In a bit of a sticky situation with these floors

There’s the cheerful yellow school bus that I drew!

Let’s dig a picture out from a year ago.. Well, you can see the floor and the walls in this one.So that was the before.. …and after!… or rather, during!.

I feel better now, don’t you?Whether it’s taken a whole year or not, that’s progress!We have a whole collection of old saws in our garage.Actually we had more last year, but I think Chris may have “de-cluttered” some of them.. I’ve been eyeing them up for the last year, secretly thinking I could steal them and use them inside in some kind of rustic, tool-inspired decorating extravaganza.

Never did though.. Then.I saw an image, which I now can’t find, in the last issue of the Pottery Barn catalogue.

I’m a visionary..

I ran out to the garage likity split and grabbed those puppies up..Just a few hours down the road though, this property was much much less than the tiny townhouse with almost no yard that we’d been living in.

There are a lot of other financial benefits that often come with living in a more rural setting like less traffic, less of a commute to work, lower costs on consumer goods and services.The savings on these things alone can mean that if you’re in a couple, one of you may not need to bring in an income anymore..

Create some savings.Moving into a lower priced market often allows you to create an instant savings account for yourself through the sale of your old house.