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Post by toomuchreality on May 15, 2023 3:06:39 GMT -5
Looking for a Sony Walkman type cassette player - anyone have any thoughts of where I might find one online? I have some cassettes I'd like to listen to while working around the house or walking, etc. Dang ! I just gave 1 of them and 2 disc players away, to someone I don't know and have never heard from since, a couple of months ago. I would have sent it to you, if I had known. I also gave away a boom box and all my tapes, when I got rid of my 87 Corolla, that had a cassette player in it. Now I want to get rid of my CDs. Anyway, I hope you find one. Is there a thrift store near you, where you can check? Or a FB Buy nothing group, you can post that you're looking for one? That's how I gave mine away. Good luck!
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Post by chiver78 on May 15, 2023 4:08:01 GMT -5
Good morning, energetic invisipeeps, gardening and tending to your health and homes and peeps. Welcome to Monday. I hope your day ahead is fulfilling and happy, and includes an option to imbibe a beverage of your choice. Today DH is bringing DSis and me to a tea house for afternoon tea. I'm looking forward to it, rehearsing for next week when teas will commence in earnest in the British Isles. Yesterday turned out not like I expected. DH, who had pneumonia a month ago and a concomitant course of antibiotics, had a very long coughing fit. I made an appointment at the urgent care center. I was thinking we didn't want to be flying with him still fighting this residual cough. At the urgent care he had an xray and blood work. The tests showed him to be still fighting pneumonia, only it had progressed. They sent him to the ER for IV antibiotics, and called ahead for him. The ER was a crazy as you would expect on a Sunday afternoon when regular doctors' offices are closed. We waited for a couple of hours. He had another set of xrays. He was brought back to a treatment room past a full complement of patients in the hallway on gurneys. They also took blood work. Because he is diabetic and has stage 5 CKD they tend to get a bit excited when they see his test results. The NP came to say DH would need to be on IV antibiotics, and would therefore need to be admitted. But! DH did not feel or look particularly ill. Twenty minutes later the MD came in to say he was going to be prescribed 2 heavy-duty antibiotics, orally, and that should be just fine. No need for admission. It took another hour or so but he was discharged with the first dose given and the rest on order at our pharmacy. The upshot of it all is that DH has double pneumonia and needs the antibiotics. He should be fine by the beginning of next week. He doesn't need to do anything more than take the meds, plus get plenty of rest. Phew. We wound up eating at a nearby Applebees. Mediocre food. Convenient. Then we came home to an eager Franklin the Dog. Franklin and I saw tiny dinosaurs on our dawn walk at the beach. The great egret was a surprise. ![Canadian geese](https://i.imgur.com/9Gp4SYb.jpg) ![Great Egret](https://i.imgur.com/cvAp1lz.jpg) curious if the tea house is out my way. there's two, one on either side of the canal, and I've heard great things about both. enjoy! glad to hear DH will be okay. the ER sucks always.
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Post by chiver78 on May 15, 2023 4:15:47 GMT -5
ugh, I did not sleep well last night, dreaming about everything from international flights and where to store a baby gate while I'm away(what..?) ...to finding a (cute) stranger in my room when I get there, and then having to share the room, with said stranger....to packing up leftovers and forgetting them before a flight. I think I woke up four times. and now I'm awake for the day. may the coffee be strong, and plentiful.
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on May 15, 2023 4:39:20 GMT -5
Just got back from breakfast, our excursion isn’t until this afternoon. It was nice not having to set an alarm.
I was supposed to pick up our passports yesterday and forgot. There was a message on our phone reminding me. I hadn’t even looked at the phone since we haven’t used it. We did, for contacting/leaving messages on the WC. Also, my incarceration for Covid, it was the only way to get food delivered.
Liverpool is chilly, about 50° this morning. While it’s not supposed to rain, rain clouds float by regularly, teasing us. I’ll guarantee it won’t rain and wear my raincoat today!
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Post by finnime on May 15, 2023 5:18:09 GMT -5
chiver78, we're going north of you to a town famous for its historical rock. I'm glad to hear about tea houses near you, though.
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Post by chiver78 on May 15, 2023 5:30:54 GMT -5
chiver78 , we're going north of you to a town famous for its historical rock. I'm glad to hear about tea houses near you, though. believe it or not, that is my town. I'm just a few feet from the *very* southern border of it. ![](https://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff155/JiminiChristmas/ymamsmiles/tongue2.png) the tea room I think you're going to, then, is a very British one. that, and the BBC around the corner always make me chuckle....in this particular town. enjoy!
