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[ny biker]

It's more like if there is one thing people don't like, they can't see past that, no matter how small. People can't imagine how they might change things.

Seems to be that these people are working with bad realtors. The one I worked with when I bought my condo readily pointed out things that could be changed easily.

Good luck with the rest of your exams, Blueberry.

[Crankin]

Well, we've only had one "showing," where the people came with a realtor. The others all came to see the house at Open Houses. But, I think you may be right.
Good luck with your exams, Blueberry.
I am really sore this morning, after my first Tabatta class at new (old) gym. Good thing was, I didn't embarrass myself. Only thing I couldn't do was throw and catch a 14 lb. weighted ball (huge) against the wall at the same time as jumping up. She gave me a 4 lb. ball, but I was just too uncoordinated to catch it! However, I could do it with a regular, unweighted ball. Lots of choices and equipment, and not as much peer pressure to not modify. Didn't particularly like a warm up of running several laps around the gym, but thankfully, I had warmed up on TM, walking. I will need to do this for a longer time period, though.

[ny biker]

OMG the Mets are National League champs!!!

I'm stunned!! (In a good way.)


I was a huge baseball fan when I was younger, kinda lost touch with it but still always go to a game when I'm in NY visiting family during the summer. This year we happened to be there during a pivotal point in the season. This month I'm way over my text message limit thanks to group texts with family members during the playoff games, but it's not like this sort of thing happens often!

[Crankin]

Yeah, that happened to me in 2004, when the Red Sox won. Now, I am m back to not caring.
I am so happy with the gym switch. I went to a circuit training class this morning. I loved it, other than the fact it's hard to remember what all of the names of the movements at each station really are. The coach told me I have perfect form, blah, blah. He kept showing showing me modifications in the beginning, but he stopped, when he realized I could do the stuff. But, this is what I love. Everyone is encouraged to do the exercises at their own level. At my old gym, I felt intense peer pressure to get up to the level of the others, right away, when I hadn't really done classes like this before. Plus, a lot of the people in the class are people I know from when I was a member here before. I stayed so long talking, after class, that I ran into nasty traffic on the way home. Well, that won't be an issue, when I move, as it's like half a mile.
Another house showing tomorrow!

[emily_in_nc]

NY, my DH is a big Mets fan, so we've been watching the games (well, he watches, I am online in the same room and get to hear his commentary). Congrats!

Crankin, glad the gym is going so well. I do miss going to a gym but not enough to join one here since I have plenty of other fitness activities, and the affordable gym is not air-conditioned. There's a more expensive gym that caters to tourists that does have A/C, but it's a lot longer walk, and with the price, not worth it to me.

Good luck with the showing...I wonder what happened with the people that were so interested? Did you ever get any feedback from your agent?

[Crankin]

We never got any feedback, other than they loved it.
But, bad news yesterday. Our septic system failed the test. I was glad I didn't get home until 7, as I had an appt. at the hair salon. DH was calmed down by then. This is bad and may impact when we move. We have to get it fixed, can't sell the house without the certificate, and now the Board of Health will be involved, a lovely group of morons. But, as we said, it's only money. We have the money, although we hate having to use it for this. No one is dying or in jail. The reason it may impact when we move, is the fact the ground will be freezing soon and possibly covered with snow, so we are not sure if the work can be done quickly enough. Generally, when this happens, and you have an offer, you reach some kind of deal with the buyer, so it's not a total take the house off of the market now thing. Our realtor said we will still have the showing. Now we have to choose someone to do the work.

DS called yesterday, about the results of his blood work. Apparently, he is a carrier for xi factor, an autosomal recessive blood disorder, that is extremely common in Ashkenazi Jews in the US (1/8). It's called a mild form of hemophilia, in that you don't spontaneously bleed, but you can have issues after surgery. DH and I don't which one of us is the carrier (or both), but we obviously don't have the actual disease, as I did not bleed to death after childbirth or dental surgery. He did tell me that they have already had their fertility tested, in terms of sperm and eggs and that was fine, so now it's back to the doctor to figure out what is going on.

