Nesting and Investing

Having a house is an investment and always involves upkeep and improvements.  We had three main things we wanted to accomplish and are coming along on all three. 

First, we used our Visa reward points and got a flat-top stove.  The old one had burners that weren't level and heated unevenly.  So far, Ed's quite pleased with the new one and since he does all the cooking in the household, it's good to keep the cook happy.

Second, we got a new kitchen sink and we're both delighted.  I do most of the clean-up and this makes the job easier.  The sink that was here was white, the two tubs were equal size, which made it hard to wash large pans, and the edges stuck up, which made it hard to clean. (Don't know if that makes sense or not but maybe the photo will help.) 

 The new faucet makes life easier, the soap dispenser is handy and we treated ourselves to an instant hot water dispenser.  And, the edge is flush with the counter so wiping the counter is way easier.
 
Our third project was to get the big tree in our front yard taken down.  When we first saw the house we said,  “Oh, we’ll have our own live oak tree.”  Little did we know what a total mess it would be.  I could sweep the driveway and in 10 minutes you’d never know I was out there.  Besides, it was really close to the house and that isn’t good in hurricane regions. 

Saturday we were out most of the day doing errands and came home to find the tree gone.  We were were glad to have missed the noise of the chainsaw.  

It took several days for the "stump" man go get here but it's finally done.  The stump grinder and the process was interesting.

 That's it for this post.  Have yourself a great day!