After years of dreaming, planning, and wishing Kim and I have started the house hunt.  In fact, we actually have an offer on a house right now.  When we put in the offer, we were expecting to wait a month or two for a response due to the transaction being a short sale.  We submitted the offer 4 days ago and 2 days ago found out the bank contacted the owner.  This means we should know any day now whether they accept our offer or not.

Our offer made number 4 being submitted to the bank by the seller.  The 3 previous offers already waited 2 weeks without so much as a peep from the bank.  Secretly I’m hoping the bank’s sudden contact is due to our offer being acceptable, but it’s more likely coincidence.

The house itself is a ranch style 3/2 with an unfinished basement and a sun-room.  It’s a corner lot in quiet subdivision very near to my work.  The location is biking, or walking in most cases, distance to a grocery store, my work, Sean’s place, and a movie theatre, making it an ideal location for Kim and I.  If this deal goes through, we plan to relieve ourselves of a vehicle.

In other news, I am competing in the company’s “Biggest Loser” contest.  According the optional weigh-ins, I am currently in first place with 9.5% loss of body weight.  That translates to 21 pounds! This whole gym thing appears to be paying off. Speaking of which, today marks the 8th straight week of 5AM gyming.  I might have missed a day or two during that time, but it is close enough.  My ultimate weight goal is now only 10 pounds away!

In other, other news, Kim, Sean, and I finally purchased our plane tickets for our trip to Ireland. This trip took over two years to make a reality, but now it is finally happening. May 16-31 we will be in Ireland. The first week is a bike trip through the Connemara region with touring company IronDonkey. The next week is a little up in the air, but we plan on going to Galway and Dublin for sure.  We are planning at least a couple, more likely 3 days, in Dublin.  I am hoping too that we go see some castles while we’re there. It should be a lot of fun.

Thus ends month two of my 12 month trek towards a post a month.  Yay for New Year’s resolutions.

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Posted by cthrax, filed under Myles' Posts. Date: February 22, 2009, 4:23 pm | No Comments »

  • 6th week of BodyAttack complete. Between Sunday, yesterday and today I think I’m back on track after my 4 days of illness. #
  • /me *hands @seanrees a shoe* #
  • I tried a different climbing gym tonight. The front desk people were awesome and the routes were fun. Inner Strength FTW. #
  • Replaced a bodypump class with a freetrainers.com workout. It was a good change of pace, I think. #
  • @mikekirby congratulations! #
  • The regular Thursday spin instructor changed jobs and we had a sub this morning. 75% was spent standing. That’s hard! #
  • @pbeiser it looks like you’re going to be just in time for some snow! #
  • @vadavia congratulations!!! I’m almost 20lbs down. Another 2 to go! in reply to vadavia #
  • Happy SAD (singles awareness day) twitterland! Make sure to eat well and drink well while watching TV with friends. #
  • @evillile do you move the carboy prior to siphoning? in reply to evillile #
  • @mikekirby he looks kind of 8-bit in that photo ;) . Congratulations again! in reply to mikekirby #
  • @vadavia it’d only be creepy if the person was standing outside their house at the time google took the picture. in reply to vadavia #
  • Welcome to unix 1234567890! #
  • Free burritos at chipotle until 9 tonight! #
  • One house on our tour this morning cancelled. I wonder if it was due to snow. They were tenants though, so probably not. #
  • Well housing tour complete for the higher end of our price range. Truthfully, the house we were taken with last week is still #1. #
  • @vadavia don’t touch the poison oak! in reply to vadavia #

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  • @tatooine123 oh yes, what we qualified for and what we’re going to be getting are far different. in reply to tatooine123 #
  • Off to attack my body errrr…. BodyAttack. Though I still think the former is accurate. #
  • “Everyone knows Britain can withstand european invaders, but snow it appears brings it to its knees.” That’s a silly statement by NPR. #
  • Thinking about going home. Aren’t emergencies fun? #

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Posted by cthrax, filed under Myles' Posts. Date: February 8, 2009, 11:59 pm | No Comments »

  • Back at the doctor’s office for a lipid panel. I just can’t seem to get enough. #
  • I feel awesome this morning! This week’s lunches are all ready to go. Cardio is on track. I am poised to be the biggest loser! #
  • I…am…completely…dragging…this…morning. #
  • Alright, 2 bananas, 2 cups of coffee, and a cookie later I am back to full speed. #
  • @kbostwick and carbs. Bananas are one big stick of carbs. in reply to kbostwick #
  • “Add resistance!” painful words for a tortured soul. Spinning class: COMPLETE. #
  • @vadavia I recommend a run. It always helps clear my head. #
  • @pbeiser at least, after going to coops I’ll need to offset those calories! in reply to pbeiser #
  • It’s noisy car day today. I’ve just had 4 cars pass me making unhealthy car sounds. #
  • Ahhh, sweet delicious cardio. I think my 2 #
  • 20 minute run is getting easier. Yay for a less than 10 minute mile! #
  • An approval letter has been acquired for a loan. We’re qualified for a loan with a monthly payment 2.5 times our current rent. Wow. #

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