🚀 go-pugleaf

Jim Sokoloff wrote:
> 
> On Sun, 10 Aug 1997 14:23:19 -0700, bonnie@ccnet.com (Bonnie Forman)
> wrote:
> 
> >It's me again (Buying my first house  :-)
> >
> >Well, I begin moving in this Tuesday, with the final move of
> >furniture on Saturday.
> >
> >Before I move in, I hope to have the kitchen sink replaced.  Never having
> >bought a kitchen sink before, I'm noticing several difference options
> >in terms of what the sink is made of.
> 
> For an opinion that you didn't ask for: Save your money! This is your
> first house, and I presume you're not independently wealthy. Keep
> whatever small amount of cash reserve you have to fix problems that
> must be addressed (that you'll discover over the next two months)...
> (Besides,  you probably aren't moving much stuff INTO the sink such
> that replacing it later is that much more work than replacing it now.)
> 
> If the sink is functional, I say leave it be for now.  (I just bought
> my first back in Nov '96. And I'm just now getting back to the point
> where I know without doing any math that I can pay all my bills
> on-time.)
> 
> ---Jim

I couldn't agree more, Jim! I just bought my first house, and after
writing a huge list of things I wanted to do, I soon found out that
there were even more things which I *had* to do. Things that before I
thought I couldn't live with: blue bathroom sink, pink tiles, slightly
scuffed hardwood floors in need of refinishing, I now realize that they
just add "character" to the house :) The wiring and plumbing repairs
took priority. All in all though, it's been fun...enjoy your new house,
Bonnie!
Stacey