You open this box and it is another scroll, but on this is a list:
- Fix baseboards in basement
- Fix hole in ceiling
- Put gate in back fence
- Repaint bedroom
- Replace windows
- …..
It’s a list of home repair projects around the house that need to be done, well that is another part of Financial Planning for next year, that is for sure. If the project is a large cash outlay (say like Windows), then you had better budget the money correctly, or you won’t get that project even started, let alone finished.
For those interested, yes that is a partial list of home repair things I need to get done around the “Big Cajun Crab Shack”.
Personal Finance Advent Calendar
The complete Personal Finance Advent Calendar box postings.
- Day 1: Empty Box
- Day 2: TFSA
- Day 3: A Safety Deposit Box
- Day 4: What’s in your Safety Deposit Box?
- Day 5: Your Will in a box
- Day 6: A Credit Card Bill
- Day 7: A Pointing Finger (Points)
- Day 8: A Lamb
- Day 9: Your Child’s Diploma
- Day 10: A Cane
- Day 11: A Home Inventory List
- Day 12: A Bank Passbook
- Day 13: A Pair of Tiny Shoes (budgeting)
- Day 14: A Stock Certificate for ACME Buggy Whips
- Day 15: A Kettle (Charity)
- Day 16: A Coffin
- Day 17: A Scroll of Household Fix Ups
- Day 18: A Wii Fit
- Day 19: A Library Card
- Day 20: A House Plan
- Day 21: A Feather
- Day 22: DVD of the Shawshank Redemption
- Day 23: A Tuning Fork
- Day 24: A Happy Face
- Day 25: A Box of Chocolate Loonies
I’m starting to think “cautiously optimistic”, when translated for us common people, means “run for the hills!”