House update April 18, 2010

So just in case you don’t know what’s going on with the house thing, let me catch you up to speed. Our house is still for sale. We’ve had some interest but no offers yet. We found a house that we really like and are hoping that we’re able to get. The reason we went ahead and made an offer is because if we have a contract by the end of April and we’re able to close by the end of June we will *probably* be eligible for a $6500 tax credit. It’s kind of a long shot that things will fall into place so that can happen. But if we don’t have an acceptable contract by the end of April then there’s no chance at all. So we are just really hoping that the right family comes along in the next few weeks and decides that our current house is the house for them.

This is the house we’re hoping to get. It’s just pretty perfect for us. It has everything we need and more but it’s not over the top or out of our means. But if this one doesn’t work out we know there will be another one that will work too.

Ripping off my own blog April 18, 2010

I was thinking about this post the other day for some reason. And I just like it so much that I’m deciding to post it again. I can do that, right? I wrote this on my old blog back in March of 2006. Enjoy but don’t get mad if you’re a 110%er.

Tuesday, March 21, 2006

80%er

I like to call myself an 80%er. That to me means that I put forth an average of about 80% effort in my daily life. The effort or attention with some things may be higher or lower, but just on average, about 80% overall. I was perfectly happy with B’s in school, especially if I didn’t have to study to get them. I’m comfortable with a few dirty dishes in the sink at any given time. I expect myself and others to screw up several times a day. I am not hard on myself when I do screw up because I know it’s coming and I’m fine with it.

But then you have the 110%ers and those people really confuse me. I don’t understand them. And they do not understand people like me. They think we’re lazy or incompetent and we think they need to take a pill or buy looser underwear. I think that most 110%ers wish they could be 80%ers but they just can’t for any number of reasons. And I think most 80%ers wish they could get away with being 50%ers but they know they would starve and have no place to live.

The world needs 110%ers to do the work that the 80%ers really don’t feel like doing or don’t think is important enough to mess with. The 110%ers create extra work for themselves to do while the 80%ers think of creative ways to pawn their work off on the 110%ers.

If you are a 110%er, thanks for all you do to make my life easier.