Lowes 10% payoff

Here's my first exploitataion of the lowes 10% off coupons - a Dewalt DW716 Dual Bevel 12" Miter Saw - truly a manly machine if there ever was one. I was looking at a similar Hitachi with a laser guide that also had great reviews (and a $100 cheaper price tag), but I wanted to see if these Dewalt tools are all they've cracked up to be. This will be a tool that will hopefully be with me a long time through a lot of projects, so I think the higher initial investment will be a smart choice in the end.

In other news, it appears that AES has finally mailed out our refund check for overpaying our student loan payoff so we should be getting our money back soon. The peasants rejoice!

Next up on the agenda is to whine about the ridiculous amount of leaves in our yard. When I say we have 40+ trees in our yard alone is, unfortunately for us, not an exageration. I spent the better part of 2 hours leaf blowing about half of one side of our yard over the weekend and there are already enough leaves on the ground to do it again. If I were a wealthy man you can bet your sweet rearend I'd have a leaf vacuum in my shed. Someday leaf vacuum, someday!

Frugal Tip: 10% off at Lowes

As a newish homeowner, sometimes I feel like I'm spending more time at Lowes than at home (or as much money there as I do on my mortgage). Lowes will very helpfully send you a "congratulations on moving" 10% off coupon that you can request on their website here.

That's all well and good if you're actually moving, but what if you'd like to save a few bucks independent of your housing status? Head on over to the post office and pick up a change of address packet to find the same coupon inside. The coupons are only good for a few months so you may want to run and get some every so often.

10% off everything up to $5000 - not a bad deal.

Edgar Allan Bro

I was looking through my folder of funny internet pictures and I was totally like "LAWL - Edgar Allan Bro - I am heeelarious" and then I did a google search and realized I was not the first to make that joke and I was a bit put off. Luckily the large amount of other amusing pictures soon lifted my spirits.

Not much new to report going on in life, hence the lack of blog posts. AES still remains a colossal smelly face in regards to holding $1500 of our monetary units hostage, but we're assured that the matter will be wrapped up soon.

Amber's final volleyball coaching season will soon be coming to an end, I think she'll appreciate the extra time she's going to have. We still haven't started any major work on the house, though a few weeks ago I installed a ridge vent to help ventilate the attic. I still need to pull the insulation out of the soffets on one side of the house, I got sick after I did the first side. Let's hope it was coincidence.