economics
Given the state of the economy, I recently asked my dad if it might be time to invest in the stock market - take a risk, buy up some cheap stocks and ride the Obama-fueled boom right into retirement. My dad’s thoughts were more along the lines of “you’re dreamin’!”. So, Marc and I decided, instead, to develop our own fiscal stimulus package and went out and spent a bunch of money in the last few weeks to help the flailing economy - I know, admirable. But, really this is what happens when you own your own business and you finally invoice after 6 months of not doing so - you have some extra cash burning a hole…
We got a new car.
No, we didn’t even consider a mini-van - this is about as big as we can allow ourselves to go for a while anyway. It’s a VW Tiguan and we dig it. It’s also our first lease - which we are hoping will break our unbelievably bad luck with new cars (in the past five years we have had a tree fall on our car, $14,000 of hail damage, been rear-ended - twice, side-swiped by a semi-truck, had a tire-blowout on the freeway and run out of gas at midnight).
We added a whole lot of curb-appeal and functionality to the exterior of the house.
Marc and my dad built a fence, we added a driveway and concrete walkway.
We bought a few pieces of furniture. The kid is going to start crawling in the next few months and we decided that it was irresponsible to have a media center built from cement blocks and plywood at his eye level, so we ordered a new one.
And a new sofa-sleeper for the office/guestroom, the bed of which is supposed to be extraordinarily comfortable - it’s a piece that “will last us forever” - the sales guy was really good & it was a floor-sample sale.
So, yeah, you can thank us later when this whole crisis turns around.
Listening: JD & The Evil’s Dynamite Band
Aimee!! Your house is gorgeous!! Dude, maybe it’s time to leave California and head to Texas???
thanks!
yes… things are much more affordable out here - plus there’s barbecue!
: )
screw marfa! i am coming back to austin!
oh no - we’re going to Marfa! but, you need to come back soon!
I meant to tell you Aimee and Marc, you mentioned barbecue. We had fabulous barbecue last week when we sent to Sea Ranch. It was a little restaurant called Bones in Gualala just north of Sea Ranch. I believe it was as good as the Salt Lick (the waitress said the owners had spent 2 months in Texas before opening the restaurant and went to the Salt Lick).
where’s that media center from? i really like it.
room and board - it’s a custom piece.
Well thank goodness someone is spending money. We were supposed to, having a new baby and all, but all of our friends were so generous (present company included), lending and giving us baby stuff, that we have not held up our end. Thanks once again for picking up the slack!
Oh, and your house is gorgeous!
Everything looks awesome! Harrison will be destroying it all in no time
Love the car.
nicole - hilarious!
but… no way - not our angel!
: )
everything looks great! i really like how you bisected the tree witht he fence.
uh… videos of harrison could be one of the cutest things i’ve seen in a long time!
Everything looks awesome. Kara and I are typing competing comments (check the timestamps.) Can’t wait to see you guys next week for dinner.
Well done. (and Kara won).
so happy to know that our landscaping meets with the master’s approval! we do still want to work on the backyard and would love some of your input… an excuse to get you all out to Austin… SXSW???
yep - see you next week - date night! woohoo!
Love what you’ve done with the outside - can’t wait to see what you do with the backyard! Joe is now officially winning his “Austin is more affordable” argument.
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