Money worries

[beandelphiki]

According to what my mother tells me, we will have $20 000 to blow from moving into a smaller house. And lately, she's been saying of practically anything financial, "Oh, we'll have the money for that soon."

Problem is, I don't know if 20 thou is going to stretch for what we need. Maybe I just don't understand how much money that is. I don't know. But it seems like we're going to need a lot.

Here's a list of stuff we need to get:

-new bookcases for me and my sister (about $100 each, so that's not much in itself...)
-a new bed for me
-a new desk for me
-possibly a new dresser for me

(Basically, we trashed all my old furniture.)

Then:
-a washer and a dryer
-a new computer table
-new couches, chairs, etc. for our living room (Dad got the old stuff)
-various storage stuff because the house is smaller
-we need to cut down a tree in our front yard

Since moving in, we've discovered that:
-the roof leaks
-we had to replace the water heater
-we will probably have to replace both garage doors (leaky, falling apart, malfunctioning, etc.)

Is $20 000 dollars going to cover all that? And if it does, how much will be left over?