Spring is here which is a welcome relief after a long cold winter that never seemed like it was going to end. For most people, winter is the ideal time to concentrate on indoor projects, but I am not most people. A combination of a family vacation that was more expensive than originally anticipated and the promise of overtime work that never materialized has put us back into debt. With all unnecessary spending suspended, our house has sat virtually dormant over the winter months as we concentrated on knocking down debt and building savings.
As if the cash flow issue was not enough of an excuse, we have also been sidetracked with another major project. Last fall, after painting the family room, I began sorting through my parents’ family albums. Wanting to put some names to faces and find some answers, my wife and I started researching our family trees on Ancestry. It’s all fascinating stuff, but it has also turned into a huge time investment. I’ve traced my family back about six or seven generations, and my wife has gone back even further to the 1300′s. And we have only just begun verifying the various branches and fleshing out individual histories. Like I said, it’s all very fascinating, but it doesn’t run electrical wires or paint the living room walls.
So spring is here and somehow I think I will have time to get back to working on some home improvements as the money situation improves. Maybe the extended hours of daylight will help inspire me to do something, anything. Somehow, though, I am not very confident. After all, cutting grass and washing windows doesn’t help run electrical wires or paint the living room wall.
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