Randomly February

January was busy, my calendar was packed with obligations -- union, work, social.  I put my head down and went in and knocked out what needed to be done and next thing I know, I look up and it is February.  How does that happen?  It doesn't help that I have been just on the edge of being sick for the past month or so.  It may be time to make a doctor's appointment for a throat culture, it has just been too long to feel slightly sick.

1. See that house?  No, not the one on the right, I already live there but the one on the left?  It has gone under forclosure.  Don't feel bad for the previous owner who lost it, he was a slum lord with 40 or so units.  The place he lives in is close to a million dollars.  No, don't feel sorry for him.  The current owner is a German Bank which had the misfortune of buying mortgage backed securites.  They put it on the market but I think the price was high, so I put in a low offer.  I haven't heard anything and it is likely I won't for a while.  Now the reality is someone will likely pay more than I am willing to pay and I won't ever take ownership but I am giving it a try.
2. Dalton M Ghetti is creating some of the most amazing art work ever with pencil graphite.  Click on that link and check it out.
3. I have always been proud to be a Virginian.  This is a wonderful (and beautiful) state that has a fascinating history, but the legislature is starting to scare me.  When did public school teachers become the scape goats for every problem that cash strapped governments are experiencing? 
4. I listen to old radio shows most Sunday nights and I really think that changing the actors for characters is just wrong.  Does that happen in TV shows?  I guess you see it in movies like the Bond series.  Really, if Johnny Dollar isn't played by Bob Bailey it just isn't as good.
5. I am leaving for a knitting retreat in less than two weeks and I haven't even thought about what knitting I will take.  None of my classes require homework and so I will need projects to work on (plus I have the worst connection ever in Milwaukee -- I may have to go downtown for lunch...) I guess I need some easy and some hard projects -- I would like to take something more interesting than just socks.

Comments

[Kirsten]

And the house? Have you heard? Are you becoming a landlord?

[jasmine]

Since it is a foreclosure the bank (contrary to what you might think) usually moves much slower than a regular sale. I bid low (more than 10% below asking) and they did come back with a counter offer but it was still too high. I came up a tiny bit and now we play more of the waiting game...