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Mrs. Groovy here. No, I’m not asking for your vote again for the Rockstar Rumble. But I do want to thank all of you who supported Mr. Groovy’s post. Although he hasn’t moved on to the next round, I can guarantee you haven’t seen or heard the last of Egotrage!
This week, however, I have some other news to share. Mr. Groovy was interviewed by Mr. CTF on the podcast Countdown to FI. For those of you who are not familiar with Countdown to FI, it’s a new personal finance podcast hosted by the husband and wife team of Mr. and Mrs. CTF. And Mr. Groovy and I love their work. In fact, Countdown to FI is one of our go-to podcasts right up there with Stacking Benjamins and Choose FI.
Here’s the link to Mr. Groovy’s interview. Also, are links to interviews with Ed Mills, J and Gwen, and Kevin, the Financial Panther. Enjoy!
Mr. Groovy
Ed Mills
J and Gwen
The Financial Panther
Slow week on the Groovy Ranch front. Michael, our designer, should have the latest iteration of our floor plan tonight. Since the last iteration was 90% of the way there, this new one should be very close to final. Once we have the final floor plan and elevations, we’ll give you a peek.
Getting Groovy House Ready for Sale
Groovy House is almost ready for sale. We knocked off two of our last three to-do items. Here’s a quick review.
Goodbye Cat Doors
Bill, the handyman Mrs. Groovy found, came as scheduled last Wednesday. He showed up with all the right tools and skills, and a great attitude. He even helped with an electrical issue. Our hipster electrician was scheduled to come over that afternoon to investigate the circuit breaker for our garage that tripped and couldn’t be reset. Bill checked all the GFCIs connected to that circuit breaker and discovered two that were tripped. Once they were reset, the circuit breaker could be reset. Problem solved. Bill saved us at least $90 (what our hipster electrician charges just for showing up). But more importantly, he did a wonderful job replacing the three interior doors. I finished painting those doors yesterday and they look great. You’d never know that three Groovy Cats once roamed freely all over Groovy House. [Mrs. Groovy here. The last physical reminder of our fur babies is gone. This week I found some funny photos of Groovy Cats 1 and 2 taken when I first adopted them in NY. Their hi-jinx made me smile but saddened me, too. I suppose it’s par for the course that when you move, you uncover lots of stuff, and that brings up lots of feelings.]
Goodbye Stuff that We Don’t Want/Need and Other People Could Use
Mrs. Groovy and I have moved about as far away from the consumerist mindset as one can move without being pegged a minimalist. But even with our well-grounded attitudes toward stuff, we still had an ungodly amount of stuff we didn’t want or need. Here’s a partial list of our last de-stuffication effort. The Habitat for Humanity has graciously accepted everything we threw its way.
- One storm door
- One interior door with a pet door
- A dozen coffee cups
- A dozen plates
- One Dwight Schrute coffee mug
- One Kevin Malone coffee mug
- A couple of vases
- Numerous chotskies
- Numerous place mats and table linens
One More Thing to Do
My one remaining chore is to paint the front of the house and the back of the garage (thank you gaggle of geese for deciding to use our garage as ground zero for your shit attack). Unfortunately, it’s a little too cold to risk exterior painting right now. From what I’m reading, exterior paint needs a full 24 hours to cure, and if the temperature dips below 50 degrees during that curing time, the paint will not properly bind. Hello cracking and peeling. We got our fingers crossed that the weather will start cooperating next week.
Fight-O-Meter
Again, no fights this week. The last vestiges of my manhood live to fight another week.
Final Thoughts
Okay, groovy freedomist, that’s all I got. If you have any exterior painting tips, feel free to send them my way. As I’m wont to say in my Talking Trash videos, “I’m going deep” on the painting front, and I’m going to need all the help I can get. Cheers.
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