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Post by ners on May 15, 2023 6:05:06 GMT -5
Need to get moving for the day. Did not sleep well last night. I am seeing the surgeon who operated on my arm tormorrow, so I am going to make up the time by getting early (not happening today) and staying late.
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Post by Opti on May 15, 2023 6:53:08 GMT -5
Looking for a Sony Walkman type cassette player - anyone have any thoughts of where I might find one online? I have some cassettes I'd like to listen to while working around the house or walking, etc. Dang ! I just gave 1 of them and 2 disc players away, to someone I don't know and have never heard from since, a couple of months ago. I would have sent it to you, if I had known. I also gave away a boom box and all my tapes, when I got rid of my 87 Corolla, that had a cassette player in it. Now I want to get rid of my CDs. Anyway, I hope you find one. Is there a thrift store near you, where you can check? Or a FB Buy nothing group, you can post that you're looking for one? That's how I gave mine away. Good luck! I'd actually love a Sony walkman or equivalent that plays CDs. I like my CDs although need to organize and cull them. I think I either have one that is not working or tossed that one out. IDK.
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Post by Opti on May 15, 2023 7:05:46 GMT -5
Well its morning and time to get done what I did not do over the weekend. Zip pics, email to AAA case manager Write out something sensible for the report, email that out as well. Talk to G at my usual garage, see what he thinks of the estimate pics and what that means to me in additional damage to my car that wasn't there when I made the call for the tow. Email that estimate to AAA. Find out if I am getting an actionable estimate from the body shop today that I can use. Hopefully email that to AAA case manager by COB today. If possible, combine all that in one monster email that actually gets delivered most likely after 5 PM today. Speak to #2 in HR and get some clarity. I know my doctor's appointment is at an unfortunate time, but it is before the final deadline I was given. Because I was not yet enrolled in all the many programs in the practice I was unable to get an earlier appointment. Weirdly the scammy looking, have an earlier appointment please text word of the moment seems to have stopped. There were three alleged earlier appointment before the one I had last week. However, each time I had to get a hold of my ride and see if it was even doable. I responded to one. I was either too late (likely) or confirmed to some scammer I use the phone. (Also likely to me.) This practice has almost as many numbers as AAA . Oh and I have to follow up on the fact it appears I hit the 5 tow limit in a year because AAA tow failure. There should have been three successful tows in the calendar year. The last one would have been in a parallel universe where my car actually was safely and successfully put on the tow bed and taken in for fixing the window. Then in the beginning of June, my calendar year rolls over and no harm no foul.
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Post by Opti on May 15, 2023 7:16:30 GMT -5
Fed Moon Shadow his Vitamin C crunchy, morning pellets , and first grab of hay for the day. Water is OK for now, but my buddy has to poke his head out and hang over the cage opening. Fleece change over needs to be completed today. The other base fleece layer had to dry over night.
Need to take my vitamins etc. and record them. Maybe a quick shower or bath. Also need to put out on order with Walgreens, Target or similar. Need TP , Refresh eye drops, generic Zyrtec and some other things.
Did not sleep great, but did better than nothing. Three hours? My last round would have been at most 2 hours and round one ?
Sorry for the long posts. Hopefully will not be doing them by the weekend.
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Post by raeoflyte on May 15, 2023 8:33:26 GMT -5
Even my easy dinner felt like too much last night so we went out. In my defense I had spent a lot of the day cleaning the kitchen already. Home stretch of the school year and we're all just barely hanging on. I love not having the morning rush over the summer but I also want to be more organized this summer than in years past. Get to the pool at lunch or leave early more, capitalize on kids who are old enough and responsible enough to get things done.
Today won't be fun at work, but I'm hoping for a productive day and to be able to take a lunch break for a mani/pedi. Probably wishful thinking, but stranger things have happened.
