October 6, 2008

Single-Handedly Solving the Economic Crisis

Today, the tile guys were in our house putting in our kitchen and bathroom floors. The stone guys would have finished the exterior this weekend, had they not run out of stone. Things are definitely moving, as well they should be. It’s just two weeks until settlement.

The kitchen cabinets go in on Wednesday and the hardwood goes in on Thursday and Friday. It’s going to be an exciting week. Tonight, Mr. BBM sent me through the family room window so I could make my way to the front door and let him in. We’re officially at the sneaky entry stage.

With the move just two weeks away, I like to think that Mr. BBM and I are helping the economy by purchasing this new house. We are paying the salaries of the builder’s guys and the subcontractors. We’ll also be giving Lowe’s a bump in profits this month. There are so many things to buy for this house!

We decided to wait until we’re actually moved in to figure out blinds and curtains for each room. We will, however, have to get something for the bathroom windows so that we can put them up asap. I was thinking that I might already have curtains for much of the house already. Then I realized something. In the house we sold, we had 11 windows. In our new house, we’ll have 11 windows just upstairs! There are an additional 13 downstairs, plus sliding glass doors.

So far, on our list to help the economy, we have:

mailbox post
mailbox
blinds/curtains for five bathroom windows
two automatic garage door openers
bathroom hardware for master bathroom
trash & recycling cans
stools for breakfast island (already purchased-you’re welcome Pier 1)
Under-cabinet lights (We roughed in but decided to do it ourselves)
Lights for all the closets (We roughed in but decided to do it ourselves)
New Christmas tree (We threw our mess of a tree away last year after realizing that we could no longer spin the unlit parts around to the back anymore. There were just that many unlit spots.)
New toaster (We tossed that too when we packed up and moved. We’ve had it since college and it was starting to give us flame-grilled toast.)
About 1000 other things

So, to all of you fearing that your stocks are taking a hit, that your 401K will never be the same, never fear. BBM is here to single-handedly jump start the economy. Inside trading tip: purchase Lowe’s stock. Do it NOW!

There are some new reviews up at The BBM Review. If you’re interested in winning a Sesame Street K’nex set, don’t forget to leave a comment on that review. There are also reviews up of two new martial arts books.