Tubular skylight???

Everybody warned me. "You will never finish on time. You will go over budget. And you will be lucky if your marriage survives." Well it already looks like I have two strikes against me so I'm doing my best to save the third. With a budget concern I knew I had to start trimmin fat. One place I didn't want to cut corners were the windows because I know how important they are, and more importantly, these are one of the few things my wife picked out. I just got a price from the Marvin dealer and OUCH! Now I'm going to have to break the news to my wife that after all her research, shopping around, and picking her favorite style and brand of windows, she has to do it all over with something cheaper. I have to find a very nice quality window, but it just has to be about 20% cheaper. The windows I heard were less expensive are Millguard, Kolbe & Kolbe, and Weathershield. Are these good? Junk? Will they hold up and withstand the elements like Marvin? If I can pull this off maybe I will only get the couch for a week and save my marriage! :eek:

Ok, I took one of my cars(87 shelby charger) to a shop with a broken cv axle.Two weeks later I got a call from the shop, they said they put the axle in, took it for a test drive, and that the tranny just "broke".Well I was pissed for a long time and called the better business beureau on him, that didnt help any....oh well.So I was thinking about scrapping the car.My question is do you think it would be worth the time and money to put a new tranny in one of these things?Is it a difficult removal/install?I am a student at ranken tech in Saint Louis so I have access to specialized tools and advice,.....I'm just questioning myself if its gonna be worth it.