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Post by raeoflyte on May 15, 2023 8:47:53 GMT -5
Good morning, energetic invisipeeps, gardening and tending to your health and homes and peeps. Welcome to Monday. I hope your day ahead is fulfilling and happy, and includes an option to imbibe a beverage of your choice. Today DH is bringing DSis and me to a tea house for afternoon tea. I'm looking forward to it, rehearsing for next week when teas will commence in earnest in the British Isles. Yesterday turned out not like I expected. DH, who had pneumonia a month ago and a concomitant course of antibiotics, had a very long coughing fit. I made an appointment at the urgent care center. I was thinking we didn't want to be flying with him still fighting this residual cough. At the urgent care he had an xray and blood work. The tests showed him to be still fighting pneumonia, only it had progressed. They sent him to the ER for IV antibiotics, and called ahead for him. The ER was a crazy as you would expect on a Sunday afternoon when regular doctors' offices are closed. We waited for a couple of hours. He had another set of xrays. He was brought back to a treatment room past a full complement of patients in the hallway on gurneys. They also took blood work. Because he is diabetic and has stage 5 CKD they tend to get a bit excited when they see his test results. The NP came to say DH would need to be on IV antibiotics, and would therefore need to be admitted. But! DH did not feel or look particularly ill. Twenty minutes later the MD came in to say he was going to be prescribed 2 heavy-duty antibiotics, orally, and that should be just fine. No need for admission. It took another hour or so but he was discharged with the first dose given and the rest on order at our pharmacy. The upshot of it all is that DH has double pneumonia and needs the antibiotics. He should be fine by the beginning of next week. He doesn't need to do anything more than take the meds, plus get plenty of rest. Phew. We wound up eating at a nearby Applebees. Mediocre food. Convenient. Then we came home to an eager Franklin the Dog. Franklin and I saw tiny dinosaurs on our dawn walk at the beach. The great egret was a surprise. ![Canadian geese](https://i.imgur.com/9Gp4SYb.jpg) ![Great Egret](https://i.imgur.com/cvAp1lz.jpg) Glad he didn't have to be admitted and hope he sees quick improvement.
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on May 15, 2023 8:55:23 GMT -5
Got a cheap Ginger Peach Black tea at Aldi yesterday to drink at work. It's surprisingly good. Tea is one of those things I've found you don't always get what you pay for.
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Post by giramomma on May 15, 2023 9:30:14 GMT -5
Sorry to hear about your husband, finn. Dh's first interview was 15 minutes. It was planned to be that long. I'm not encouraged. Just to be clear, I don't think it was him at all. They didn't even explain the job at the beginning of the interview, and one of the questions they asked him was what sets him apart from other candidates?
He was able to gain clarity about the job by asking questions. He also said they asked about salary expectations. I get we work in the public sector and it's a thing. It really irks me when they use salary expectations to weed out candidates, when they don't even think it's important enough to you know, clearly explain what the job is in the interview.
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on May 15, 2023 9:39:16 GMT -5
I flat out told our VP in our "get to know you meeting" that is why people leave/don't go into science anymore. I said I want to have a life outside my job and I got a mortgage to pay. I have self fund my retirement in this country and I am accutely aware now of exactly how much nursing homes cost. I said unless science jobs get it through their head that we can't just subsist on the "passion" of our profession you are not going to have people go into it and you will continue to have people leave in droves. I went a step further and told her I actually tell people to NOT major in science for that reason. There are other majors/professions that pay better and might allow you to do things like have a roof over your head and retire someday. I'd leave but I am finding it harder than the career counselor made it out to be. There is also the fact the field that I originally was musing on is now having it's own bottleneck because it was "hot" there during the pandemic but at least here and at DH's company they laid off a butt ton of them recently they've all been the first to go. So that's out unless I want to be right back where I started just in a different setting.
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Post by Opti on May 15, 2023 9:59:08 GMT -5
Sorry to hear about your husband, finn. Dh's first interview was 15 minutes. It was planned to be that long. I'm not encouraged. Just to be clear, I don't think it was him at all. They didn't even explain the job at the beginning of the interview, and one of the questions they asked him was what sets him apart from other candidates?
He was able to gain clarity about the job by asking questions. He also said they asked about salary expectations. I get we work in the public sector and it's a thing. It really irks me when they use salary expectations to weed out candidates, when they don't even think it's important enough to you know, clearly explain what the job is in the interview.
All jobs use salary expectations to weed out candidates. All. Some are worse than others in this regard, but I think interviews like your DH got is when they don't know what they are shopping for but need to have interviews because someone said so or HR required it. I loathe those kind of interviews because how can you sell your talents to an organization that won't tell you what they do or more importantly do not flesh out what they want and need. Some interviewers are hung up on unimportant things, so sometimes an interview is just a waste of time and gas money. Hope he has other options in his near future.
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Post by TheOtherMe on May 15, 2023 10:15:43 GMT -5
There are times I would love to try grocery delivery but I don't know how that works for stuff like meats and poultry, perishables like milk and eggs, or frozen stuff. Do they give you a window for delivery? I don't want my chicken breasts to be lunch for one of the roaming dogs or cats, or have to toss frozen foods. Here, in the summer, when I do pick up, even though the food is inside, it is packed in dry ice, water bottles that are ice and bags of ice. Everything is cold when it goes in my car. I have put ice in the sink while putting groceries away.
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Post by raeoflyte on May 15, 2023 10:15:56 GMT -5
Powers been put for an hour and a half, was supposedto be on 15 minutes ago but no new eta. There goes my lunch break.
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Post by TheOtherMe on May 15, 2023 10:37:01 GMT -5
Talked to nephew last night. He gave me the address of their new place. While I didn't see their exact unit, I was able to find lots of photos of various units in the building when they have been for sale or rent. It overlooks Lake Ontario and the views are gorgeous. He had told me the den (they chose not to get one with a den) was basically about 5 or 6 feet wide and the only thing in most of the ones they looked at was a desk. In his building that was true. It's certainly not what I think of or a den. His mother (she's not my sister ![](https://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff155/JiminiChristmas/ymamsmiles/wink.png) ) has been ranting at him about them not coming to his nephew's graduation party. They close on the condo on June 2. Party is June 3. I am the only person willing to drive to Chicago to pick them up, which irks him. They have to be out of their apartment by June 15. They don't have time to go to a few hour graduation party to a kid that barely speaks to them when they are here. She is also very upset that I knew they had bought a condo before she did. I will not tell her I know the address and have looked on Google maps to see the area. I have also checked hotel prices in the area and they are outrageous. Like hotels in the US, since they are close to the Blue Jays stadium, Hockey Hall of Fame, Scotiabank, etc., they all have surge pricing when events are happening. Many I couldn't book a room for more than 2 days, because an event is happening and it's sold out. I will have to find places farther out. I had thought out by the airport, but that is too far out.
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Post by Opti on May 15, 2023 10:45:08 GMT -5
My entire morning has been dealing with tech issues. Remains to be seen whether any of my day will be productive as I don't know when this nonsense will be over and happy. For now at least. Laptop rebooted. Internet provider equipment rebooted. Now phone crap which includes upgrading it after a few things complete. I think my internet might be crappier than it was too because I have a heavy WFH user that moved in recently and generally I am working at this time and being mostly well.
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Post by giramomma on May 15, 2023 11:59:02 GMT -5
I don't know why the universe has it out for me right now. I am really over it.
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Post by Opti on May 15, 2023 13:59:41 GMT -5
I don't know why the universe has it out for me right now. I am really over it. It might be coming after several of us. I wrote that big post earlier. I have done absolutely zero on that list because of tech issues. I have rebooted my laptop, I have rebooted my internet connection, I even called the hardware maker of my phone as the cloud did not want to recognize me. So the phone is now on a current OS and I have yet to retry to get into the cloud. Plus, the car is really dead from a financial standpoint. Body shop does not want to write an estimate just talk to AAA. I said that's not going to happen unless and until I have something to send them first. So, looks like potentially three more weeks of carless ness more or less and I wonder if I will even qualify for a rental car as they probably won't be repairing it. Thinking I need to shoot an email to a lawyer that helped me with something else. I'm not close enough to work to walk either.
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Post by busymom on May 15, 2023 14:10:23 GMT -5
We got our homeowner's insurance bill in the mail, and it has increased by $300 over last year, so I've begun calling around to see if I can do any better. So far, the cheapest deal I've found with the same coverage is an additional $400 more than my new bill. ![](https://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff155/JiminiChristmas/ymamsmiles/faint.gif) It might be a good year to invest in insurance funds.
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Post by countrygirl2 on May 15, 2023 15:16:24 GMT -5
Try Erie Insurance or Berkshire Hathaway. We have gotten excellent rats from them for house and cars.
Well we went to court today over the eviction, this is still dragging on. The gal showed up. Initially per a "new" boyfriend?? she agreed to be out, now she got there and said she had no place, to go, no job, and is mentally unstable. The boyfriend said something to us that she needs 2 weeks or something, I said she has had 9 months. Oh, it was to clean. She said something to the judge after we left and he called us back. She was trying to blame some other boyfriend for her problems. He said he misunderstood what she was saying and told her he was sorry for her troubles but she still had to pay.
So she has to be out in 14 more days or appear back in court and then they are going to discuss damages. Like hubs told our lawyer outside, not a word about us giving her a car, paying her insurance for her, or living there for 9 months for nothing. Hubs didn't think she would show. I said in the past I would say no, but now I figure she will pull every card for sympathy she can. Someone gave her an old motorhome to live in. But hubs said she has to have a place to park it. But I think she will be gone in 14 days or the sheriff will remove her, from what our attorney said. Told hubs have two new lock sets to put on the doors immediately. It's ok, we don't have time right now to do anything with it anyway. But if we had to make payments on the property and be in a situation like this it could kill a landlord. It's sure not helping our finances though as we are paying insurance and property taxes on it.
We are fixing it up when we get it and selling it.
