Time for some afghaning then an early bedtime.
MWAH!
I’m home from the road trip.
It was rather productive, I got to see the house I was looking for several weeks ago when the listing said Westside St when it should have said W. Side St.
First house is outside of town, sits on a third of an acre, has what they call 5 bedrooms and I call 4 bedrooms and a closet. Anyway, I love the location, love the yard, if has a two car garage with an attached workshop and a shed. It has one bedroom on the first floor and a first floor laundry room so everything is convenient for me.
The downside is the house is fugly. It needs some real work but it needs a lot of cosmetic work. The other down side is the basement floor is dirt and there is no way to get to the basement except by going outside and walking around the house to the outside door. BTDT Not much fun when your furnace acts up in the middle of winter. Also the house is old and has none of the old features, everything is paneled and tiled ceilings.
It is also IMO way over priced. They are asking $99,900 and the realtor thinks I should offer $75,000.
Th second house is closer to town, and half of a duplex and it is absolutely beautiful inside, move in ready. It has all the old moldings, still has the pocket doors, it’s been totally rehabbed and they kept the old features. It has a half bath one the first floor (off the kitchen YUK), a full basement, a full attic, new cabinets, new appliances, plenty of parking, not a thing to do but move in. It’s a lot like the first house I put an offer in on that the mortgage company screwed up, only bigger and better. I think it is over priced as well, they are asking $99,900 and I think maybe worth $85,000.
I hate to sound like I know what I am talking about but I think I have seen so damn many houses that I am better at pricing them than the realtors are.
The realtor thinks it’s a no brainer, I should go with the duplex.
Of course I don’t have to take either one.
We stopped at Sonic for dinner and I tried one of the new hot dogs with a cheese roll. Might have been better if is was hot but it wasn’t bad.
Glad the fishes are doing better FCM
Screw the agent. Which one do YOU like?
I like the location of the first one best, and I like that everything is on one floor.
I don’t like that it is so fugly. I know cosmetics can be changed but there are a lot of changes to be made.
The second one is beautiful, rehabbed very nicely. There is absolutely nothing I would need to do to it except add a fence between the two halves of the duplex.
I keep thinking location location location
you can always change the house but not the location.
Ended up working late again. Making spicy chicken with lime cillantro rice. And I don’t need Melatonin, I can drink coffee, and be asleep 15 minues after I close my eyes.
Sari, what VBob said. Put an off on the one you like. Then invite us for the housewarming. 
Good luck, Nut!
Sharknado 2 was OK but I think I like the original much better. More carnage and less overacting. Not much less but -------. With luck they will give the franchise new life with a “Sharknado 3: The Second Second One” that rediscovers the soul of the first one.
(Someone bookmark this. If they use “Sharknado 3: The Second Second One” as the actual title, the SDMB can sue their asses off. Ya’ll got me explicit permission.)
Fugly can be an advantage. It’d probably keep the HFHen from crashing Thanksgiving dinner…
I suspect the HFH will never be told the location, location, location.
Good morning! I went to bed with my buddy Mel last night - ah, Melatonin! Except for semi-waking when **FCD **came to bed, I was out till nearly 6 this morning. I really needed that! Alas, I missed Sharknado 2-Electric Boogaloo, but I may get bored enough to seek it out on a later showing. We’ve been watching the series Luther on Netflix - it’s a cop show made in England. I’m enjoying it because it’s different in some ways from the formulaic US cop dramas. Worth a watch…
Another cool morning, tho not as cool as yesterday. I’ve got an appointment with a dermatologist at 9:15 to check out a little bump that’s been growing under my hairline on the left side of my head. I’m pretty sure it’s not a huge deal, but for my peace of mind during my trip, I decided to have it examined by a professional. Afterwards, I’ll make a run to Food Lion for a few things since it’s right down the road from the Dr office.
**FCD **and I are going to do some lopping in the woods <pause for the dirty-minded.> We had a path cleared that loops thru the 2-ish acres of trees in our back yard. In a few spots, the overhanging trees and shrubs are over-hanging too much, so we’ll walk the path with the loppers and the hedge trimmers and cut back the branches that whap us in the face when we drive the tractor back there. I love that we can dump our yard debris way back at the fence and no one, not even the back neighbors, can see it, but I’d like to be able to get there unmolested. So that’s today’s big plans.
I’ve got a load in the washer and a second load standing by - I think I can get them both on the lines before I have to leave. And apart from figuring out what’s for supper, I think that will be my day.
Happy Thursday!!
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffienatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 65 Amurrkin out with a predicted high of 89 for the day. Nice! No travelin’ today or tomorrow for da bear. Had enough of that for the week.
Sari go with the one you like the most. Both sound like a good deal. If you like the older one fugly can be dealt with over time. You can fix it the way you like. Move in ready ain’t bad either.
