H and I are all moved in to our new place, and are currently living in the basement while we are renovating the upstairs. The basement is pretty hideous – was last redone in the 70s or so and it’s got some gross brown and tan carpet everywhere. Even though it’s small, it’s still a bit more room than our old place, and it’s just the basement! We have finally gotten back to a semi normal schedule and are eating home cooked meals. Unfortunate, we dont have a stove/oven so everything’s going to be done in the crock pot or the rice cooker until our kitchen is useable again – which hopefully will be soon.
On to this week’s links.
Joan over at man vs debt has a great post on side hustles. I cant say enough about the side hustle, as it really helped kick my debt repayment into high gear from 2009-2011 when I was working 2 jobs for about 70 hours a week, and that didnt include driving. It put more money in my pocket, and didnt give me enough free time to spend any of that extra money, so I just put it towards debt.
J Money has a post about how his water heater broke last week and he blamed it on his poor cat. Replacement of appliances like this is a really interesting scenario, and i’m working on a post about it for the future, and hopefully J will answer some questions for me about the replacement in the post.
Marie at Prairie eco thrifter has an article about using natures bounty. Gardens are a great way to get some very good food for a great price. I’m hoping I can get something planted this year, but it’s not looking great at the moment.
If you don’t have time to get a full garden planted this year, you can always do a small bucket garden. Take a couple of old buckets, or planters, and throw some tomatoe plants in them. Or whatever else you feel like planting. Just have to make sure you water them more often as they dry out quicker. Good luck with your remodel.
Glad to hear you are getting settled in and starting to feel a bit more like yourself again. It takes time so don’t expect more than what’s reasonable.
Thanks so much for including Marie’s post this week. You still have time to grow some stuff, you just might need to buy the plants from the green house this year instead of starting from seed. Even if you do this you will still save money throughout the summer.
Pictures? Congrats on closing