You all still out there?? Its been awhile
It seems like forever since I've sat down to do a posting to the blog. The lowdown in brief is this:
April -- Completed the Big Sur marathon...had a fantastic time and it was an experience of a lifetime.
May -- Put the house on the market and had an open house the same weekend as Columbia triathlon, where I took about 12 min off my time from last year by improving my run time [thanks to marathon training].
June -- Living in the "stepford" house while on the market, making plans to make the big move to 1024 G Street, and oh yea, completing Eagleman 70.3 Ironman for the 2nd time. Took about 11 min off my time from the previous year due in part to a better swim [better conditions] and run.
July -- Getting used to co-habitation and generally living with someone who has reverse habits [goes to bed late, gets up late; me go to bed late gets up early], keeping things relatively clutter free, brush the dog every day, etc.
Aug -- Got an offer on the house and am scheduled to go to closing on August 30. In a buyers market, its a pain in the butt since the property is reasonably priced, comparable houses are in total re-do condition, and she offered below asking AND still wants nit picky things done or $$ at closing to do a $15 repair...I say, shove it and like it...[well, we'll see about that...]. I won't be totally confident that things are okay until I have the giant check in my hand [and it WILL be 10 ft long and 4 ft high]. Lets see if my credit union can cash that one. Here's the house listing and the "virtual tour" in case you're interested
Sept -- Pay off all debt, the house, buy a new-to-me car, give my 226k mile Honda Accord wagon to mom [is that mean? Give her a car that's probably on its last leg?], and set aside some $$ for a future "us" house. No "bling" on the left hand yet but we'll see ... how long I'll wait.
We'll be traveling to beautiful Panama City Beach, FL in November for John to compete in the Ironman Florida event. We at least have a place to stay, and are working on getting transportation down there [air, train, car? or a combo]. After that, life will be wide open, weekends free, and nothing but lounging about, eating bonbons and ordering room service...yea, right.
Hope all is well with y'all.
Cory
April -- Completed the Big Sur marathon...had a fantastic time and it was an experience of a lifetime.
May -- Put the house on the market and had an open house the same weekend as Columbia triathlon, where I took about 12 min off my time from last year by improving my run time [thanks to marathon training].
June -- Living in the "stepford" house while on the market, making plans to make the big move to 1024 G Street, and oh yea, completing Eagleman 70.3 Ironman for the 2nd time. Took about 11 min off my time from the previous year due in part to a better swim [better conditions] and run.
July -- Getting used to co-habitation and generally living with someone who has reverse habits [goes to bed late, gets up late; me go to bed late gets up early], keeping things relatively clutter free, brush the dog every day, etc.
Aug -- Got an offer on the house and am scheduled to go to closing on August 30. In a buyers market, its a pain in the butt since the property is reasonably priced, comparable houses are in total re-do condition, and she offered below asking AND still wants nit picky things done or $$ at closing to do a $15 repair...I say, shove it and like it...[well, we'll see about that...]. I won't be totally confident that things are okay until I have the giant check in my hand [and it WILL be 10 ft long and 4 ft high]. Lets see if my credit union can cash that one. Here's the house listing and the "virtual tour" in case you're interested
Sept -- Pay off all debt, the house, buy a new-to-me car, give my 226k mile Honda Accord wagon to mom [is that mean? Give her a car that's probably on its last leg?], and set aside some $$ for a future "us" house. No "bling" on the left hand yet but we'll see ... how long I'll wait.
We'll be traveling to beautiful Panama City Beach, FL in November for John to compete in the Ironman Florida event. We at least have a place to stay, and are working on getting transportation down there [air, train, car? or a combo]. After that, life will be wide open, weekends free, and nothing but lounging about, eating bonbons and ordering room service...yea, right.
Hope all is well with y'all.
Cory
posted by no-e-plz at 1:43 PM
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