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Post by Deleted on May 15, 2023 15:19:08 GMT -5
finnime I am so glad your husband eventually got the treatment he needed to get back to health
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Post by bean29 on May 15, 2023 15:23:51 GMT -5
I found a really cool house on Realtor.com last night. I sent it to DH but I have noticed it has an accepted offer on it already this am. We are not at all ready to move, so it is fine - but I thought I would share with you all. It says in the narrative that there was a fire. New Berlin, is desirable, but it is on the border of the cities of Waukesha and Brookfield which are also very desirable. www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/1520-S-Springdale-Rd_Waukesha_WI_53186_M75495-22676. I would have wanted a second bathroom, and a 3rd car garage + kitchen and other interior remodeling. DH is ready to replace the flooring in the Living room, but he refuses to replace the tile in the entryway/kitchen. I am not happy about it, so I told him not to go high end. Hopefully he will listen to me. If I can't change the tile in the kitchen, I think I will go ahead and replace the counter tops and the sink. Might tweek the layout a bit, but no major changes.
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Post by Deleted on May 15, 2023 15:31:25 GMT -5
We managed to knock out two grocery stores today, Aldi and the big grocery in a neighboring community. I found the sesame oil, sesame seeds, ginger root, and Siracha at the big store so I can push the Asian grocery store trip off a bit more. The big store (it's now part of the Kroger/Albertson's conglomerate) has a pretty solid Asian section because it's in an extremely wealthy area with lots of university professors and doctors from our medical center. Gotta get the bird seed and fire ant killer tomorrow a.m.
We had to dispose of a dead squirrel this afternoon which makes me sad - I love the little guys
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Post by Deleted on May 15, 2023 15:35:22 GMT -5
I found a really cool house on Realtor.com last night. I sent it to DH but I have noticed it has an accepted offer on it already this am. We are not at all ready to move, so it is fine - but I thought I would share with you all. It says in the narrative that there was a fire. New Berlin, is desirable, but it is on the border of the cities of Waukesha and Brookfield which are also very desirable. www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/1520-S-Springdale-Rd_Waukesha_WI_53186_M75495-22676. I would have wanted a second bathroom, and a 3rd car garage + kitchen and other interior remodeling. DH is ready to replace the flooring in the Living room, but he refuses to replace the tile in the entryway/kitchen. I am not happy about it, so I told him not to go high end. Hopefully he will listen to me. If I can't change the tile in the kitchen, I think I will go ahead and replace the counter tops and the sink. Might tweek the layout a bit, but no major changes. Definitely needs big-time updates but incredible potential - and the back is amazing. I love the whole mid-century vibe but would need a 2nd bath for sure
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Post by lurkyloo on May 15, 2023 15:55:58 GMT -5
Trying to remember that I like my job. The nascent migraine and whiplash ending to the call on Friday are not helping. Trainwreck project pulled it together and gave a thoroughly reasonable funding presentation a couple of weeks ago. We were expecting 6 weeks funding then to go back and ask for the rest of it. What we got was 6 weeks funding and instructions to validate the new approach, publish it, and resubmit for consideration as a new project ![](https://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff155/JiminiChristmas/ymamsmiles/facepalm.gif) I can’t honestly disagree-new approach looks really promising but the existing team doesn’t have the right experience to tackle it properly, and they also don’t understand that they don’t have the right experience. Given that they’ve been in varying levels of denial that their initial hypothesis didn’t work for over a year I guess that’s not surprising. Still, super fun to bend over backward trying to shove them over the finish line and then get scolded for overstepping my assigned role.
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Post by bean29 on May 15, 2023 15:59:22 GMT -5
I found a really cool house on Realtor.com last night. I sent it to DH but I have noticed it has an accepted offer on it already this am. We are not at all ready to move, so it is fine - but I thought I would share with you all. It says in the narrative that there was a fire. New Berlin, is desirable, but it is on the border of the cities of Waukesha and Brookfield which are also very desirable. www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/1520-S-Springdale-Rd_Waukesha_WI_53186_M75495-22676. I would have wanted a second bathroom, and a 3rd car garage + kitchen and other interior remodeling. DH is ready to replace the flooring in the Living room, but he refuses to replace the tile in the entryway/kitchen. I am not happy about it, so I told him not to go high end. Hopefully he will listen to me. If I can't change the tile in the kitchen, I think I will go ahead and replace the counter tops and the sink. Might tweek the layout a bit, but no major changes. Definitely needs big-time updates but incredible potential - and the back is amazing. I love the whole mid-century vibe but would need a 2nd bath for sure Yeah, I told DH that there was a good chance the windows were not double pane/insulated windows, so those also probably needed updating. Loved the lot/setting and exposed/lannon stone back side of the house.
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