Today is the holiest day on Judaism's Calender, Victor and I would just cut golf out, stay home to reflect ourselves. He would fast without even drinking water, I would just do a liquid diet. I am not obligated to join his fast, but I would like to do so thinking in the old days, Jesus did the same thing, perhaps I should follow what he did in Jewish tradition. The truth is I am indeed need to eat a little less......
We both lost weight after coming back from Thailand, 2 months back to USA and we are getting it all back. We did not intend to lose weight while traveling, just the fact that the portion size was so much smaller in Thailand, it forced us to eat less and could eat more often or taking in smaller meal throughout the day. It was also extremely hot there, you just sweat like crazy by doing nothing. Thailand is located directly on the equator, however the heat is not like Africa's dry heat, it mixed with the moisture from the Gulf and it got very humid and hot in the summer. That is what the draw back Victor's facing, it is too hot for him. Nevertheless, he doesn't like to see snow in the winter, perhaps Costa Rica would be better.
I am getting excited to receive my American Passport, after 4 years of filling up forms, interviewing and sending in $3,500 dollars; I would receive my passport within a month. Very likely we would plan to go to Costa Rica in November once I get my passport on hand. We are going to sign with the listing agent whom we read about on The Palm Beach Post, he is going to list it at 1 million, after 1 month and we would do a price-reduction for a lower figure. There is a strategy involves to put a mark there at 1 million level. Nowadays people is using internet to research no matters what they are buying, 1 million is generally a search preference for those who is looking under "1 million" or over "1 million", by putting the number right at it allows us to be exposed to researchers who hit the internet with this big watermark. Well, a buyer could always throw us a figure 20% less and that is out of my control, but being exposed to the maximum amount of viewer is my goal, domestically or internationally.
I think the house is like a baby, it is always your own baby is the most gorgeous baby in the world. No one dares to tell a mommy that her baby is an ugly baby, just like no one in the world would say to you --- your house doesn't look good. It's just so universal. In the selling part, I would only assist my agent and let the professional does his job. I treat him as my nanny, whom is going to take care of my baby when I am away.
As I discussed it with one of my girlfriend earlier about selling handbags on ebay, it is very easy to get attached to an object and do not want to lose it. The house is the same, it is an object just the same as a favourite handbag. You get very attach to it; Victor is like that, very sensitive and very emotional. I just tell him wherever we go, there is where our home is; it is not limit to which house we are staying at, it is where we choose to be.
Don't get me wrong that I don't like this house, I love this house we live in the last 6 years. But it is time to move on and it costs too much money to upkeep it, we would plan our next place with the least amount of maintenance work as possible, Victor should not be climbing up and down the attic anymore, and I should devote my time into Golf totally instead of pruning trees.
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