House hunting Stepdad
Top Five Lists
It's Friday afternoon and I have an appointment in an hour with nothing to do in the mean time so it is now officially 'Friday Afternoon List Time'
My Five Favorite...
Bands:
1. The Jesus and Mary Chain. Simply the best. Ever.
2. U2.
3. Beach Boys.
4. Ned's Atomic Dustbin.
5. The Beatles.
After number two, I really had to think as if I had only five bands to listen to, period. Hmmm, I think I'm stuck in the eighties and even earlier but I have always liked the Beach Boys. Then I got into punk, so if you saw me driving around when I was sixteen, you'd hear either Darklands by the JAMC (go buy it, now) or the Beach Boys or the Violent Femmes.
I think the Violent Femmes were the gateway band to 90 percent of people who like alternative/punk music, at least for anyone in my age group. They'd have made the list (I've probably listened to them more than any other group here except for the Jesus and Mary Chain) but Gordon Gano's voice begins to wear on the nerves after a while.
Next list:
Five Favorite Movies:
1. LOTR: Fellowship of the Ring.
2. LOTR: The two towers.
3. LOTR: The Return of the King. (As if I won't think it's the best movie ever?)
4. Star Wars.
5. ET.
Ok, so I'm a 33 year old geek. But it's my list and those are my four favorite movies. Yes, Return of the King won't be out til December, but I'm sure it will be as good if not better than the first two movies so it's on the list.
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I just got back from previewing my open house...
and wow, what a house. Five bedrooms, five bathrooms. The master suite is downstairs and four bedrooms are upstairs with two baths, so two other bathrooms are downstairs. It feels like there is a bathroom off every room. This home was owned by an incontinent family! Actually, the home is beautiful, and for 500,000, it better be. Hopefully, someone that can actually afford the house will come to the open house and make an offer on it. If so, you will probably be able to hear me yelling, wherever you are.
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Thank God it's Friday...
And I don't say that because I'm planning on going out and drinking too much and getting loud and crazy. I say that because hopefully the weekend will give B. a chance to get some rest. This week went from 'All is clear on the B. front' on Monday to a 'Category 5 Hurricane' Wednesday, Thursday and this morning. I know it's because of the new schedule and the rigidity of the school day as opposed to her normal summer routine but as wonderful as B. is, she can also be just as onery, crabby, gouchy and argumentative. And Jen wants another girl! I'm sure if we do have a girl in December, it will be exactly like Jen and B...and that is a good thing but I'm hoping for a boy to even the numbers, although B, has told me that won't matter.
This weekend will be cool. WE are having a family day tomorrow, just me, Jen and B. For a couple of months before the wedding, we weren't able to do a lot with B, since we were spending every possible moment organizing the wedding. But Jen and I are really going to make a point to spend our weekends with B to make up for the ones we had to set aside to do other stuff. We are planning on going to the Natural Museum tomorrow. We all like it and it's a good family activity.
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A new name, a slightly changed focus?
I was just watching House Hunters and decided to change the name of my Blog (especially since it gets cut in half on the updated Blog links. Plus, you run into some loonies in the Real Estate Profession, which will make for some funny stories.
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Just because I'm older doesn't mean I can't blast the stereo while driving...does it?
Sometimes, I can't help myself. You have a good day, the weather's nice, one of my favorite songs is playing, so up goes the volume. The point of all this is that while
Blogsurfing I came across a rock and roll Blog that mentioned one of my favorite bands that noone else has heard of, Sloan. The Blog is
The Rock and Roll Report and glancing over the site, seems very cool. Go give it a read and if they recommend a band as cool as Sloan, they must know what they are talking about.
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Getting into the swing of things...
Ever have one of those mornings where everything falls into place? Knock on wood, but I'm having one of those now. We had to get up a bit earlier this morning since Jen had to be at work an hour and a half earlier for training but it worked well. B got up with a slight case of crabbyness, no suprise, she was at her Dad's Tuesday night so Wednesday evening and Thursday mornings are usually crabbier than the norm. Regardless, I got her to school early, even if I did take the way that she swore was going to take longer...she forgets she's seven and I am by most definitions an adult.
So, I got to work in record time, only two people here before me and did some good research on work related stuff. So, I have an hour or so before my sales meeting so I hit Blogger. I am hopelessly hooked on reading Blog sites. I have learned that 70 percent of the time if the title of the Blog is English, but sort of avant gardish, like
Black rain sheet or
Sunny Cloud Street , the body of the site is not in English and on a related note...Anime porn sucks. Anime sucks, regardless, but anyone putting Anime porn on a site (and not calling the site 'Anime Porn') is beyond strange and should seek help. Really. Yuck.
Wow, can I go off topic or what? Anyway, back to my day. I really like having the Blog but it would be great to be able to pay these guys for the advanced features. But, it seems as if the Blog people don't want my money since the advanced features are not available for whatever reason. I'd love to have stats and all that stuff. It's not every day you find a company that has no problem providing a service for you but won't let you pay for it.
Anyway, 30 minutes left until the meeting, Off to blog some more. Oh, and if anyone reads this and has an idea how to add a stat counter to a Blog without it causing weird scrolling problems on the Blog, please feel free to leave a message for me. Thanks.
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Well, isn't this cool...
It look as if I'm going to have an open house this weekend. The house is huge, 4600 square feet with five bedrooms and five bathrooms. It's a bargain at only 499,900. But, maybe, just maybe, some of the people coming in to view this huge home (complete with 2 2 car garages) will actually be looking to actually purchase a home. Maybe.
I'm not holding my breath. I just wish I had listed it, that would be guaranteed money. Real Estate is such a cool job, I wish I had been able to go into this field years ago when I first tried it, but it's hard to do with absolutely zero support. I am doing very well, for a beginner, but it's still a little sketchy right now. I think I'll be fine but it's still going to be a while before I'm making a good living, but that day will come and from all indicators, sooner than later.
So, anyone want to buy a house?
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Just a quick note before my meeting...
There is another
cool Blog about a guy who is now a Stepdad that is worth checking out. He scored a perfect ten with his description of how being a Stepdad feels in his last post.
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I have weird friends...
And sometimes, my weird friends of mine drag me into weird conversations, as shown by this message I found myself sending over ICQ:
Well, if you were a hobbit, would you want the world to know?
Don't ask.
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6:30 am is too early...
So, if you are a parent, you know what I am talking about. B's school starts at 7:55 am so that means she has to be up and
somewhat alert by 7:00 am, to eat breakfast and get dressed for school. Monday was her first day back and it's actually been hassle free. She likes school and does very well but we wish school started an hour later, like some of the other elementary schools here in town do.
Today was my first day taking her to school and we had fun. I don't know what it is, but when she's in a car going somewhere, she says the funniest things. I remember a few months before her Mom and I got married, I had picked her up from Summer Camp and on the way home, we got into a conversation about me marrying her Mom. I was wondering what she thought of the idea, so I asked her. She thought it was great but she said she was worried about me. I asked her what she meant and she said, in her most grown up voice:
'Well, you know, once you get married, everything will change. Mom won't have to be nice to you anymore.'
Wow, such wisdom at such a young age. This morning went well, she got to school on time and we talked about all the new things that have happened to her in the last year. She got a new stepdad, a new stepmom and a new baby brother and is going to have another baby brother or sister in December. You'd think she'd have some issues about all of the changes but she's fine with it, except she told me she's not too cool with the idea of a 'crying, pooping, wake you up in the middle of the night baby sister' but once the baby is four months old, it gets a lot better so she'll deal with it, she said. She's a good kid.
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