And now this…
<AHEM> CLEARING THROAT <AHEM>
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HAAAPPPYYY BIIIRRRTTTHHHDDDAAAYYY TOOOOOO YOUUUUUU!!!
HAAAPPPYYY BIIIRRRTTTHHHDDDAAAYYY TOOOOOO YOUUUUUU!!!
HAAAPPPYYY BIIIRRRTTTHHHDDDAAAYYY DEEEAAARRR BBBOOOBBBIIIOOO!!!
HAAAPPPYYY BIIIRRRTTTHHHDDDAAAYYY TOOOOOO YOUUUUUU!!!
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Now I need more caffiene and rumbly tummy is hongry. Then, alas and alack, irk purtification must commence.
Happy Thursday Y’all!
Happy BBBobbio Day!!!
I’d have remembered as soon as I opened FB. Glad you’re still with us, dude!
Happy Bbbobbio Day!
I only managed to find one agency yesterday, they came recommended, and seemed very positive and friendly. They didn’t ask me to do any tests or anything though which I’ve always had before, which was a surprise. Dunno if anything will come of it, but I’ll try find some other places to register as well.
The spotty kittehs were on BBC North West news last night, being exceptionally cute. Great timing for the zoo, right at the start of the summer holidays! I’m finally going up to see 'em on Sattiday too (OK, officially for a trustee meeting, but clearly we all just want to go play with kittehs).
Dunno what today’s plans are- I was supposed to be getting on with the room swap, but I just got up in time to see the other housemate go out, and I ain’t emptying his room as we’ll as mine, so we shall see. I need to figure out something to do with a lot of plums, so maybe a jam session is in order, or possibly some wineing or cakery.
Happy Birthday BBBobbio!!!
Up, caffeinated, off to work.
Happy Birthday BBBobbio!!!
and may you have many more!!!
Happy Thorsday to everyone else.
Just a drive by this morning, I have to go to the doctor for my post op visit today.
Wish me luck!
You are correct FCM
the HFH will never get my address from me.
It looks like rain here so I hope your clothes don’t get soaked.
Doggio if I get teh fugly one it may be a long time before I have a housewarming, that house is seriously fugly and I’d kind of be embarrassed to have people over. Although throw enough alcohol into the mix and nobody will notice the fugly.
**sari **- instead of a housewarming, you have a decorating party. What could possibly go wrong??? Especially if you let **swampy **coordinate the whole thing. It would be more *faaaaaaaabulous *than you could possibly imagine!! No, really!
I’ve got 2 loads of laundry hung out to dry. It’s sunny and supposedly 0% chance of rain, so here’s hoping they’re right. I will be leaving shortly for the Dr - since it’s the first visit, there will be paperwork.
Well, my friends wrote the end theme song (along with the film’s director), so I guess I could pass it on through them. But I’m kinda worried that they’ll think that means I’m interested in a 3rd one, and we can’t have that.
And Happy Birthday, Bob.
Happy Bobbio Day!!
I don’t have scalp cancer!! I’ve got a little bump that is just one of those things. She said they could burn it off if I want, but if I’m careful not to irritate it, it should just be there. So I need to be careful when I comb and go back in a year.
She also gave me a steroid cream for my poison ivy itches, and some papers with warnings about moles. So that’s a load off my mind.
I got groceries, gassed up the car, and came home to find **FCD **mowing. I’ll make lunch when he’s done and we’ll see what the afternoon will bring - aside from lopping in the woods.
I see orange and yellow shag carpetin’ floor to ceilin’! I see avocado green kitchen appliances! I see the master bath with white and yellow daisy appliques!
Oh wait, I’m channelin’ Carol Brady again. 
So, I explained in minute detail what I would need to know and have proof of before I could assist one of my participants with a problem she’s havin’. She must get some info to me before I can do anything. She called a few minutes ago wantin’ to know when I’d have stuff ready for her. I reminded her of what I told her earlier. She doesn’t think she can get some of that info to me. I tell her that if that is true then I can’t help her. She gets upset with me. SIGH. Hey, no skin off my nose. She needs help so she’ll get the info to me. Or not. Her call. Da bear is a meanie, remember, so it won’t bother me one way or the other.
Also, [del]minion[/del] assistant witnessed me do a headdesk while I was on the phone about all that. She hasn’t stopped gigglin’ yet.
Fairly productive day today- applied for a bunch of jobs, and bottled the elderflower cham-pag-nee.
Unfortunately, one of the jobs decided to call straight back, and… well… the cham-pag-nee didn’t all fit in the bottles I had, so I’d been forced to use the alternative storage chamber of my stomach. This is not a recommended preparation technique for sounding terribly professional on the phone :rolleyes: