... simply my life

The holiday decorations have been in place for a while now and I just had to take a photo of this little birdie. I just love him and his little birdie friends. It seems to be a bit of a theme on my tree - birds, jayhawks included. Ha!

Bit of a rough day - chasing purchase orders from coast to coast. Trying to get client comments so I don't miss a deadline. Finding out I'm going to have to travel the week of Christmas - for work! Nothing like being in Kansas twice in the same week. Have developed some sort of pain in my abdomen - right at my right hip bone. I think I must have twisted wrong and am now paying for that. Ran a few errands, but didn't make it to all the stores because I didn't want to push myself too far. I've got meetings downtown tomorrow morning.

Then I come home to a call about my refinance and find out that it's a no go. Well, they would proceed with it but the closing costs more than doubled from what was originally discussed. All this thanks to property value drop of 22% in my area! I paid $500 to find out that my condo is worth $30K less than what I paid for it three years ago. Booooooo!

At this point I HAVE to stay in my condo for at least two more years to 'break even.' If I do any improvement I will either have to cut my losses knowing I'll never recoup or stay here long enough to actually make some money back. Home ownership SUCKS!

To leave this post on a positive - I've almost completed my Christmas shopping and I feel great about that! Merry! Merry!