financial woes

[swingchickie]

i'm working from home today... cranking out a project i've been trying to get to for the last week. i was really on a roll this morning, until... the roofer called.

i had someone come out over the weekend to take a look at the leak in my roof... my handyman has been trying for over a year to patch it up, and my kitchen ceiling still gets drippy every time it rains... so i called this roofing specialist to see what he thinks.

what does he think? that it'll cost me $1000 to fix the problem. not what i wanted to hear in the middle of my workday.

yes, i'm getting a second opinion. but the guy is very reputable, and the problem is a big-ish one, so i'm guessing he's right.

the best part? i don't have $1000. turns out i'm probably not refinancing my mortgage, which is where i could have gotten the cash for the roof, because of all sorts of confusing stuff regarding the ratio of equity to value or something like that... all i know is, i'd have to show up at closing with almost $2000, all because my house didn't appraise for $3000 more than we thought. not worth it. go figure.

i need to figure out what ELSE i can cut back on, to save up for these repairs. *sigh*. i'm too old to sell my eggs... blood? i could sell blood... or hoops, know anyone who wants to buy a hula hoop?

Comments

[mrlich.livejournal.com]

On the plus side - that's an adorable (new?) icon.

:)

(Sorry to hear about the financial headaches. I will be certain to try to do a little more word of mouth for the hoops!)

[swingchickie.livejournal.com]

thanks for the compliment AND the word-of-mouth! yeah, the icon's new... i was taking photos of jewelry i'm selling on ebay, and figured i'd get shots of me wearing it so you could see how it looks on... and it hit me how much my hair has grown in the last year. so, the new icon with the longer hair. :)

[ms-violet.livejournal.com]

But you look so foxy.