Another Saturday Night

One of the scariest aspects of buying a house is getting approved for a loan. I am always scared that we will not be approved. I mean, who would just give us $225,000 and expect that we will pay them back? Well…Countrywide Mortgage will. In fact, they would have given us more because they think we can afford it. I know better.

So that part is done. We gave them $1,800 to lock in our rate of 5.5% (which is pretty damn good) and we are good to go. All of our plans have been approved by the builder, apparently he did Not have a heart attack when he saw all the changes we wanted to make.

If the scariest aspect of buying a house is the loan process, then the most fun part is buying new stuff. And shopping for new stuff. We can’t afford to go hog wild with the buying, but there are a few things we need. (want) A “need” is a new washer and dryer. That is just a necessity we must have. We also “need” a new dining room set. The one we have is about 25 years old and it’s just not doing it for me anymore. I think I might put a picture of it up at Kroger and see if I can sell it. Put the money toward a new table. We can use our triangle table here temporarily if we sell the dining table. Anyway, Matthew and I went to Pottery Barn and Restoration Hardware yesterday in search of dining tables and duvet covers. (another “need” as ours is 10 years old and ugly) We have pretty much decided on this table.



I am going to get the black finish and I will probably paint the dining room walls red. A deep red. I’m not sure about the chairs. The table is from Pottery Barn and their chairs are $150-200 EACH. I need 8/10 of them. I think I can probably find cheaper chairs at Value City or maybe even Macy’s.

Yeah…shopping is fun.

Oh! You know what else is fun? Discovering that your computer will do hella cool things that you weren’t really aware of.

A few weeks ago, I considered buying another TiVo box because Thursday nights are very rough for me. I usually end up working Thursday night and 2 of my favourite shows conflict at 8pm. Survivor and The Office. If I’m home, I can record one and watch the other in the bedroom. If I’m not home, I’m screwed because my TiVo box will only record one show at a time.

Our computer came with what appeared to be a TV remote control and this weird looking little silver box. Matthew mentioned something about a “TV card”, but my simple little mind just never put 2 and 2 together.

A couple days ago, Matthew decided to hook the computer up to our cable outlet. Voila! TV! What’s even better? Windows Media Center is a freakin’ DVR! TiVo that I don’t have to pay for! Hella cool. It downloaded the digital guide from our cable service, and with a couple clicks of my mouse, I am in DVR heaven. In fact, I am watching Law and Order SVU in the corner of my monitor while I am typing this.

Now this may all be common knowledge to some of you, but to me it’s a totally new toy. And I’m lovin’ it. Hee hee.