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When you're in the middle of a remodel project that is going to cost a few 10's of thousands of dollars (exact figures coming soon, hopefully, stay tuned), saving a few hundred dollars here and there might not sound like a big deal. But it is. Two recent savings.

A fellow was selling a couple of one-year-old (but hardly used) "turbo flush" toilets. He had paid $450 per toilet ($350 retail plus $100 shipping due to no retailers on the west coast), but sold them to us for $300 total. We saved $600.

A couple days ago, another fellow was selling spools of Romex wire he had acquired at an auction. We bought two 1000-foot spools of Romex 12/2 interior wire for $400. Total. About 1/3 of retail.

So, yes, this remodel is going to be expensive, but God is providing in the little ways. Yay!

By the way, I will try to put up pictures soon of all the mold loveliness.

Even in the midst of the, at times, rather discouraging process of gutting and rebuilding the house, God still supplies and provides. Last Saturday (May 26) Crystal and I "happened" upon our local Sears having a sidewalk sale. I say "happened" because we weren't planning on going there. We were at a store next door, and Sears was having a sidewalk sale, and a local church was doing a donation only hot-dog fundraiser. So, yes, the food was the draw. As we were wondering around the merchandise, after drooling over the very nice 1/2 price Kenmore Elite refrigerator, what should we discover but a brand-new five-burner gas cooktop. Did this gas cook top have a 25% discount? No, more than that. 50% maybe? No, amazingly enough, it was marked down to less than one-third of its original $990 price. $270, to be exact. Since we had to tear out the kitchen anyway (more on that in an upcoming post), we're already lined up for a kitchen remodel. And now we'll have a beautiful cooktop to go with it.

If you find any good deals on stand-alone ovens, let us know!