we're broke inside but happy yellow outside

And by broke I mean that we are putting almost all of our savings into a new roof and new paint for the house. It's long overdue. We negotiated the price of our house based on the fact that we would need to do these repairs. That was three years ago.

Lewis keeps telling me that this is exactly what we saved the money for. I know, I know. But a month in an exotic location would have been pretty nice too. And I really hate the idea of not having a safety net.

The painters started a week ago, and even after just replacing the rotted wood and painting the trim, the house looks SO much better.

Here's a before pic:

And what we hope it will look like in a couple of weeks:

Comments

[Andrea]

I felt the same way when we spent $ on windows.

[Sally]

How's the paint job coming along?