Making Ends Meet
Personal finance has been on my mind. I've been reading many blogs about finance, net worth, savings, etc. My personal favoites are SingleMa's Fabulous Financials and Make Love Not Debt. (also on my blogroll.) All this talk because we REALLY want to own our own place. And not just anywhere, but, here in Manhattan.
This week our rental management company finally had some workers come and paint the bathroom. Wow, is it ever so much better! The steam valve had been broken for so long that it encouraged mildew and mold to grow on every wall and much of the ceiling. To make a long story short, they finally fixed all that stuff in the bathroom, but it got me thinking about how much I wanted to change much about my apartment (especially the lack of washer/dryer!) and so that set us all off in the direction of buying a place to call our own and being able to put a W/D in it. Not to mention dishwasher. And Eliza wants her own floor and moped (ha!). So, I guess that means we want to buy a brownstone...
So, now back to the personal finance thing. We are going to have to save a lot of money to make this dream happen. I've been meaning to put us on a financial diet for a while, but now, perhaps we will actually have the will power to make it stick.
Wish us luck!