Monday, July 21, 2008

Finish or Move?

So the question is: do you finish the basement of a home you hate, so you have more finished space to hate, or do you try to fix it up to sell in a depressed market so you can find a better house?

Well the answer, at least for us, is just finish the dang thing! We gave it a good look, debating whether the money would be better spent on a bigger mortgage or use it to finish the rooms downstairs. Ultimately we decided to finish the basement and live in it for a while.

So I'm not quite sure how or when it was going to be accomplished, with everything that seems to be snowballing. Just today I signed up Peter to play football in the local rec league. Starting next week he'll be doing practices and/or games five days a week, up through mid October. School starts the end of August, with Sarah going to the jr. high 15 minutes away, Peter going to an elementary school 15 minutes the other directions, piano lessons, Salt Lake Children's choir, young women's activities, Meri in preschool and dance, not to mention the two little boys just being toddlers. I'm left wondering when all the rest of life is supposed to be taken care of.

Well, enough of my vent. I really should be doing something productive, like dishes. ;-P