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Prudie Thursday

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edited March 2023 in Wedding Woes
Serious bad news on the property selling front.  The buyer yesterday said, when they tried to get quotes for insurance, nobody would cover the house because the roof is more than 10 years old.  Supposedly, that even included Louisiana Citizens, which is the "last resort" insurance for this state.  It has some kind of government backing and I always thought any house would be covered by them when no other companies will.  It would be the same thing for the other duplex (#2) I was talking about yesterday, that I don't have listed and we just had rental showings for.  That roof is older than 10 years also.

My REA is looking into it and having her insurer run a "dummy" quote to see if that is really true.

It's just so frustrating because the roofs on both of those houses are fine.  No leaks ever in the many years I've owned each of them.  

I've crunched numbers and duplex #2 is definitely worth keeping, either way.  Even if I subtract 10% of the rent for property management fees (once I move).  For the duplex I already have listed, I'm leaning more toward keeping it rather than putting a new roof on just so i can sell it.

The other factor I am considering is I keep hearing that interest rates are expected to go down early next year, maybe even toward the end of this year.  We won't see the 2-3% rates of a couple years ago, but definitely down from here.  A whole lot of trying to tell the future.  But, if that happens, those properties should go up in value and then I can re-evaluate if they are worth keeping or selling.
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Re: Prudie Thursday

  • Oh no! For rentals or your own place, @short+sassy? :(
    so, No, I don’t have a perfume addiction or - No, I do have one?

  • Oh no @short+sassy it seemed like things were going so good! 


  • The finish line of this big work project is in sight! 

    Minor work rant: this guy from my team was supposed to be leading this. He majorly dropped the ball and got called in it. I was the one who had to being in his manager to get him to do his part. Now he’s trying to do everything even the stuff I’m responsible for without running anything by me. It’s infuriating. I don’t normally work with him and I’m hoping this is the last for a while. 
  • Oh no! For rentals or your own place, @short+sassy? :(
    so, No, I don’t have a perfume addiction or - No, I do have one?
    That seems like a lot to me; I also don't wear perfume (w/my allergies it's just not worth it), so I might not be the best judge.  I say, if you enjoy it, buy away.

    Big luck vibes, @short+sassy, that sucks!

    I am in the full throes of an allergy attack.  Swollen eyes, raspy throat from coughing, and my lungs really hurt.  I think it's a helluva combo: mold is here here, plus false spring, then we have a massive windstorm happening that I think is pulling up cedar, oak, and mold from Texas.  This is also my first one, so that's a definite improvement.

    Otherwise, SSDD.  Things feel like they're calming down, trying to get back on track.
  • Oh no @short+sassy I'm hoping it works out.

    DH is on day 10 of Covid with day 1 counting his positive test day and thus far I'm feeling good.  I'm hoping that the booster I had in Dec is what did the trick.  

    We're supposed to get some possible snow tomorrow night and that may affect plans for the weekend.  Chiquita's in a music festival on Friday night / Saturday. If they opt to postpone it shifts to Saturday/Sunday which isn't a huge deal but could mean we miss a Girl Scout thing Sunday afternoon which is a bit of a bummer.

    I've had a frustrating week at work trying to figure out how to have a response that doesn't admit wrongdoing (because we actually followed the correct process) that also moves things forward.  
  • VarunaTT said:
    Oh no! For rentals or your own place, @short+sassy? :(
    so, No, I don’t have a perfume addiction or - No, I do have one?
    That seems like a lot to me; I also don't wear perfume (w/my allergies it's just not worth it), so I might not be the best judge.  I say, if you enjoy it, buy away.

    Big luck vibes, @short+sassy, that sucks!

    I am in the full throes of an allergy attack.  Swollen eyes, raspy throat from coughing, and my lungs really hurt.  I think it's a helluva combo: mold is here here, plus false spring, then we have a massive windstorm happening that I think is pulling up cedar, oak, and mold from Texas.  This is also my first one, so that's a definite improvement.

    Otherwise, SSDD.  Things feel like they're calming down, trying to get back on track.
    Oh, I know it is! And the last two rows, the full size stuff was all discovered after Dec 20th.  It’s a thing with Thierry Mugler, people collect all the lines and I became part of that cult.  All blind buys (minus the oriignal “angel” I’ve known for yeara) and I love all of them but one! I have to sample the new elixer and I should be done.
    I think. 

    Booo to spring like allergies. Fake Spring is over for us today apparently.  But our newscaster told us he didn’t have much faith in the forecast so we’ll get what we get.  Nothing new for us. 
    @charlotte989875, sorry this guy is being a butt but yay for that light at the end of the tunnel. 

  • Oh no! For rentals or your own place, @short+sassy? :(
    so, No, I don’t have a perfume addiction or - No, I do have one?
    That's such a cute stand for them!  What's even worse is I probably have even more perfume than that, but I hardly ever wear perfume.
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  • Oh no! For rentals or your own place, @short+sassy? :(
    so, No, I don’t have a perfume addiction or - No, I do have one?
    It’s only a problem if you don’t wear them! 


  • banana468 said:
    Oh no @short+sassy I'm hoping it works out.

    DH is on day 10 of Covid with day 1 counting his positive test day and thus far I'm feeling good.  I'm hoping that the booster I had in Dec is what did the trick.  

    We're supposed to get some possible snow tomorrow night and that may affect plans for the weekend.  Chiquita's in a music festival on Friday night / Saturday. If they opt to postpone it shifts to Saturday/Sunday which isn't a huge deal but could mean we miss a Girl Scout thing Sunday afternoon which is a bit of a bummer.

    I've had a frustrating week at work trying to figure out how to have a response that doesn't admit wrongdoing (because we actually followed the correct process) that also moves things forward.  
    “While we recognize this process can be cumbersome and result in longer lead times, we’re excited to move forward with x project and y being the next step for us”? 
  • Thanks for sympathy, all.  I've been feeling pretty bummed about it this morning.

    The other possibility that can happen is a hurricane or tornado takes out one of the roofs and then I have to put a new one on anyway, lol.  Just like what happened to the duplex I was under contract for and then I was scrambling to get a new roof on in time for closing.  

    But on one bright side, our soon-to-be new tenant submitted the background check yesterday and it came out fine.  We are meeting to sign the lease this evening.
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  • Hey!! It's been such a long week.  At least the sun is out today.  

    SSDD for the most part.  More meetings, blah.  Prudie coming up.  
  • Oh no! For rentals or your own place, @short+sassy? :(
    so, No, I don’t have a perfume addiction or - No, I do have one?
    That's such a cute stand for them!  What's even worse is I probably have even more perfume than that, but I hardly ever wear perfume.
    I was a little worried when I laid them out alltogether (yes I love the stand too!). I was like “can I get to all of this before it expires?” But the average bottle can last 3-5 years, says the googles. And the googles are always right.

    ok when I first read your message I only got the top line but I went back and read it now.
    ”yeah, buyer. Yeah.  This is why I’m selling!”

  • Oh no! For rentals or your own place, @short+sassy? :(
    so, No, I don’t have a perfume addiction or - No, I do have one?
    That's such a cute stand for them!  What's even worse is I probably have even more perfume than that, but I hardly ever wear perfume.
    I was a little worried when I laid them out alltogether (yes I love the stand too!). I was like “can I get to all of this before it expires?” But the average bottle can last 3-5 years, says the googles. And the googles are always right.

    ok when I first read your message I only got the top line but I went back and read it now.
    ”yeah, buyer. Yeah.  This is why I’m selling!”
    I wrote the first sentence and posted, just to get the daily posts going, lol.
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  • That’s a bummer about the roofs @short+sassy. Sending you good vibes everything works out. 

    @charlotte989875

    I am feeling antsy for the weekend. Not for any reason in particular other than I want to enjoy my bday. I think I’m also a little anxious because next week we go live for a new computer system and it’s going to be hellish. Im trying to figure out a new process because I cannot operate they way I’ve been in the new system. At the training I asked if there was an easier way to do something and the response was “oh, you’re an NP? Yeah, you guys get dumped on.” So that was nice. All I know is work life balance means a lot to me and I absolutely do not want to spent 20 hours a week outside of work charting. So I’m brainstorming with my staff on how we can streamline. 

