Dear So and So

[Trek420]

... SO...
Dear couple that wanted to buy my house,.
Good luck to you finding a place in your low price range that doesn't have problems. Foreclosed houses are going to have even more problems and competition with those homes is the only reason I had to come down in price. If you think you're going to get a home with all new everything in an established neighborhood for cheap - you have another lesson to learn. Hope you like living in an apartment.

Yep. Some see foreclosed/short sales as the way to get homes cheap but many of those homes get trashed when or after their owners walk away.

Realtor friends of mine tell tales of owners or others who broke in taking everything that's not nailed down and some that is to sell.

Foreclosed and short sales are sold as is.

If you're handy with a hammer and saw you might get a huge deal.

Slowly I think buyers are learning it's better to look for the much-loved home which is not a short sale. You might pay more but will not have to do as much work.

[Bethany1]

Dear Grandma,

My mom gave me a quilt that you made for my dad 40+ years ago Sunday to repair. How cool of you to make it out his pants that he'd outgrown. It's been fun to look at the different kinds of pants he wore from the 1960's. Giggle.

It will be repaired, quilted and given back to my dad in a few weeks after I stop sneezing and itching from the wool and other fabrics.

I wish you were alive to see it when I'm done and I wish that I had more memories of you since you passed away when I was six.

[tulip]

Thanks for your prayers and good vibes, everyone. Little M is out of the hospital! She still has alot of healing to do, and we are all hoping there won't be any long-term damage. It was viral meningitis, not bacterial as was feared, or something unknown to the local docs since she just arrived from Ethiopia in April. She was asleep for 4 days, had to have a feeding tube...but she's a trooper that's for sure. My SIL is an amazing mom and refused to leave the hospital without her. She's a nurse in that hospital, so that helped, I'm sure.

Whew.

[indysteel]

Wonderful news, Tulip! I hope M continues to heal and get better!

[Becky]

Dear FSA:

Your bottom brackets are rubbish. Nothing should have that much drag or noise, especially after 1000+ miles. The culprit is getting trashed ASAP....and I won't be buying another one from you. Now, to find a suitable replacement....

[Owlie]

Dear large insect--
One, you're freaky-looking. Two, stop flying into my window. It's annoying. The glass is not going to disappear, and you're just going to end up with a headache. Go fly into that nice spider web near the window. You look like you might be a tasty meal for its occupant (and maybe one or two of its friends!).

Dear self--
Please stop playing with the Project One thing. I know you've just created the sexiest thing on wheels (in your opinion), but you need to stop. You don't have four and half thousand dollars.

[Owlie]

Not-dear bike shop--
You just take your sweet time, don't you? It shouldn't take this long. (You do this a lot, don't you? Last time I left a bike there, it took you a week to do a simple derailleur adjustment...) Am I going to have to visit you?

Dear self--
Please resist the urge to make buckeyes this afternoon. They're really Not Good for you. (Though they are delicious.)
Also, call the damn bike shop.