CyberCJH's Blog

Michael Jackson is dead. I can’t remember so much fuss over someone’s death since Princess Diana passed in 1997. When Farrah Fawcett died, my first question was, “Who’s that?” I don’t watch much TV, I will admit. But, that’s probably painfully obvious anyway by my not knowing who she was. Don’t get me wrong – I’m very saddened by the loss of human life. But, I could have tripped over these people and not known who they were.

I was listening to NPR this morning and they interviewed this woman who was crying histerically screaming, “Michael Jackson change music and he changed the world. The wwoorrlldd!! Wwwwwooooorrrrrlllllddddd!!!!! Wwwwaaahhhhh…” And, I thought to myself, “You do realize you sound like an idiot, don’t you?”

People. Sheez.

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I’m thinking of going back on the Cookie Diet.

Christina & I used to go to Dr. Seigal’s office down in Dade county and after that we went to the Smart For Life centers scattered around south Florida.

The idea of eating cookies to lose weight sound stupid, but it works. I was losing about 2-3 lbs a week. It was easy.  And, since there is a Smart for Life center here in PSL, I’m thinking of going back on the cookie diet. I don’t remember why I stopped. Lack of will power, I guess. Klondike Bars. Potato Pancakes. Nachos at Denny’s. Hhhhmmmmm …

I was down to almost 200 lbs at that time a couple of years ago. But now, I’m back up to 215 lbs.  As a result, my BMI is way too high.

BMI Calculation: Weight (lb) / [Height (in)]² x 703
So, for me : 215 / 5,041 x 703 = 29.98

You’re considered overweight if your BMI is 29.99 or less. At 30, you’re considered obese. As you can see, I’m 2 slices of pizza away from being obese.

I need to reduce down to between 133 and 178 lbs in order to be in the normal BMI range. The average correct weight for someone my height is 155.5 lbs. So, I need to drop about 60 lbs. Based on the results I had previously with this diet, it should take about 20 weeks (about 5 months) to achieve this weight loss. But, we shall see.

Smaller pants that sit atop my closet shelf, still in the plastic, still in the Kohl’s box … Here. I. Come.

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Our home inspection is scheduled for early next week. It’s almost $500. Ouch. But, it will give us peace of mind in knowing the house is sound and the roof isn’t in danger of collapsing or something.

In other news, the woman who claims to be our realtor is pissed since we decided (both buyer and seller) to go without an agent on this purchase transaction.

She tells me that they have a realtor code of ethics and that we all have rules we must follow. Really? A realtor code of ethics. Could such a thing actually exist? Well, in fact … yes, it does.

The preamble to this code of ethics states:

… REALTORS® can take no safer guide than that which has been handed down through the centuries, embodied in the Golden Rule, “Whatsoever ye would that others should do to you, do ye even so to them.”

Wow. Realtors are familiar with the Golden Rule?

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The house hunt has become exceedingly frustrating. Houses that are listed as active on the MLS aren’t actually active and those that are listed as short sale approved really have never actually approved for a short sale to begin with. My realtor has provided me a couple of lists of about 40 houses each. From those 40, we would select 10 we liked and of those, 2 would actually still be available. The MLS is a worthless piece of crap.

We looked at one house on a road called Breezeway that looked like a murder scene with blood all over the walls and carpet.

Incredible how the real estate market works – it’s a wonder that realtors make any deals to begin with as unorganized as the whole system seems.

So, we gave in a signed a sales contract for the house we’re living in now. And, I can’t say I’m upset by that decision. We like the area and the house is nice with quite a few upgrades.

Keep your fingers crossed for us, please.

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Came across something funny on the back of a Crab & Corn soup mix packet from the Philippines.

Right above the UPC on the back … it tells you what may be present in the soup packet. Check out the last thing listed …

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