    Otherwise, SSDD. Debating whether or not I should buy myself an electric tea kettle for work but tbh I did the birthday week Treat Yo’Self a little hard with a massage, a facial, and a mani pedi, and I shouldn’t spend any extra money. 


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    @levioosa you deserve every last treat yo'self
    @short+sassy ugh I'm so sorry
    @charlotte989875 that guy sounds completely ridiculous and unprofessional, how frustrating
    Having a day at work.  Whew.  I've been doing a lot of tutoring during my workday frees and as a result have been up late at night after the kids go to bed finishing all my progress reports, which are due tomorrow evening.   
  • Just cut my foot on a screw sticking out of a dining room chair, definitely need to recover and attach these, yikes. H is at a work thing tonight so i've got the boys solo - at least i'm WFH today so i can have dinner ready before I pick them up. Finally getting up and running with access to all our systems at work. IT is super stingy about licenses for things and it's taken 8 weeks to even get started but looking forward to doing more actual work!

    @CharmedPam if you don't go through them all, just re-imagine it as decor - the setup is so pretty!!!

    @short+sassy I'm sorry all the real estate is not going quite how you wanted, hopefully it will all end up in your favor even if it's a longer process. 
  • random Q: Has anyone tried Prose hair care stuff? I'm really annoyed with my hair atm. We have very hard water and it just goes through phases where it's limp and greasy even though my hair texture is generally more wavy and full. 

  • Just has a really long meeting at work reviewing everything we did last year.  The rest of the day should be more laid back.  I hope to get out of work early tomorrow, but we're getting a big snow storm so I'll get out of work early to possibly just have my evening plans cancelled.  Oh well.
    We had a nice date night last night - we were supposed to go out for dinner last Friday but hubby couldn't.  So I said Saturday and .... he got busy.  And I don't like going out on Sundays, and he was busy Monday, and then he got busy Tuesday too .... this better not become a thing.  I had ribs and wings, and it was delicious.
    No osprey sightings for three days, but I haven't had a chance to buy those shiny things to put in the trees.  So my poor animals have been stuck inside their pens for three days.  Their pen is huge, and they barely come out even when they have the option, but I still feel bad.  Can't wait to go shopping and deck out my yard to keep this osprey away.



  • banana468 said:
    Oh no @short+sassy I'm hoping it works out.

    DH is on day 10 of Covid with day 1 counting his positive test day and thus far I'm feeling good.  I'm hoping that the booster I had in Dec is what did the trick.  

    We're supposed to get some possible snow tomorrow night and that may affect plans for the weekend.  Chiquita's in a music festival on Friday night / Saturday. If they opt to postpone it shifts to Saturday/Sunday which isn't a huge deal but could mean we miss a Girl Scout thing Sunday afternoon which is a bit of a bummer.

    I've had a frustrating week at work trying to figure out how to have a response that doesn't admit wrongdoing (because we actually followed the correct process) that also moves things forward.  
    “While we recognize this process can be cumbersome and result in longer lead times, we’re excited to move forward with x project and y being the next step for us”? 
    I wish it was that!

    It's more of how to phrase, "We are sorry this did not appear as you want it but we produced the trial product to what you approved six months ago despite arguing you didn't."  But it's not worth that argument.  So...."Please let us know what areas we need to improve so we can set a new standard.  Would you prefer to approve this vs. form X or do you need to see final product and a visit date for on site standard development?" 

    Basically they're insisting they didn't do something and I have a signature saying, "Go with this."  So....now we'll make the change and are trying to avoid having to say, "Well, it may not be what you want but you signed that it was so let's move forward,"   

    It's the tricky way of not admitting to wrongdoing and it's by far the most unique situation I've encountered.
  • banana468 said:


    banana468 said:
    Oh no @short+sassy I'm hoping it works out.

