Unfinished Basement

I have an unfinished basement. I wish it wasn't. With the four of us now, and another on the way, we need the living space which can be garnered from the hard cement. I have priced things out, and to get things started, I need to purchase about $150 in lumber to frame everything out. On top of that, I need insulation, wires, drywall, paint, and carpet/flooring. A big job. I would rather do something silly like build another arcade cabinet, or a jukebox. Or some other wacky computer project. I'm getting a bonus this month at some point. You know what that money is tagged for? Yup, the basement.

I want to add the money to what I have in credit at a motorcycle dealership and get, a bike! I have already lost that battle, just so you know. My wife has to have a bigger vehicle before I can have anything fun like that. But, once she has that, than I am free and clear to get a motorcycle! Hurray! How many guys never get a bike because their wife says no? At least my wife gave me an option. Now the question: With my worse than awful credit, will I be able to get a bigger car? One with less payments than we are paying now? I am fairly certain that if I can take care of some of our debt (not bad debt, just not enough money to get out of debt) then we can take care of the car thing.

My bosses say there are raises going through the channels. That is nice and all, but I need to make some serious money, and fast! I had better get to work on my book. I wanted it done before Christmas. I haven't worked on it since the summer! I just hadn't had the time. Actually, my priorities have been otherwise engaged. Watching tv, playing computer games, reading to my children, playing arcade with my boy. My four year old boy, can play video games better than any other his age! He plays them better than my wife. That isn't saying much, but still! I'm just glad that he still likes to run, and play sports. He enjoyed skiing, and wants to go again this month. Something else my bonus is tagged for, last ski trip of the season.

Last thing for today: I am looking for an inexpensive web host that provides .net, and an sql database. Anyone have any connections, or know of a good solid provider, please let me know. I think it is about time I made my own website and show off what I can do. Maybe I can weed some more money out of my rich uncle that way! :)