So far I’ve lost 50 lbs. I’m half way to my 100 lbs goal. Although I still have more to go after that, I am making good progress. I figured out a diet and exercise routine that works well for me. It’s not too difficult and it’s easy to maintain.
The housing market is at its lowest in the last 30 years; a great time for first time or investor home buyers. I was pleased to find that many mortgages are significantly less than most rental properties. So why not buy?
First challenge is getting someone to loan money. Because I am a business owner getting a loan is a bit tricky. Fortunately our credit is good and income sufficient but, of course, proving income has been a headache. Once past the approval process comes the fun part, scoping out potential dwellings.
We (my husband and I) decided on a condo. Despite the Home Owners Association, which is wildly popular in the Phoenix Metro area, we would not be responsible to out side maintenance and besides, we can have luxuries that our schedule would not support otherwise.
After looking at serveral properties, we found the one. Made an offer and… no go. The OTHER realitor is being a butt. Forget it. we wait, wait, wait, and… another one even better than the first. We just put in a offer.
TO BE CONTINUED…
It feels nice to get rid of my cell phone. Although t my husband still has another month, our cell phone bill went from $170 to $40. YEAH! I know use VoIP on my laptop and 80% of the time there is WiFi where I need to make a call. I even tested this by going on vacation without my cell phone and only using WiFi. I was fine. People, you don’t need a cell phone, we are all over telecommunicated!!
I got a gym membership and a personal trainer. So far I’ve lost 17 lbs of fat in the last 7 weeks.
I live in the desert so it does not rain often. When it does rain, the lightening and dust (and sometimes hail) does not make for a good time to be outside. Finally, there was a light rain for about 3 minutes and my husband and I boogied down!
My family is officially a PC free family. I bought a used MacBook Pro on Craigslist as well as a iMac and a later generation G5. I am so happy! I love my Mac!!
One thing that I want to do is dance in the rain. The only problem is I live in a place where it never rains. Monsoon season is here but IF there is any rain, it is so violent that only a moron would attempt to go outside in it. Maybe this winter I’ll be lucky enough for it to rain and for me to dance in it!
