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April 27, 2008
Whining About Being a Grup
Two weeks ago we wrote a rather sizable check for half of our new roof - and in about a week (weather permitting) when the job's done, we'll write another one just like it. We knew buying the house that it needed a roof, and we got a credit toward the cost from the sellers, but what that really means is we paid less for the house, and the roof's still coming out of our pocket.
We got another bid to remodel our kitchen, and I guess I have to stop living in denial (or, more accurately, in the past, and in S. California where we remodeled a kitchen 10 years and and where labor is significantly cheaper) and come to grips with the fact that it's going to cost a crap-ton of money to do what we want. And then I (we) have to start compromising.
And with all these drains on our fiscal resources, I'm punting (again) on buying the DSLR I want - 'cause it just doesn't feel sensible to drop a kilo-buck on a camera when there are so many other places to apply those funds.
Sometimes being a Grup's not all it's cracked up to be...
Posted by dberger at April 27, 2008 5:45 PM