OK, DH just texted me and said we're pulling the listing after today. He's talked to engineers and the fix isn't anything unusual, but we can't get it done in a timely manner, with winter coming. So... we will still move when all of our rennos are done (December?), start the work on the septic system as early as we can, in March, and then re-list the house, in the spring, when, it will sell!

[OakLeaf]

Ugh Crankin, that's so frustrating.

Emily, I don't remember where you are, are you in the path of the storm? Be safe!

Big excitement on our road last night, deputies busted a meth lab. All the neighbors have been pretty sure for a while now that that's what's been going on there, and the general shenanigans coming from that house was part of the reason why the people who lived very nearby moved out. I'm sure the new owners are glad that it's (hopefully) been shut down, but can you imagine buying a house, and then two weeks later, the hill is crawling with cops and hazmat crew?

[Pax]

Good lord, what a pain in the ***, Crankin. So sorry you're dealing with this.

Interesting about your son, I'm a "bleeder" and never knew why, then the retina specialist found out I'm an ocular albino and bleeding issues are common in people with the albinism gene. Really hope I never have heart issues, they slap everyone on blood thinners and that would be very unpleasant.

[Blueberry]

We never got any feedback, other than they loved it.
But, bad news yesterday. Our septic system failed the test. I was glad I didn't get home until 7, as I had an appt. at the hair salon. DH was calmed down by then. This is bad and may impact when we move. We have to get it fixed, can't sell the house without the certificate, and now the Board of Health will be involved, a lovely group of morons. But, as we said, it's only money. We have the money, although we hate having to use it for this. No one is dying or in jail. The reason it may impact when we move, is the fact the ground will be freezing soon and possibly covered with snow, so we are not sure if the work can be done quickly enough. Generally, when this happens, and you have an offer, you reach some kind of deal with the buyer, so it's not a total take the house off of the market now thing. Our realtor said we will still have the showing. Now we have to choose someone to do the work.

DS called yesterday, about the results of his blood work. Apparently, he is a carrier for xi factor, an autosomal recessive blood disorder, that is extremely common in Ashkenazi Jews in the US (1/8). It's called a mild form of hemophilia, in that you don't spontaneously bleed, but you can have issues after surgery. DH and I don't which one of us is the carrier (or both), but we obviously don't have the actual disease, as I did not bleed to death after childbirth or dental surgery. He did tell me that they have already had their fertility tested, in terms of sperm and eggs and that was fine, so now it's back to the doctor to figure out what is going on.

OK, DH just texted me and said we're pulling the listing after today. He's talked to engineers and the fix isn't anything unusual, but we can't get it done in a timely manner, with winter coming. So... we will still move when all of our rennos are done (December?), start the work on the septic system as early as we can, in March, and then re-list the house, in the spring, when, it will sell!

So frustrating on the house! Been there with the major house issues (had to do a ton of foundation work on the last house we sold). Not a lot of fun. Will you not move into the condo until the house is sold?

Interesting on the hemophilia. Oddly enough, that's part of what we have been learning this week. It's also called Hemophilia C, and if you have to have one of the 3, it's the mildest. It's also very variable in its expressivity - so some people who have it will have almost no symptoms. Maybe more gum bleeds with flossing - that sort of thing.

Glad you're keeping it all in perspective.

