Wow! What support!

I am so amazed at how many people are supporting me!!  It was quite the risk to sent out this website to every man, woman, and child on my email list.  I am sure that my therapist will be quite impressed later today...and then, once again, wonder if the new attitude of full self-disclosure is sustaining.

I had a great birthday and lots of wonderful warm wishes.  Thanks to all of you!  I am totally amped for year 33.  Not only is the year palindromic, but it is the year I become a home owner and, hopefully, the year I get skinny. 

For those of you not in the home owner loop, let me explain.  I have been trying to buy a home for the last several months.  The market is incredible and interest rates ridiculously low.  If there ever was a time to jump into the real estate game, this is it.  I moved in with my aunt and uncle in Beaverton this July.  I was supposed to close on a lovely 3 bed/2.1 bath townhouse in mid-September.  However, due to an under appraisal and sellers who thought much too highly of their stuff the sale fell through two weeks ago. 

I started looking again and found a cooler, awesomer house-house (check out pics!) and made an offer on Wednesday. 

After some haggling, I signed the contract yesterday afternoon for only $189K, a wonderful birthday present to myself!  The inspection is Monday and I hope all will go well.

I think this may have been the only birthday that I actually lost weight, 1.6 lbs to be precise.

Today's Weight: 283.8
Today's Weight Loss: 1.6
Total Weight Loss:  8.0