Tuesday, October 11, 2011

March 8, 2005--Scholarship and fixing up house

Erick got a $6000 scholarship Friday! This is such a blessing. His financial aid got all messed up and he ended up having to take out a last minute student loan to start the semester. We had worked so hard to get out of debt and it was diappointing to have more debt, even though this debt won't have any interest. We still had the other student loan we took out back when Rachel was born, too. This will take care of that debt.

It's hard to believe that after this semester is over, he's only got a year to go. I'm starting to get excited. I can't wait until he's done with school! We are really hoping he can get a postition closer to family. We're going to start working on the house this summer to get it ready to sell. It needs some paint, new carpet in the living room, the deck needs to be sealed, the front could use some landscaping, and there's a few minor things here and there like some trim to replace. We'll probably also put down new linoleoum in the bathrooms and do something to the stairway to replace the worn carpet. Maybe we'll put hardwood down with a runner down the middle. I'd also like to put aluminum columns on the front porch instead of the painted wood square ones.

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