[Crankin]

Yeah, Pax, we know DH would only be a carrier, after 10 years of being on Plavix, he would have bled to death if he had the actual disease! He stopped taking it before his clavicle surgery, and never went back, with the OK of his doctor. And, I also don't have any of the issues listed. I really hope they don't have to go down the IVF route, as nothing is showing up yet.
We are being realistic about the house. Most likely, we would not get an offer this fall, so it's not like we haven't already expected to move before it's sold. We just hate spending our investments for retirement to fix the septic. They do have a special loan program for people in this situation, but, we really don't want to have debt. We know we are lucky to have access to funds to pay for this, but it sucks when you are this close to retirement. DH's bonus will cover it, and we can re-invest some $ in February. A few years ago, DH would be beside himself now, but he's learned some things from me about mindfulness!
Blueberry, we will move before we sell. We had planned for that, anyway. The rennos are going on schedule, but poor DH is having to be there, like a foreman, since we are using Lowe's for the major stuff. When we remodeled this house, we had a person from the place doing this.

Emily, I was thinking about you, when I saw the weather, this morning. I know you are not on the west coast of Mexico, but I hope the storm doesn't take any unexpected turns toward you.

I bagged my ride today. It's 48 and extremely windy. Had my down jacket on when I went shopping. The sun is only half out, too. Thinking maybe I'm the one who is nuts, since I saw people riding in shorts and, a runner in a sleeveless top and shorts. I know you get hotter running, but, in no way is this a sleeveless/shorts day. I don't mind the temperature, but the wind really bothers me. We were supposed to do a metric Sunday, but it is going to rain in the AM. It's on the south shore, a new area to ride in, but I am not going to travel 1+ hr. to ride in the rain. We'll do at least 50 miles tomorrow, and hopefully get something in Sunday afternoon.

[emily_in_nc]

Crankin, so sorry about the septic thing. That is a royal PITA. Reading something like this does not make me anxious to get back into the world of homeownership anytime soon. Renting is just a lot less responsibility, though it has its drawbacks too, of course.

We are not in any danger from Hurricane Patricia. It is heading north and is on the southwest side of Mexico, we are on the southeast side. No way it will turn our way as there is far too much land between there and here. Mexico is big (thank the gods). I have been having to put posts up on Facebook today to reassure people. So many in the US know nothing about the geography of Mexico, but I can't be too smug as I didn't either only a few short years ago.

I feel just terrible for anyone in this storm's path. It is going to be horrific.

[Catrin]

Ugh, sorry to read about the septic problem Crankin.

Emily, glad to hear you're in no danger from H. Patricia, hope all TE members are safe, indeed, all who are in the path of that monster!

[Crankin]

Wimped out of riding again... don;t know what's wrong, but I did do an almost 5 mile hike. There's a really steep and rocky climb in the middle, for about 1/4 a mile. A good workout, and i finally warmed up.
Signed up for spin tomorrow morning; it will be raining until about noon. We decided to bag the metric, as it will still be raining at the start. If it clears up in the PM, I may take a little ride outside, too. It's just been so gray and cool that I have been getting more into other things besides riding. I need to force myself a little more, because I certainly have the gear. We both noticed that others who were hiking today did not have the gloves and head coverings we had. Maybe we lived in AZ too long? I did take my headband off before I did the climb, and kept it off.

[emily_in_nc]

Wimped out of riding again... don;t know what's wrong, but I did do an almost 5 mile hike.

I don't think anything is wrong with you. You said it has been gray and cool...that can be hard weather to get motivated in, especially at the start of the "off" season. At least for me. It's cocooning weather! Good for you for getting out on the hike, though. I'd much rather hike in those kind of conditions myself. It's much easier to warm up and stay warm, less worries about chilly wind, etc.

[ny biker]

I don't think anything is wrong with you. You said it has been gray and cool...that can be hard weather to get motivated in, especially at the start of the "off" season. At least for me. It's cocooning weather! Good for you for getting out on the hike, though. I'd much rather hike in those kind of conditions myself. It's much easier to warm up and stay warm, less worries about chilly wind, etc.

I am really struggling with the weather we've been having -- it's too cold too soon for me on most days. It didn't help that I just spent the weekend in Austin with the heaviest rain I've ever experienced in my life followed by a steady strong cold wind from the north. I was hoping for a few warm sunny days before winter set in, instead it was miserable. And now that I'm back home, the same rain is about to hit here.