one offs

• upgrade desktop
  • trade in current iMac towards mac pro
• built-in bookcases
  • maybe ikea hack? save some money

subscriptions

• hellofresh - ~80/week
• gym membership (maybe YMCA? need pool)

housing stuff

• housekeeping 2x/mo
• yard guy

debt management

• balance transfer CC

adult? adult

• figure out what airline I'll be using to ...

• Asajj Ventress statue - $600
• Aerith statue - $179
• Yuna Statue - currently $700, need to reach out to a friend in Japan for this one
• Batwoman statue - $200, give or take

office specific

• computer hutch - $40
• Drawer insert - $15
• Floor protector - $30
• Cable manager - $20
• LEG light strip - $8/each (run under desk + on baseboard)
• Safe, for closet
• Kallax shelf + four-shelve insert
• Second monitor (~27")
• Gaming headset (variable)

Future goals

• pilot's license - 5-16k
• house
  • 4 bedrooms on 2-5+ acres of land
    • main bedroom
    • office (esp if work from home)
    • guest room (_could_ be combined with office in a pinch)
    • kiddo's room
• debt minimized lifestyle
  • minimum debt on credit cards
  • mortgage on 15 year
  • car paid off or paid for in cash
• Four hour flight rule
  • One weekend a month, hop a ≤4hr flight off this list
  • Long weekends, upgrade to ≤6hr

If single, 4900/mo

• 2350 after rent + travel
• 1500 after retirement

If married, 5400/mo

• 2850 after rent + travel
• 2000 after retirement
• rent = 1800/mo ceiling
• 750 travel savings
  • 250 local & weekends (3000/yr)
  • 250 yearly (3000/yr)
  • 250 every 3 (9000) (or 15,000 every 5 if I want it to coincide with my Sabbatical, re: Epic)
  • Alternately, could eliminate local & weekends, & have that go into housing fund for now, which would boost it to 105,000 by itself (uninvested) after 5 years.

November

• ✔ pay for extermination

December

• pay for bathroom installation
• pay for uhaul
• pay for loading/unloading
• pay for Verizon setup
• move electric
• transfer
  • cooks illustrated
  • tea time
• cancel economist
• inspect & reconnect stove to gas line
• if we have the funds, have chimney inspected & cleaned

January

• Netflix annual + DVD plan (may have to snag gift card)

warning signs for the year+ mark

• we stop going on dates/slide only to going on outings after you lock down the relationship as official
• I'm the only one making/initiating plans
• no effort to have a relationship with my friend circle
• no effort to be a part of my family
• not making an effort to love you in your love language
• different, irreconcilable life plans
• they apathy about everything outside of the relationship

• Pre-K
• Private school, because I genuinely don't trust public education any further
• Summer camps
  • SIG or something similar - for ES - HS summers
  • math / STEM based?
• Swimming lessons
• At least one instrument
• At least two languages
  • French or German
  • Mandarin or Spanish?
• Girl scouts or boy scouts? Probably something similar
• College savings plan
• Yearly family trip
• Museum, zoo, or aquarium membership
• Yearly Christmas cards & family photos
• Family beach trip (Jamaica or similar)

Kitchen & laundry

• change grate on top of range so it doesn't slope
• take doors off of cupboards (because of fan)
  • replace fan with flush (or semi-flush) mounted light anyway
  • cute bins for organization
  • built in (or fake built in) extensions on right side of laundry area for additional storage
• wall where sideboard is - change to floating shelves for mugs & teacups
  • like these

Dining

• change over to den/library
  • built in bookshelves

rugs

• I'm going to hide so many star wars rugs in this house, your head will spin
  • one
  • two
  • three
  • runner for upstairs hallway

kitchen

• dehydrator
• bread machine
• small slowcooker for sides
• food processor
• blender
• mason cash prep bowls
• espresso machine
• food storage containers
• electric can opener
• electric wine bottle opener
• pot rack

1 hour or less

• Richmond
• Ashland
• Petersburg
• Irvington
• Suffolk
• Norfolk
• Chesapeake
• Smithfield
• Carrollton

2 hours

• Roanoke Rapids
• Elizabeth City
• Virginia Beach
• Cape Charles
• Kilmarnock
• Colonial Beach
• Charlottesville
• Orange (barely)
• Pungo Ferry

Girls

• Lucy
• Olivia
• Eleanor
• Sophia
• Charlotte Adele
• Beatrice
• Mollee/Mollie
• Noelle
• Genevieve

Boys

• Joshua
• Vincent
• Noah
• Luca/Luke
• Elijah
• Bodhi
• Oliver
• Isaac

Ideal

• in a larger city, or close
• near botanical gardens or arboretum
• with a yard, or larger balcony if condo
  • or at least half-length windows, I need something
• mortgage no higher than 1800/mo
  • HOA & utilities also need to be low if it's near the top end of that budget

Misc

• window box with roses
• fireplace
• hardwood floors

Bedrooms

• 3x bedrooms + office, 2x with bathrooms attached
  • 1x converted to office + guest room

• finish project management certification
• finish scrum management certification
• job making at least 115k/year
• own a property I can use as a consistent rental property in a larger US city

goal cities

• seattle
• DC
• madison, wi?

Nova Scotia

• Sam (Halifax)

New Brunswick

• Heather/Tansy

Ontario

• Autumn (Kitchener)
• Laine (Mississauga/Toronto)

Alberta

• Danisaur (Calgary)

British Columbia

• Nikko (Vancouver)

• new keyboard
• second monitor
• chili training
• air fryer
• whale shark bluetooth speaker
• lighting
• pet fountain
• violin
• toolkit
• cutting board or prepdeck.
• pasta machine
• 2qt slow cooker
• rice cooker
• bread maker
• dehydrator

before actually moving in:

• ✔ extermination & preventative measures
• consolidate existing things to as few rooms as possible
• ✔ move dog crate back to 444
• ✔ set up internet (Verizon)
• ✔ move electric
• transfer economist
• transfer tea time
• transfer cooks illustrated
• re-setup dollar shave club
• change address for hello fresh (honey I have MISSED you)
• have chimney inspected & cleaned
• ✔ bathroom remodel (upstairs)
• inspect & reconnect stove to gas line

month 1

• estimate gathering for remaining *house totals*
• order firewood storage