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Last Saturday My Prince and I made an offer on this cute little house we found. The process of trying to write up an offer took us four hours to do (yes you read that right). Unfortunately, on Sunday the sellers' made a counter offer and made it clear that it would be their final offer. Well, since their counter offer was pretty much the same amount as they were selling the house for we refused their offer and walked away. So now the quest of trying to find that perfect house is still on. But at least we gained experience on how this process goes.

My beloved Penguins have won their second game in this series Sunday night so now we go to game three! It's SO exciting I can barely stand it!!!

That's it for now.

~ FC

May 09

Please help if you can...

I've read the Fat Cyclist blog for quite a while now. When I read this I knew I had to do something. Here are the details:

Dear Readers of Fatcyclist.com,
This last week has been truly tragic learning of the down turn of Suzan’s illness. As I read these comments left by all you good people, the over all theme is the same. “What can we do for Elden, Susan and their kids?” I decided it was time to stop wondering and time to start doing. I set up a bank account in Elden’s name at a local bank here in Utah. It is linked to pay pal. The pay pal account is winsusannelson@gmail.com . If you don’t have a pay pal account you can also donate by going to my business’s website http://www.kennysphoto.com and clicking on the link in the middle of the page, where you can donate with the credit card of your choice. Please know that all funds collected will go directly to this bank account and after a two month period will be given to Elden, Susan and Family. Elden is unaware of this account, until now, of course. I’m not sure how he will react to this comment, but if he removes it, I’m going to continue to put it back on his blog and I invite you as fatcyclist readers to also put this on your own respective blogs. I truly believe that we bless our own lives, when we help others, so I hope that Elden will allow us to help him through this very trying time in his life. He truly has touched each one of us, through his writing and his friendship.
Respectfully yours,
Kenny

Thanks!
~ FC

May 05

Update

I'm happy to report that I sent in my application for that job I'm trying to get this summer. My fingers are crossed and I'm hoping for the best. Also, My Prince and I have been pre-approved for over the amount of money that we need for the house that we are interested in. We will be making an offer on the house either today or tomorrow. Either way I'm rather excited about it. I can't wait to live with My Prince.

This weekend was great! My beloved Penguins won their game yesterday afternoon and will be playing again tomorrow against the Philadelphia Flyers which will definitely be interesting. My Prince and I with my Dad and Step-Mom went over to see the house that we are interested in which means I got to see it again. I like it more every time I see it.

With the beautiful spring weather I've become more active. I've been walking outside a ton and have even been doing some home exercises. I hope to jump on the weight loss wagon again and see what happens.

I'll report more when I know more.

~ FC

April 29

Nothing New

There’s not much going on right now, that’s why I haven’t posted recently. My Prince and I are still thinking of buying that perfect house I had mentioned earlier. Right now we’re in the process of seeing how much the bank will be willing to loan us.

My beloved Penguin Hockey team has made it to game 3 in round 2 so that’s exciting. I went to the afternoon game on Sunday last weekend, which was fantastic! I can’t wait to see what they do tonight!

I received my one piece of information that I was waiting for to send in my application for that job I want this summer. I’ll be contacting them to find out the address and attention that I need to send it to today.

These are some exciting things going on but I’m still waiting.

~ FC

April 23

Things Are Changing

Yesterday, I voted in the PA primary election. I found that so exciting! PA hasn’t been part of the primary election in a very long time so I was happy to be part of history.

I also had a small hang up in my plan to move in with My Prince this summer after I find out if I’m getting this job that I want. I forgot that even though I moved into my current apartment in July that my landlord had me resign the lease in May the following year so that I could fall into her “leasing period”. So, when I received the lease in the mail last week I was suddenly reminded. Luckily, I made the phone call to my landlord and she is going to let me pay month to month until I figure out when I’m moving out. She just wants a 60-day notice, which I was relieved to hear.

Tonight My Prince and I are taking his parents and my Mom to see the house we saw last weekend that we both liked a lot. Not to mention that it’s located in the area of town that I would have to live in if I got this job this summer. YAY! I just hope things keep falling into place for me. I’m getting rather nervous.

