I was thrilled to learn that my ARM kicks in this next year (rates are at “record lows“) and my mortgage payment will be down by like 20%. Our fixed rate of 5.125, which seemed high at the time, is in fact too high and we’re saving funds beginning Jan for the year of 2010. Good News…..
Running with Carles was easier than I thought over the weekend. We did like 15 km and I felt fine the whole time, so I’m slowly getting back in shape, hopefully in time for the Carlsbad Marathon….
Thanksgiving came and went quickly this year. Peter was able to join us, along with Leo and Debbie, and we had a great meal and relaxed time this year…..Cathy already has her Christmas decor coming out – and I snapped a photo of the famous Nutcracker collection for the FB page. It’s so colorful and festive I had to add it….
How about that Tiger (or should se call him “Bear”) news over the holidays? I know we need to respect his privacy, I know. But this story is made (sadly) for our times and is so, well, humorously contradictory. Let’s see, Tiger leaves his home at 2:30 am after Thanksgiving. Apparently he’s the only guy in the country for which a giant turkey dinner is not sleep medication. Out for a spin? Picking up donuts and fruit for breakfast the next day? We’ll never know as he did not make it out of the driveway but rather plowed over a fire hydrant and ran into a tree (sounds like a scene from It’s a wonderful life). Then his supermodel wife emerges with a nine-iron and turns into Wonder Woman to save him from the car by bashing in the rear window. And she either ran down the driveway, or, took a golf cart? she cannot recall. All this happens the week that the Enquirer says he’s been seeing a NYC “Hostess” who apparently was, coincidentally, in the same hotel as Tiger during a recent tournament in Australia? but they actually don’t know each other?? (John “total denial” Edwards has boosted the credibility of the Enquirer )…
Hopefully Monday and December bring focus back to our terrible jobs situation in SD, CA and the nation…but there do seem to be some signs of improvement.