Chocolate Math

My friend Cheryl sent me this. I’m not too big of a fan of chocolate (yes, I know – *gasp*) but it does work.

YOUR AGE BY CHOCOLATE MATH

DON’T CHEAT BY SCROLLING DOWN FIRST!

It takes less than a minute
Work this out as you read …
Be sure you don’t read the bottom until you’ve worked it out!

1. First of all, pick the number of times a week that! you would like to have chocolate (more than once but less than 10)
2. Multiply this number by 2 (just to be bold)
3. Add 5
4. Multiply it by 50 — I’ll wait while you get the calculator.
5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1756. If you haven’t, add 1755.
6. Now subtract the four digit year that you were born.

You should have a three digit number.

The first digit of this was your original number (i.e., how many times you want to have chocolate each week).

The next two numbers are YOUR AGE! (Oh YES, it is!!!!!)

THIS IS THE ONLY YEAR (2006) IT WILL EVER WORK, SO SPREAD IT AROUND WHILE IT LASTS

I also got this at work. It’s called “The Bird Flu Hits Florida”. 😀

*Sigh* Step 1 of house purchase – DONE.

Okay, I have a house in contract!!! It’s more than I wanted to pay for it but in the long run, the resale value will make up for it and the payments aren’t going to be too much more per month.

The next step is the inspection and appraisal. Hopefully, the inspection will come back okay. I’m not sure what I’m looking for the appraisal to tell me as far as the value on the house. With my parents house, we wanted the appraisal to come back as high as possible…this makes the loan-to-value percentage much smaller; better loan. I don’t think it works that way on a first time buy.

Still being a little supersticious but since you guys are so supportive of my house purchase process, I thought I’d let you know that I once again have a house under contract. Once I’m sure we’re going to go through with it, I’ll post pics and many, many details. Thanks for being patient. 🙂

Oh, and as far as the poison oak thing, the rash has healed quite a bit, with very little weaping. It only itches as the ointment I have starts to wear off and the only real negative thing at this point is my skin (including my lips) is very dry. Thank goodness it didn’t last too long!

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True Friends

“True” Friendship
None of that Sissy Crap

Are you tired of those sissy “friendship” poems that always sound good, but never actually come close to reality? Well, here is a series of promises that actually speak of true friendship. You will see no cutesy little smiley faces on this card- just the stone cold truth of our great friendship.

1. When you are sad — I will help you get drunk and plot revenge against the sorry bastard who made you sad.
2. When you are blue — I will try to dislodge whatever is choking you.
3. When you smile — I will know you finally got laid.
4. When you are scared — I will rag on you about it every chance I get.
5. When you are worried — I will tell you horrible stories about how much worse it could be until you quit whining.
6. When you are confused — I will use little words.
7. When you are sick — Stay the hell away from me until you are well again. I don’t want whatever you have.
8. When you fall — I will point and laugh at your clumsy ass.
9. This is my oath….. I pledge it to the end. “Why?” you may ask; “because you are my friend”.

Friendship is like peeing your pants, everyone can see it, but only you can feel the true warmth.

Yet again, ARGH!!!

The stress I’ve had in my life lately has caused my body to be uber sensitive to things I’ve never known I was allergic to. The reaction started out as two small rash spots on my chin at the beginning of the week. I was thinking maybe I’d gotten into poison ivy again or something so I was treating it as such. The spots had grown a bit through the week but poison ivy (although not contageous once it starts to develop into a rash) does that. On Friday night, a few more spots had developed then before I knew it, half my face was starting to swell. It was as if the spots were playing connect the dots. We’ve determined that the crazy weather we’ve had lately has hurled a bunch of allergens in the air and my body was absorbing anything it could to give it strength. Unfortunately, when the body does that, it also tends to take in things that aren’t so good for you as well. No Skip, I won’t post a picture of my face here.

I’m going to change some eating habits – clean up what I take in. I’m not going to become a vegan or anything too intense. I’m going to cut out red meats, eggs, dairy products, white sugar and coffee as much as possible. I’m going to add a few supplements (all natural, mostly vitamins) and try to keep up the regular exercise I’ve been doing lately.

So, not only am I looking like a chipmunk right now, I’ve hit a wall with this house. The owner doesn’t want to negotiate AT ALL with the price or any selling terms. The damn house has been on the market since November, I’m willing to take it off his hands in three weeks and because I’m offering lower than he wants (and not something ridiculously low), no go. I’m going to raise my offer to as high as I can go (which is still a little under what he’s asking) and hope for the best. I should have NEVER talked about it yet! (I know this isn’t really the reason I’m having issues on this.)

———————Update———————

With the help of rest, lots of water, vitamins, fruits and other healthy foods as well as aloe vera jelly and colloidal silver, the swelling has gone down and the itching has subsided!!! Hopefully, this will all pass by the end of the week.

I forgot to mention that I played in a tennis tournament yesterday and it was a lot of fun. It was a mixed doubles tourney the tennis team put on as a fundraiser. A lot of faculty played and it was quite evident that many faculty spend a lot of time indoors, or at least not on a tennis court. I didn’t stay long enough to see who won but my team was eliminated in the second round. I had a lot of fun but I’m quite sore today….

Maybe…

…I found the one – the perfect house. It has everything I need in a house and almost everything I was wanting to boot. I’m feeling a little superstitious about sharing the details just yet so I’m going to wait. Kelly & Cathy T are going to have to wait the the details with me. It is in Pflugerville and has been on the market since November. Think good thoughts for me and this house. I’ll post details once I know more on if the offer takes, the inspection is good and have a closing date set.

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Gas Prices SUCK!!!
Gas Prices suck!