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so, i mentioned our house appraisal yesterday. the whole mortgage crisis/fallout/debauchery has resulted in new rules regarding appraisals. back in the day (when we bought the house originally), our sketchy mortgage broker 'had a guy' he called and everything worked out 'fine.' thinking back, it is no wonder that system fell to pieces. anyway, now (as i understand it) it is like a lottery. the mortgage broker/bank requests an appraisal through some sort of clearing house mechanism to avoid any conflict of interest type things.
the appraiser that came by the house yesterday had a thick european accent and moved like a ninja (a euroninja if you will). he was fast - one second he was in the front yard and the next he was up on our deck in the back yard. fast! he went into the garage for all of 30 seconds and came back in asking if i was a bike racer. i said i try to be and asked if he was. he didn't confirm or deny but stated that i had a lot of nice bikes out there - it was kind of weird. then he went back to measuring, etc. he was there 20 minutes tops - at $400 that is a pretty solid hourly rate.
i did some running last night - 30 minutes on a mix of pavement and trails. i'm not nearly as sore as i was a few weeks back so that must mean i'm making progress. my plan is to ramp up my running through the fall - not because i think it helps all that much with cross racing but because i really think we lucked out last year at nationals. 6 inches of snow/ice seems like something that would force a lot of running and i would like that to be an advantage and not something to complain about.
cal helped me install new cable/housing for the rear derailleur on my mountain bike. i had been meaning to do that since wausau24 and am just getting to in now. it is amazing how much better a bike shifts when the housing isn't kinked in two different spots.
cross practice tonight. i rode into work and will ride home, swap bikes and meet up with r and c at badger prairie. should be a beautiful night!
happy wednesday.
the appraiser that came by the house yesterday had a thick european accent and moved like a ninja (a euroninja if you will). he was fast - one second he was in the front yard and the next he was up on our deck in the back yard. fast! he went into the garage for all of 30 seconds and came back in asking if i was a bike racer. i said i try to be and asked if he was. he didn't confirm or deny but stated that i had a lot of nice bikes out there - it was kind of weird. then he went back to measuring, etc. he was there 20 minutes tops - at $400 that is a pretty solid hourly rate.
i did some running last night - 30 minutes on a mix of pavement and trails. i'm not nearly as sore as i was a few weeks back so that must mean i'm making progress. my plan is to ramp up my running through the fall - not because i think it helps all that much with cross racing but because i really think we lucked out last year at nationals. 6 inches of snow/ice seems like something that would force a lot of running and i would like that to be an advantage and not something to complain about.
cal helped me install new cable/housing for the rear derailleur on my mountain bike. i had been meaning to do that since wausau24 and am just getting to in now. it is amazing how much better a bike shifts when the housing isn't kinked in two different spots.
cross practice tonight. i rode into work and will ride home, swap bikes and meet up with r and c at badger prairie. should be a beautiful night!
happy wednesday.
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