I still have a boring life. It's good which is why it's boring. No crises, no drama, just. . .good. Happiness doesn't really produce interesting reading but it's wonderful to be there. Eventually I'll have transitions again and write funny stuff about it but until then I'm boring and happy. I had more to write about when my life was in ( Read more... )

I signed a metric butt-tonload of paperwork on the 17th and became a part-owner of a house. (The bank owns the other half.) Guess I better pay the mortgage, eh? Now that the process is done I'm actually very glad that my other bids fell through. Waiting really paid off for me in spite of the stress ( Read more... )

Thank you all for the good wishes for 40. Life gets faster they say ( Read more... )

I am now in line for black balloons and bad greeting cards. I am now "over the hill" and I assume I'm picking up speed. Through a semirandom series of events I am in Minneapolis and that too is good ( Read more... )

Argh. I've tried to be a player in the economy but it's just not working! I fell down a rabbit hold when I wasn't looking, I guess ( Read more... )

So. . .the latest on the house is silly. The second mortgage holder of the house I'm buying as a short sale, "IndyMac", has stated that if Countrywide (the first mortgage holder) accepts my offer then they will too. Countrywide came back with a statement that we had "grossly lowballed" on our offer and that they wanted $680,000, $40,000 more than ( Read more... )

Today the US Senate passed a bill in regards to business practices for credit cards. Like many congressional bills it was a compromise all around. While consumers didn't get interest caps they did get 45 day notice on increases in interest rates and the 6 month reset policy. Issuing banks aren't having to lower prices to retailers over " ( Read more... )

No, I don't have a house yet. I did get the foreclosure sale notice for the one I live in, though. I'm so charmed to know that my landlady decided to take our rent and subsidize her home rather than keeping her rental current. Bad landlady! No keep house ( Read more... )

My life is very good. I'm happy in more ways then I ever thought I would be. Very few flies get in my ointment these days. That's why I have energy to write rants like this one ( Read more... )

No house yet. Still waiting for banks to decide that yes, they really do want to sell one to me. I have money and mortgage. . .I feel like a wallflower at the houseprom. Sigh ( Read more... )