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The cats have grown increasingly insane of late. Today the fence gets made.
I think I need a ladder to get high enough to pound the poles in.
39 poles, 39 stakes, much drilling, wire, little garden stake things that extend out to hold the netting, netting, plus some plan for gates.
The commercial cat fence is too expensive, and assumes you have an existing fence to attach things to. All existing fences here appear to be neighbor property. The inexpensive cat fence descriptions online are straight up, with no overhang, which is very unlikely to cause more than three blinks in my cats before they scrabble over it. Thus my self-designed design, which is many hundreds less than putting in a real fence and the commercial cat fence top, and which is totally new and unproved.
For now, no mushroom growing, as that's another few hundred dollars in books and materials and likely failure. I should probably start thinking of credit as unavailable money, rather than unused money.
However, the ultra-expensive tempurpedic bed is likely to be purchased soon, as mittel's latex mattress feeds on my pain. I ordered a free demo kit from them long ago; it never arrived. [Poll #319065]
I think I need a ladder to get high enough to pound the poles in.
39 poles, 39 stakes, much drilling, wire, little garden stake things that extend out to hold the netting, netting, plus some plan for gates.
The commercial cat fence is too expensive, and assumes you have an existing fence to attach things to. All existing fences here appear to be neighbor property. The inexpensive cat fence descriptions online are straight up, with no overhang, which is very unlikely to cause more than three blinks in my cats before they scrabble over it. Thus my self-designed design, which is many hundreds less than putting in a real fence and the commercial cat fence top, and which is totally new and unproved.
For now, no mushroom growing, as that's another few hundred dollars in books and materials and likely failure. I should probably start thinking of credit as unavailable money, rather than unused money.
However, the ultra-expensive tempurpedic bed is likely to be purchased soon, as mittel's latex mattress feeds on my pain. I ordered a free demo kit from them long ago; it never arrived. [Poll #319065]
thank you for calling brookstone. this is amiee, can i help you?
king beds are huge. HUGE. queen is big enough for two, sheets don't cost so much and you'll have room to walk in your house. even if you move several times over.
queen foundations only come in one part, unless you're getting the adjustable. the adjustable queen can be one or two, depending on whether you want to both always sit up, or maybe have one lie down and one sit up. adjustables also cost as much as the mattresses themselves. (prices are listed on brookstone.com). king foundations always come in two.
get the foundation. it's a huge difference. putting the mattress on an actual boxSPRING will void the warranty. it's twenty years and they really stand by it, so don't void it.
before you go shop, get online. (ha ha) go to healthyback.com or savvysleeper.com, or google. find the best coupon you can and print it. (savvy has had really awesome ones before, like two free pillows, no tax, free delivery.) looks like healthy back has free shipping right now. you have to submit an email at savvy.
then, find brookstone by you. bring your coupon. they will have the bed so you can lay on it and try, and they also honor competitor coupons. but don't buy the bed until august. in august, they are doing the bed promotion. buy mattress, get $200 gift card. apply that money to your foundation. then present coupon for free pillows/shipping, etc.
save four hundred dollars.
if the brookstone by you is reluctant to take the coupon and also give you the $200, you simply stick the coupon in the mail to me, and i ring you at my store, because we will do it. you'd pay tax for wherever you're getting it delivered, so you wouldn't have to pay chicago tax.
ta da.
also, if you and mittel can both be home one day and don't mind moving things, the express delivery isn't a bad deal. you just get the beds off the truck and DIY. comes faster, and they're not that heavy, really. not a queen, anyway.
if you need more info, i'm the lady for this one. :)
xoxo
Re: thank you for calling brookstone. this is amiee, can i help you?
Re: thank you for calling brookstone. this is amiee, can i help you?
xo
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anyways i like a GIANT bed!!
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There is no excuse to use of a credit card, beyond prevention of death. Other bank credit considered okay for home purchase or maybe an auto, only if if share (http://www.citycarshare.org/), bicycle, or public transport are not options.
I'm in full agreement that queen is big enough for two average sized peeps, and sheets etc for king are a disproportionate percentage more costly.
Information for conversation or future referfence: in my property ownership experience, fences are jointly owned by the parties they are making into good neighbors. I imagine this may vary depending on locale, but cost of construction and maintenence should be shared by bordering parties. Sounds like you've already installed posts. Hope steps were taken to not put wood fence post into soil, as wood (even pressure treated) will rot in short time.
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