I told my mom the other day that I wished I could home school college.
She laughed. Rightly so. I mean, what an absurd idea, homeschooling college. In reality, if you go the Clep route it is almost the same thing, just slightly more intense. I am totally considering Clep-ing out of the rest of my basics. Sheesh. What a waste of time and money they are.
Anyway, so the reason I actually started writing this was because I am taking three very interesting courses right now. Odd, how weird they sound when you share them with others.
One class I have already finished as it was an 8-week intensive course out at the army base. That was History and due to some unfortunately chose topics that my teacher didn't like (Martin Luther being a good person not an evil reformer out to shatter history [granted, he did have some rough spots, but come on]) I ended up with a final grade of a B. My papers and work truly deserved an A, and I don't say that totally out of a sense of pride (it is there) but because my final grade was an unfair, biased relation to my happily given admission that I was one of those crazy Christians.
Anyway, I kind of needed to spill that. Apart from that, I am taking an Intermediate Grammar class, Japanese 101 and Anthropology. Out of the three do you know which one is my major concentration? I'm not even sure, although I do know that Anthropology is definitely not my calling. Out of all my classes, though, I am enjoying it the most. Not because of the subject or topics, but because it is the least stressful class. I only have three take-home tests and two papers. Both I excelled on. I'm not sure whether I should be proud that I can spit lies back out into 110% papers, or if I should be appalled. I figure since it isn't cumulative it is just in one ear and out the other.
And I just completely ran out of steam. I'm going to come back and finish this post later.
10.22.2010
It's Bad
You know it's bad when you can spout millions of random interesting facts about the Tennessee/Kenucky/W. Virginia/North Carolina/Indiana/Illinois area, but what is worse is when you start taking over all the financial aspects of moving for your parents. I know exactly how much it will cost us to move from Alaska to Nashville/Clarksville Tennessee, and the advantages of flying, driving, (or a combo) out of here. I can tell you that it is cheaper to ship our worldly possessions through Northstar than any other, and that campers and trailers down in Washington would be a much cheaper buy than up here. That is calculating money spent on food, hotels, etc. to get to WA, too. And versus the alternative.
I know how much we should sell our house for and what it is worth. Call me the cheap appraiser. I did all the research for free. Right now, entering winter, our house would probably be able to sell for about 300grand. Later in the spring we could get anywhere between 310 and 325, depending on the market. I know that If we can put so much money down on a house in TN, the monthly payment with taxes would be considerably more reasonable than here, and that even with the sales tax and all the other ridiculous taxes we would come out ahead. The problem therein lies with the job my dad gets then. He'd have to be making as much as he is now, and job opportunities down there are not as prominent. So, we will want to go a bit cheaper on a house/land so that we can make up for any deficits that may occur regarding jobs.
I know the benefits (financial and physical) of buying a 'used' home versus new, versus modular, etc. We know we do not want a mobile home, but something more permanent, preferably 4 bedroom, but more is always nice, 2.5 baths (my mom is stickler about this one, according to her, we must have a guest bathroom.) We want no less than 2200 square feet if possible, and a nice big front porch is preferable. We would like to have a separate laundry/facility room, and at least a detached garage; a basement would be nice as well rather than a crawlspace, but prices jump a good 10 to 20 grand. Another preference which I could see being the clincher for us is an extra room somewhere that we could convert into a library/study with a big dining table in the middle for doing work, research and the random huge puzzle on. The final thing that we are really looking for, and which is more important than anything but the 2.5 baths (my mom is very certain about this...) is we want at least 10 acres of land, preferably more. A good 20-40 would be excellent. (Wooded mainly, with just a little cleared or pasture land. We want some privacy and quiet.)
So now that I've discussed what it is that we want in a new place, I've gone and looked at every possible option for getting that. (What we are leaning toward now is buying a nice plot of land with a small, but decent mobile for a good price, and then getting a modular home built to our desires.--Then we would possibly sell the mobile home to a couple who are looking to move to the same area [they are family] or use the mobile as a mother-in-law apartment for grandparents. [Which is why it needs to be in decent condition.]) Anyway, there are about 3 million possible options for things to happen and I feel that I have researched everything but maybe the last ten, so if there are any questions concerning any of this, I'm your, uh...go-to-girl.
This was an intensely boring and random blog but since I don't care and its nice to spit the basics out, I wrote it anyway.
On an exciting note, I'm attending an authentic Japanese Kabuki on Sunday evening, and although I don't have a kimono, I'll go dressed in style. ;)
--Moving Girl
I know how much we should sell our house for and what it is worth. Call me the cheap appraiser. I did all the research for free. Right now, entering winter, our house would probably be able to sell for about 300grand. Later in the spring we could get anywhere between 310 and 325, depending on the market. I know that If we can put so much money down on a house in TN, the monthly payment with taxes would be considerably more reasonable than here, and that even with the sales tax and all the other ridiculous taxes we would come out ahead. The problem therein lies with the job my dad gets then. He'd have to be making as much as he is now, and job opportunities down there are not as prominent. So, we will want to go a bit cheaper on a house/land so that we can make up for any deficits that may occur regarding jobs.
I know the benefits (financial and physical) of buying a 'used' home versus new, versus modular, etc. We know we do not want a mobile home, but something more permanent, preferably 4 bedroom, but more is always nice, 2.5 baths (my mom is stickler about this one, according to her, we must have a guest bathroom.) We want no less than 2200 square feet if possible, and a nice big front porch is preferable. We would like to have a separate laundry/facility room, and at least a detached garage; a basement would be nice as well rather than a crawlspace, but prices jump a good 10 to 20 grand. Another preference which I could see being the clincher for us is an extra room somewhere that we could convert into a library/study with a big dining table in the middle for doing work, research and the random huge puzzle on. The final thing that we are really looking for, and which is more important than anything but the 2.5 baths (my mom is very certain about this...) is we want at least 10 acres of land, preferably more. A good 20-40 would be excellent. (Wooded mainly, with just a little cleared or pasture land. We want some privacy and quiet.)
So now that I've discussed what it is that we want in a new place, I've gone and looked at every possible option for getting that. (What we are leaning toward now is buying a nice plot of land with a small, but decent mobile for a good price, and then getting a modular home built to our desires.--Then we would possibly sell the mobile home to a couple who are looking to move to the same area [they are family] or use the mobile as a mother-in-law apartment for grandparents. [Which is why it needs to be in decent condition.]) Anyway, there are about 3 million possible options for things to happen and I feel that I have researched everything but maybe the last ten, so if there are any questions concerning any of this, I'm your, uh...go-to-girl.
This was an intensely boring and random blog but since I don't care and its nice to spit the basics out, I wrote it anyway.
On an exciting note, I'm attending an authentic Japanese Kabuki on Sunday evening, and although I don't have a kimono, I'll go dressed in style. ;)
--Moving Girl
10.16.2010
Time
I was just updating the log settings when I came across the option for time...It has always been easy for me to pick which one is mine since Alaska so wonderfully has its very own time zone...I have noclue what in the world Tennessee/Kentucky time is called. I like mine how it is right now.
--Moving Girl
--Moving Girl
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