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Sep. 5th, 2014 08:06 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
the_rckWe decided to go for the roof company with the highest bid since that bid includes costs that the other two admitted we'd have but didn't include in their estimates. The difference between the low bids and the high bids is explained entirely by those costs and seems to be reasonable. This outfit is also willing to do a little work that needs doing that nobody else offered, namely replacing the not up to code pipe that connects our bathroom ceiling vent with the roof. The fact that this company offers financing was the other deciding factor (the closest the other two got to talking financing was one of them saying that they take all major credit cards). Around nine, I'll call to tell them that we want to hire them and to see about setting up financing. I have the name of the person we need to talk to.
Cordelia's still begging to be allowed to quit soccer. She's offering all sorts of bargains, from giving us all of her money to not playing softball next summer (why she thinks we'd want that, I don't know). She says she thinks the money we spend on sports is wasted, and I don't think she believed us when we explained that we get a lot out of that money. She does want to play sports at school if they do sports she's interested in (there's supposed to be some sort of survey coming out where we can specify what sports we're interested in). She didn't believe me when I said we'd have to pay for her to play sports at school, too, but I can't imagine we won't have to. I know the middle schools charge for sports (with some sort of scholarship option for those who can't afford it).
Scott's working twelve hours today, three to three. We don't know yet about tomorrow, but he's pretty much expecting another three to three day. I'll have to e-mail around and see if anyone can give me and Cordelia a ride to the soccer game. Not that Cordelia wants to go.
I cooked last night instead of Scott grilling because Scott needed time to pay the bills. It was a bit late for bill paying, but hopefully nothing was actually past due. I leave the bill paying to Scott because it tends to freak me out (isn't anxiety wonderful?), but I really ought to learn how he does it so that I can step in for months like this when he runs out of time. I haven't paid bills since we still wrote checks and put them in the mail every month. I know Scott does everything online now.
On a completely different topic-- What sort of alternatives are there for online purchasing of CDs, new and used? I'm also interested in places around Ann Arbor that sell obscure CDs (or that are willing to order things on request). I've been buying from Amazon, but I'd like to have an alternative. I have brick and mortar alternatives to Amazon for books (and I don't buy many books anyway), but I haven't found a good place to buy CDs.
Even though I generally put my music on my laptop, I still prefer to buy CDs because I like having something physical as a back up. Right now, I won't buy music if it's only available digitally. I know that makes me old fashioned and that I won't be able to hold to that for much longer, but it's the way I prefer to operate while I have the choice.
Cordelia's still begging to be allowed to quit soccer. She's offering all sorts of bargains, from giving us all of her money to not playing softball next summer (why she thinks we'd want that, I don't know). She says she thinks the money we spend on sports is wasted, and I don't think she believed us when we explained that we get a lot out of that money. She does want to play sports at school if they do sports she's interested in (there's supposed to be some sort of survey coming out where we can specify what sports we're interested in). She didn't believe me when I said we'd have to pay for her to play sports at school, too, but I can't imagine we won't have to. I know the middle schools charge for sports (with some sort of scholarship option for those who can't afford it).
Scott's working twelve hours today, three to three. We don't know yet about tomorrow, but he's pretty much expecting another three to three day. I'll have to e-mail around and see if anyone can give me and Cordelia a ride to the soccer game. Not that Cordelia wants to go.
I cooked last night instead of Scott grilling because Scott needed time to pay the bills. It was a bit late for bill paying, but hopefully nothing was actually past due. I leave the bill paying to Scott because it tends to freak me out (isn't anxiety wonderful?), but I really ought to learn how he does it so that I can step in for months like this when he runs out of time. I haven't paid bills since we still wrote checks and put them in the mail every month. I know Scott does everything online now.
On a completely different topic-- What sort of alternatives are there for online purchasing of CDs, new and used? I'm also interested in places around Ann Arbor that sell obscure CDs (or that are willing to order things on request). I've been buying from Amazon, but I'd like to have an alternative. I have brick and mortar alternatives to Amazon for books (and I don't buy many books anyway), but I haven't found a good place to buy CDs.
Even though I generally put my music on my laptop, I still prefer to buy CDs because I like having something physical as a back up. Right now, I won't buy music if it's only available digitally. I know that makes me old fashioned and that I won't be able to hold to that for much longer, but it's the way I prefer to operate while I have the choice.
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