What Made you Smile/What Ticked you off Today?

[Stark]

Is that the reason for both of those things?

Well I'm not sure how old daves kid is but I'd guess so.

No I meant the Inazuma avatar.

[flex wood]

No I meant the Inazuma avatar.

I know I just couldn't resist that joke. And yes bone actually beat me to it.

[aaron]

: paid my first mortgage payment today.
: paid my first mortgage payment today.

[Luke]

Jokes should be funny.

[SirGawain]

: paid my first mortgage payment today.
: paid my first mortgage payment today.

Thats what I'm scared of when looking for a house . Luckily, there are a couple fixer uppers, needing little more than painting, under 80k and around 2,000 sq ft. It helps that my dad is a Renaissance man when it comes to building and fixing anything.

[Ziggy]

I can't believe it was snowing hard yesterday and now today it's bright and sunny. It's only ~50 degrees right now but there's no wind and it feels really warm in the sun. The only snow left on the ground are piles from shoveling.

[prfsnl_gmr]

A very nasty norovirus infection ruined my weekend...

Thanks to a very nasty norovirus infection, I am over halfway to my weight loss goal for the year! (Seriously...I lost 7 pounds this weekend.)

[Ziggy]

: paid my first mortgage payment today.
: paid my first mortgage payment today.

Thats what I'm scared of when looking for a house . Luckily, there are a couple fixer uppers, needing little more than painting, under 80k and around 2,000 sq ft. It helps that my dad is a Renaissance man when it comes to building and fixing anything.

Luckily for myself, if I ever get to be a homeowner, I can do a lot of work myself. I wouldn't even mind a fixer upper (assuming I had the money to put into it) because in most cases I actually like doing the work.

But congrats on owning a home, aaron. That is something that is increasingly becoming more and more of a scary thought for me. They say that it's a buyer's market right now, but property taxes on LI make my stomach turn. I'd hate to leave the place I was born and raised, and that's probably the thought that actually scares me the most about it all.

[Stark]

A very nasty norovirus infection ruined my weekend...

Thanks to a very nasty norovirus infection, I am over halfway to my weight loss goal for the year! (Seriously...I lost 7 pounds this weekend.)

Yay?? ?

[prfsnl_gmr]

They say that it's a buyer's market right now...

It was a buyer's market a few years ago. (I very much wish I had bought my house in 2009 rather than in 2006...) As the economy continues to improve, however, it is becoming more and more of a seller's market.

In any event, owning a house is a lot of work. My wife and I have a 1929 bungalow that was in good shape when we purchased it. Nonetheless, we spend a lot of our weekends working on it. (Having children also delayed some of our home improvement plans significantly.)

A very nasty norovirus infection ruined my weekend...

Thanks to a very nasty norovirus infection, I am over halfway to my weight loss goal for the year! (Seriously...I lost 7 pounds this weekend.)

Yay?? ?

If this horrible, horrible infection helps me to recalibrate my portion size, it might have been worth it...