    DH is on day 10 of Covid with day 1 counting his positive test day and thus far I'm feeling good.  I'm hoping that the booster I had in Dec is what did the trick.  

    We're supposed to get some possible snow tomorrow night and that may affect plans for the weekend.  Chiquita's in a music festival on Friday night / Saturday. If they opt to postpone it shifts to Saturday/Sunday which isn't a huge deal but could mean we miss a Girl Scout thing Sunday afternoon which is a bit of a bummer.

    I've had a frustrating week at work trying to figure out how to have a response that doesn't admit wrongdoing (because we actually followed the correct process) that also moves things forward.  
    “While we recognize this process can be cumbersome and result in longer lead times, we’re excited to move forward with x project and y being the next step for us”? 
    I wish it was that!

    It's more of how to phrase, "We are sorry this did not appear as you want it but we produced the trial product to what you approved six months ago despite arguing you didn't."  But it's not worth that argument.  So...."Please let us know what areas we need to improve so we can set a new standard.  Would you prefer to approve this vs. form X or do you need to see final product and a visit date for on site standard development?" 

    Basically they're insisting they didn't do something and I have a signature saying, "Go with this."  So....now we'll make the change and are trying to avoid having to say, "Well, it may not be what you want but you signed that it was so let's move forward,"   

    It's the tricky way of not admitting to wrongdoing and it's by far the most unique situation I've encountered.
    Something about making sure everyone is on the same page?  "We have had instructions to do it both X and Y.  Going forward due to recent confirmation we will be doing it Y as we recommended.  Please confirm that this is the process as you want it for this project"

  • Can it be a "our understanding per [signature X] were these instructions.  I'm sorry you feel the product did not meet the parameter of those instructions.  Continuing forward, would you like to approve at x point or y point and we will send a confirmation [email/contract] at each approval point?"
  • For a couple more happy thoughts.

    Harrahs opened a new food hall in their casino.  It's casual dining.  Walk-up counters with community seating.  It has Bobby Flay burgers and a "Cake Boss" pizza and dessert place.

    To introduce players to the food hall, they are being very generous with free food this month.  They gave me $40 in food credit to use EVERY Wednesday in March.  As such, my first visit was yesterday.  I got a whole pizza from the Cake Boss place and a slice of carrot cake.  They also sell by the slice ($7.50).  Huge slices.  The whole pie was $40 (ouch!), but it is gargantuan.  I was starving when I got home.  Ate one slice and was totally full.  But not too full to sample some of the carrot cake, lol.  Really good, but probably not any better than any other bakery.

    I was clearing out some of the photos in my phone this morning and found this hilarious one of our "death defying" Maple Bar.  This was the first time she climbed on top of our refrigerator and that's my H's hand trying to coax her close enough, so he could pick her up to put her back down.  She is wily and was having none of it.  MB:  "No one will remove me from this glorious, new high perch I have found."



    At the time, it was really funny.  Both my H and I were in the kitchen and we could hear MB meowing, but couldn't figure out where she was.  It was like, "She sounds like she is right HERE, but she isn't."  We had even started to open kitchen cupboards, in case she had somehow gotten into one.  But then my H looked up and saw her.  Then we were trying to figure out how she got up there, lol.  There's a kitchen trash can on the side of the fridge.  That's how she does it.
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  • VarunaTT said:
    Can it be a "our understanding per [signature X] were these instructions.  I'm sorry you feel the product did not meet the parameter of those instructions.  Continuing forward, would you like to approve at x point or y point and we will send a confirmation [email/contract] at each approval point?"
    We can't really do that without it blowing up.  That's sort of the issue that we're trying to figure out how to button up things moving forward without saying, "Hey you kind of screwed us over," because not blaming may help more financially as long as it's somethign they'll overlook?? 

    It's so frustrating.

    On a good totally separate note, our local BOE is moving forward with the higher budget.  DH is going to attend the board of finance meetings to speak in favor of the budget because the board of finance has to approve the board of ed budget and the board of finance may force cuts.  
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