#1 Painting the house,
#2 repairing & then restaining/painting the decks
& replacing handrails (maybe go to steel/rod-iron railing instead
#3 maybe build 2 covers for the front & back decks,
so I don't have to shovel snow off them anymore
& they don't sun bake or rott from snow
#4 doing faux rock on the front, southern & eastern exposures
for a lil' more insulation from extremes of heat & cold, we have here
looks cool too
#5 Add some pea-gravel to the yard, flaten it out a bit
that's the easiest job
I have about $25k+ reasons
I absolutely 'hate to paint' (house painting of any kind),
is the 1st main reason/excuse though...
Especially doing the prep work, scraping & sanding or priming...
I need to find a couple teenage kids, that want to work
actually earn some cash, to do some of the grunt work,
scrapping & sanding mostly, maybe back-rolling
& be the other hand I need, here & there...
Probably another $10k reasons, on a mostly 'now', fixed income...
With building materials prices now, it's nuts, it's doubled or even tripled,
at least what it was 3+ years ago...
FJB B.I.D.E.N.O.M.I.C.S
#6 Lastly maybe build/fab my custom step headers,
to take off the restrictive semi-ported org. Iron HP manifolds
add upswept & exit back by the firewall & down,
sort of like the old S/S Iron manifolds were
to clear the damn rack & pinion I put in my RR
($1,000+ already spent, not taking it out, great feel on steering too)
sad part is
I have most if not all the mandrel tubing, 1-7/8", 2" J & U Bends
I have a set of nice solid shorty/midlength Heddman headers
I can sacrifice for the exits & flanges & Flowmasters 4-2-1 scavenger collectors...
It's a solid 40-50 hr job, if I stay at it...
My eyesight isn't what they used to be, haven't done much welding in a while now
I'm now wondering about my welding skills too, I'm sure I'll do fine,
when I do finally start...
Or just bite the bullet, succumb & buy some
TTI-383178c for $1,100+
I don't like my cars or trucks to be down, out of commission for any reason
for any period of time, & especially in the summer months (fire season)
Too many things