Happy Wednesday,
~ FC

April 21

Family Packed Weekend

I was looking forward to this weekend and dreading it for the past few months. The dread was due to the fact that I’ve put on a lot of weight due to my depression and there is the whole subject of my depression. But for the most part I had a great weekend with my family.

Friday night I enjoyed a wonderful dinner out with My Prince. We had SO much fun it really lifted my spirits. After dinner we went to Wal-mart to finish up my last minute shopping for this weekend. I had to buy birthday gifts for my great uncle. We were throwing him an 80^th birthday party and I had a hard time finding him something appropriate. We ended up getting him a family photo frame, a robe, and slippers.

On Saturday I woke up early with My Prince and grabbed a bite to eat for breakfast. Then I went home to get ready for the party. I was SO excited because not only was my family from out of town coming but my Pappy from Arizona was coming too! It was so good seeing everyone! I had a blast with my cousins that I hadn’t seen in a while. My uncle seemed to have a good time as well.

Then on Sunday my Pappy wanted to do a brunch with the family before heading towards Maryland with my out of town Aunt and Uncle. We got up bright and early and I was thrilled that I was able to sit right next to my Pappy during brunch. I miss him so much! I told him I want to come see him in December. I just hope that I can. He will be turning 80 this December as well.

Then My Prince and I went to a bunch of open houses and found The. Perfect. House! We’ll be making another visit with My Prince’s parents to get their opinions on it. I’m crossing my fingers that we can get it.

That was my weekend. Now I’m back to the daily grind. One of the exciting things going on in town today is that Hillary Clinton will be speaking a few blocks away from my office. I’m going to walk over to hear her on my lunch break.

Tomorrow is the PA primary election day! Don’t forget to vote!
~FC

April 15

A few quick things

My library is so high tech that I just found out that I can download audio books from the Internet onto my MP3 player. I thought this was great for when I go on my walks, riding my stationary bike, or walking on my treadmill so that the evil neighbor lady doesn’t yell at me for having the tv on at 5:00 in the morning. But I was wondering, does listening to an audio book count as having “read” a book? I will admit, since you all already know how obsessed I am with books, that I felt cheated out of the actual reading aspect of listening to the audio book. But I am definitely hooked on this new discovery. I thought it would be perfect for me since I already had an MP3 player, the iPod Nano. But, unfortunately for me, the audio book format does not work on iPods. I then decided to look at which MP3 players they would work on. The cheapest one was $38.00. So, naturally I decided I didn’t need this cool form of entertainment and that I would just keep it old school and listen to my tunes on my iPod. Only that stupid cheap MP3 player was calling my name. Then once I found out Wal-mart had it for $35.00 that was the end of me. I had to have it! So, now I’m the owner of a SanDisk Sansa Clip MP3 player and love it because it plays my audio books. YAY!

Also, my beloved Penguins have just won game 3 of their first round of NHL playoff games. One more win and they can move on past Ottawa, YAY! I won’t mention that I’m dying to have one of these. I also won’t mention my ongoing obsession with HIM. And just in case you don’t know who HE is by looking at those pictures of HIM, click HERE. But for those of you not willing to click on any of those links, this is who I’m talking about:

Obsessed much? Uh… Yeah!

As far as the whole “crazy FC” saga goes… I’m still crazy. I think the meds are helping but I’m still not back to normal (whatever that may be). I’m trying but am still feeling held back by something. That’s the best I can explain it. But I’m just trying to take things one day at a time.

Last but not least My Prince and I found this amazing house last weekend. Unfortunately this house is on the wrong side of town because it’s on my current side of town and not my “maybe soon to be” side of town if I get this job I want this summer. But it is perfect in every sense of the word. It’s a great size for us, great location, has a wonderful neighborhood, doesn’t need any work done, and the price is in our price range. But I need to wait and see if I’m going to get this job or not first before we can do anything *sigh*.

If I don’t get this job, I think I might just quit my current job and run off to marry him: