Curb Appeal Project Growing

Becky and I had a good talk this morning about our budget.  I have vacated the mini storage unit and dealt with almost everything in it. I put up a picture here of some of the junk out at the street for pick up tomorrow morning. Here is the voided check for the mini storage rent and the estimate I have accepted for a new gutter to be installed in about two weeks. The cost for the gutter came in $100 less than the amount I had budgeted.
I donated the excellent shelves which I had in the storage along with some plywood to the Downtown Council here. They helped with moving it out. I separated out anything from my former painting business and we will be taking that stuff to Habitat For Humanity. There are some tools and supplies they may be able to use. Becky saw to that. Basically all I will have left to dispose of is the old paint and solvent.
I already feel so much better. I hope these experiences I am reporting will serve to inspire others to break out of old, dead ways and move to new and exciting adventures. Just the other day I was thinking there was no way I could come up with the money to take care of some of the problems of our poor, neglected house and here I am well on the way.
For inspiration I use the image of Sandra Rinomato of HGTV standing in our house and telling us that we have done a fabulous job with it and that it is worth so and so. The things that need doing just jump out at me. And they are things which by and large are fairly easy and inexpensive to accomplish given my experience as a professional painter.