The Money-Eating House

My mother used to say, "A house will eat all the money you can give it."  Jim and I have done a good job feeding ours in the last couple of weeks.
 We put in new super duper triple panes windows in the front of our house.  Those above the bookcase were only single pane and we are already noticing the difference in the temperature in the room.

 After 30 years we finally broke down and bought a new sectional for the family room in the basement.  It had to be custom ordered to get it down the stairs and around the corner at the top.  But we do like it.