$4,000 day

I'm going to start off today with something little I've always wanted but couldn't justify because you can read it for free if you watch an ad, a subscription to Salon at $35.

Continuing on, I'm going to replace some of the appliances that came with the house that don't work that well. A Kitchen Aid 24 inch dishwasher at $898.00

A stainless steel undermount sink for $378. Our current sink has a really high lip so there is NO wiping crumbs into it. For the upstairs a Maytag full size stacked washer and electric dryer ($1,099.00). When I do laundry Henry (15 months old) and I throw all the dirty laundry downstairs where we sort, wash, and dry, then lug it all back upstairs to put it away. I can't sort it into baskets upstairs because I don't like Henry walking back and forth past the open stairs without pretty close supervision. So I would like to have a washer and dryer in or near the bedrooms.

Another thing about this house is it has the cheapest noisiest ceiling fans, so I'm going to replace all five with Hunter ceiling fans at $169 apiece.

It's the pledge drive for our local NPR stations. I'm going to contribute to all three that we listen to, WILL, WGLT, and WUIS. $248.33 each.