April 13, 2008

• I almost forgot, the other night at Clem's I also arm wrestled with that chick, once left handed and once right handed.  And yes, I did beat her. Twice. I still got it!!!!

  Yesterday was Nate and Izzy's 1st birthday party, as opposed to Wednesday when Mark and Amy  had us over for dinner on their actual birthday. The party was at the American Legion in Joliet from 1-4. I was going to get there at noon to help set up. They had their name on the sign out front.

  

  That was cool.

  I was prompt in arriving, however as it turned out, there really wasn't much to do. So John, Mark, Matt and I sat around for about a half hour playing Rummy. At about 12:30, some dude showed up with the food. And I want to stress dude. In spite of the fact that it was 40 degrees out with a mix of rain and snow, (although, mostly rain), he was wearing a t-shirt, shorts and moccasins looking like a surfer who was fresh off the beach. Still, I didn't mind, he was young and cute. As for the food, it was very good, everybody was raving about it. They had some very good baked pasta, along with beef, garlic mashed potatoes and potato wedges.

  The party was only about 3 hours long and went by very quick. Not much to say about it except that we had a nice time. Afterwards, some of us (just Mark's siblings and Amy's immediate family) went back to Mark and Amy's to hang out. This meant Wii. In the first game of Wii bowling, Mark was perfect going into the 10th frame. The first 2 balls were strikes. He was one strike away from a perfect game. I could tell he was a little overly excited as he tried to roll the ball and he must have forgotten to press the "B" button while rolling because he got that message on the screen that tells him how to bowl. He then went again and BOOM! He knocked down all but 2 pin, giving him a 298. In the next game he got a 200. The next few games he got even less. After playing a game of golf, we were at it again with the bowling. Once again he went into the 10th frame perfect. This time though, things were very different, he finished it off for his first Wii bowling perfect game. He then followed that one up with another perfect game. Ok, now it was old hat and I could stop rooting for him to get a perfect game. After all, he was kicking my ass.

  Later we sat around talking about my house situation. See, in addition to the leaky roof and the busted floor, I've also got some serious mold building up in the crawl space. The mold could be a very serious situation or so I'm told. My difficult decision breaks down like this. Which do I get fixed, the mold or the roof? See, the roof could cause mold in my attic or ceiling as well. Or, I can fix neither and just sell the house as is and take a big hit. After all, in all honesty, I have probably about $15,000-20,000 worth of work needed on the house. I've got money saved up, but not that much. Plus, if I decide to sell as is, can these problems hold off for a year for me to sell? With a crappy economy and a horrible housing market, I can't take a hit because repairs are needed and expect to get a decent amount for the house in this market. I feel so overwhelmed with the situation, made even worse by the fact that not only do I not know how to fix any of this, but even if I did know a little bit about these sort of things, these problems seem so complex that they almost need a professional to fix them. The question is, what do I do?

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