update - February
After making goals for 2013 and working hard to achieve them, my husband
and I made some goals for 2014. We are going to do our best to attain
these goals. Each month, I will update this blog on how we are doing on
our progress!
1. Continue to build our 72 Survival Kit - started, need to complete
2. Floor the attic - need the storage!
3. Update the kitchen appliances we have -dishwasher, stove, microwave --Bought a dishwasher in January!! So excited about that! Saving up to replace the stove & microwave
4. Put extra money toward paying off our house (Dave Ramsey's Baby Step #6) -- Putting an extra $250 a month toward the principal on our mortgage and any "extra" money we have at the end of the month
5. Be intentional about finding place/people to give to
6. Continue to save for a vacation ($689.07 saved as of February 1, 2014)
7. Continue to save for a "new" vehicle ($5,875.97 saved as of February 1, 2014) -- Had to use some funds to fix our car from the accident
8. Bret to buy a sidearm, a holster, and an AR (maybe!) - using overtime money to pay for this
9. Take a short trip together somewhere - may be difficult with Bret's new LEO schedule
1. Continue to build our 72 Survival Kit - started, need to complete
2. Floor the attic - need the storage!
3. Update the kitchen appliances we have -
4. Put extra money toward paying off our house (Dave Ramsey's Baby Step #6) -- Putting an extra $250 a month toward the principal on our mortgage and any "extra" money we have at the end of the month
5. Be intentional about finding place/people to give to
6. Continue to save for a vacation ($689.07 saved as of February 1, 2014)
7. Continue to save for a "new" vehicle ($5,875.97 saved as of February 1, 2014) -- Had to use some funds to fix our car from the accident
8. Bret to buy a sidearm, a holster, and an AR (maybe!) - using overtime money to pay for this
9. Take a short trip together somewhere - may be difficult with Bret's new LEO schedule
Saturday, February 1, 2014
Paint Updating
We updated our kitchen/dining room/stairwell. For the last four years, since we moved into our house, we have has blue-gray walls. It took a while to decide what color we wanted. We narrowed it down to three teals, see the picture below:
I'm in love with the teal (#1) we chose. I'm thinking we are going to add wainscoting along the wall in the dining room. Final products (for now):
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