OK, so after living in our home for 30 years....THIRTY YEARS, mind you....it suddenly occurred to me about 3 months ago that our two showers have NO emergency shut off valves...none. So if, for some reason, we could not shut the water off in the showers, we'd have to shut off the water to the entire house at the outside emergency shut off!! So.....we're using some of our stimulus money to get that taken care of...today!! GET THIS: Our plumber said that in 90% of all homes that he's seen, there are NO emergency shut offs to the showers!! Can you imagine!! Anyhow, while he's here, I'm also having him replace two sink fixtures and take care of a small repair to the tub in the master bathroom.
Also using some of our stimulus money to get the rear bumper on our 2003 Crown Vic fixed up...it's got cracks along several areas. Our body shop friend said he can fix it all up and paint it and it will look like new!