Money Pit

So the verdict on the AC....just replace it.

After several quotes we decided to go with Rodd Dunn (205) 470-6814.  If you need a HVAC guy...call him.

So this is going to be a long post because I need to fully explain the title. I wanted to buy a house when I got my first job because I had been saving for a while so I did. And this was it. Two months later TIMBEERR....

Yes. The beautiful tree which made me fall in love with the house was gone. Trying to be thrifty I told Clay I wanted him to cut it down (insert how I didn't know what kind of task I was asking) he agreed. It did take a while as one could imagine. This was mid process when some creep from Google maps decided to take a picture of my house to upload to Google street view.

Weird. Anyway. Clay and I got engaged and he wanted to redo my house. This was the abbreviated convo.

Clay: why don't we redo your floors?

Me: (being they were beautiful and somewhat very cheap due to what clay does) I think that is a great idea.

So the demo of my house began.

We were not even a week into construction. Another convo.

Clay: while we are doing this let's do the bathroom too. It’s going to look awful if we don't.

Me. (After we got pricing.) Sure. I agree 

Until we demoed the bathroom and…you guessed it...well maybe not. Termites.   Wonderful.

Next up I come home to this.

 We apparently didn’t just need a new bathroom but a kitchen as well at this point I threw my hands up and just said fine. I don't really think Clay knew what he was getting into. He did a great job handling not only the stress (he coordinated and dealt with everything because I refused to) but myself as well. I can remember many times talking loudly yelling. “I just want this to be done.” A few weeks before we got married it was finished. Thank you Lord.

Den Before/ After

Kitchen Before/ After

Bathroom Before/After

Bedroom Before/After

 

The ceilings in the den (thanks to Clay) 

So now the purchase of my ever decreasing in value (thank you Birmingham tax assessor evaluation) house we got another pitfall with the AC. I remember watching the movie "The Money Pit"when I was younger (not sure why) but I am thinking of changing our names to Tom Hanks and Shelley Long. (Google it and or rent it if this doesn’t make sense). I had heard the following from many people during this period. “If you can make it through and engagement (yes planning a wedding is very stressful) or if you can make it through a renovation (just as stressful) you will be a stronger couple.” Well I guess we are both still alive after everything and doing double duty with the two things people had warned me about I say we succeeded.

As a girlscout would say "Make new friends but keep the old........" (we dont actually believe in that for air units I just thought it was funny)

So.........I get this sounds very glass half empty. But as I grit my teeth and write this I am forcing myself to say. Money is an object. I have family and a roof over my head. If I had to guess many people in the world would gladly trade places. As I have always believed someone will always have it worse than you and someone will always have it better than you.