Well, it wasn't really so much home improvement as getting home chores done.
My son came over and helped me get the Christmas boxes down to the basement storage unit. Then he hung the curtain rod and the new curtains went up. Then I told him about my problems with the Roku, and he determined that the device itself wasn't working any more. So we went to Target to replace it. I ended up buying an Amazon Fire Stick instead, since it was cheaper than the Roku's in stock - $40. While I was there, I also bought apples, grapefruit, a mango and orange juice for $13.
After he was gone, I realized the Christmas tree itself is still sitting there! Oh well, I think I can take it down myself. I think I will return it to the storage unit, just in case DIL forgets that she offered me her mother's tree. Then I can give it to Goodwill at a time when more people will be interested in it.
The streaming device was an unexpected expense, and I suppose it was one that I could have postponed -- and probably gotten cheaper -- but I wanted to get it done while I had my son at my side and ready to help. I'm very excited that I can watch movies on my TV again!
My new credit card came, so these purchases were the first to go on it.
The new curtains, which I got at a garage sale this summer, look beautiful, and the whole room looks so much cozier! I don't know whether I will even make the coordinating roller shade or not, since it looks so good this way. And I love the way I can just draw the curtains and let light in! I really missed that, while I was dealing with a broken shade that would never go up!
My purchases brought my variables percentage up to 29%. Still doing great.
Meals today:
Breakfast - Ham Biscuit, fruit
Lunch - Split Pea Soup (not a repeat - didn't have it yesterday), bread
Dinner - Sloppy Joe, applesauce
The freezer is still stuffed. I am trying to take one thing out of it per day.
I'm going to the gym soon; no other errands pending today.
Home Improvement
January 8th, 2018 at 02:42 pm
January 8th, 2018 at 04:50 pm 1515430219
Are there any rebates available on line for your particular ROKU device?
January 8th, 2018 at 06:39 pm 1515436792
January 9th, 2018 at 02:25 pm 1515507934
January 10th, 2018 at 03:04 am 1515553479
Glad your tv is usable again