Re-decoration

I just updated to the new Blogger look.  I suppose I'll get used to it, right?  I think at this point that there is nothing I can't get used to, given the right incentive.

I was in Palm Springs last weekend; you can read about it here if you haven't already.  The photo to the right is from the Parker Hotel.

I am actually kind of happy at this point to be not taking too many drugs, and I hope I don't have to take any more antibiotics in the near future.  I started feeling on April first that my life was making a change to not feeling sick and coming down with a new bug every few weeks.  I usually don't get hit hard by so many colds, particularly not after getting the flu shot this past year.  According to everyone who has offered an opinion, this year has been a bad one for colds.

I don't know about a status report on my various projects and if there is really benefit in that, but I am making strides into eventual home/condo ownership.  I went into a bank on Thursday and am working on getting a pre-approval for a home loan.  I am not really sure what my credit rating is, and I have never had a bank loan for anything.  I don't know if this is typical or atypical by my age.  I bought both of my cars in cash, well, on my second one, my mom loaned me the money for half and I paid her back with interest.  I now started realizing that this wasn't the best strategy for me because having had a car loan paid off would look good on my credit rating, I think.  I also was a little concerned about having just paid my credit cards off last month, how that will affect things.  We'll see.  I think once I know how much of a loan I can get, it will affect my choices of home a little bit.  I feel like I've not been doing much on finding a place, mostly because I was out of town last weekend and this weekend is Easter Sunday with very few open houses.

The dining table I would like to be rid of, the cat is definitely staying

In thinking about moving, I've been thinking of what can I get rid of.  I have this fantasy of dumping everything I own and moving into a new place and starting fresh.  I started realizing that wasn't too practical, and not even just from a financial standpoint of having to buy everything new and what do I do with all my old crap.  But there are a lot of things I want to get rid of, including the microwave I've had since college, the dining set I got from my ex R and I never use except as a place to feed Kiki where Ted won't eat her meals, and my mattress which is over ten years old and starting to sag in weird places.  I think that I've mostly replaced things very thriftily and piecemeal and not really looked towards good quality or fancy furniture.  I know people who redecorate all the time, but I've had the same color schemes for years.  I am not much of a decorator and over the years I've realized that I want to have things that are comfortable and would rather spend excess money on travel and dining out than decor.  But I think with moving, I can change that a little bit.