If money were no object, I'd get a few goodies for the house...
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This is all aside from the new water heater, which is a) already being saved for; and b) darn near a necessity.
- a tool shed. I've already got the one picked out: it's an Arrow Yardsaver. 4 foot by 7 foot, large enough to store things (even a bike, should I ever buy one) but not a ginormous 6 foot by 5 foot monstrosity that will eat my backyard.
- a rake, to clean up the fall detrius the big tree gives me daily from September through to mid-December.
- a shop vac. When my brother came up for a visit, I saw just how insanely useful those things are. Plus, I could keep in the tool shed.
- don't know what they're called...but they're used for removing hex-head bolts and screws. Useful, especially for cleaning the furnace fans and for changing the porch lightbulbs.
- new carpet for everywhere but the library, which was recarpeted before I moved in. This other carpet isn't dead yet, but it's been lived on and not really ever cleaned. (And I've continued the tradition. How shameful.)
- the wall of the upstairs rooms, expanded into the empty space under the roof. I could have another 100 square feet of living space without having to change the exterior of the house one iota (and to change the exterior I have to get board approval. That's not all that likely to happen, methinks)
- a retaining wall for the east side yard. It doesn't have to be high - in fact, lower is better because I want to keep the view - but something's got to stop or slow the soil erosion over there.
- circulation fans for my gas fireplace. The fireplace is equipped to have a fan that blows the heated air back into the house. The asshat builder just never installed any of them...and, since I'm not the original owner and since the warranty period's long past, I can't go back and force them to finish their job properly. (Nimrods...)
- two more chairs for the dining room. The ones I got a few months ago work quite well. Now I just need to get two more.
- several bars of Lindt Intense Pear chocolates - dark chocolate with slivers of pear and almond. Mmmmmm... (okay, that's for the owner more than for the house)
It's almost gingerbread latte season!
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