The good news thread

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Owens' final game of the season was last night. That's him in the upper left. They played a friendly with the 15-16 year old kids in their league. It was a fun game and the older kids were great with the little guys. There were a few gloves off faux battles that the crowd loved. It was a good time. Owen is thinking about sitting out the spring and summer season and giving soccer a shot. His Dad, who still plays hockey in the same league, is a bit miffed. His Mom, though, likes the idea. The cost of soccer equipment versus hockey equipment is a no brainer. Soccer gear, even with a ball, fits in a shopping tote bag. Owens' hockey gear bag is as big as him.

Other good news, Mrs. Cheesy's is now cancer free. She still has to do radiation treatments, but those should be a walk in the park. I had the surgery on my ankle a week ago. A plate and 5 screws on my fibula and a plastic anchor on my deltoid ligament. I guess I also tore that during the unpleasantness last month. I've just been slightly useless around the house.;)

I have managed to get out to the garage via my knee scooter the last couple of days. I was able to get the 90 year old lathe bolted to the bench and started to go through it. It takes a bit longer to get things done but just getting out of the house is worth it. It's cold and crappy today, so no garage time. Maybe we'll go see Dune this afternoon.
 
The wife an I settle on our new house on March 15. Its just us and the dogs so finding a 2 bedroom that wasn't too small was difficult. Our needs list were pretty particular: Close to current home to make work commute consistent, big yard for dogs (0.6 acres), basement needed a high ceiling for our gym, between 1200-1500 sq ft overall. Being that its just her and I, I didn't want to get a home with extra rooms that we will never need. We are pumped!
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Mrs.Cheesy needed one final test done to determine if her follow up treatment would actually be chemo or radiation. We kept being told it would be radiation but her Oncologist said, "Not so fast." That was done soon after my last post. We were told 5 to 7 days to get the results. Yeah, right.

Anywho, she finally heard back yesterday, three weeks late. A score of 26 or over meant chemo. Her's was 13, so sunburns it is. I can put up with her whining from a bit of discomfort. If she'd be dealing with the side effects of chemo, I'd got nuts.
 
I get to start a part time job next Tuesday working 2 days a week for a tile company. I'll be driving to Tucson to pick up tile and granite slabs for the insallers. It will give me money to pay down some debt and also put a little money into my TJR. @Cheesy , happy to hear about your wife's diagnosis. I survived kidney cancer and the chemo started to really suck at the end.
 
Good news with my ankle. The fibula, per the bone doc, has healed 'perfectly'. I can now start putting weight on it while on crutches. That makes those peckers a bit more tolerable. Doing that, I was able to get myself in and out of the pickup with no help. I can get in and out of the LJ, too, but I'm not quite ready for the clutch yet. The boot and the clutch pedal don't play well together and it's a bit hurty. Hopefully, I'll be wearing a matching pair of shoes in another 4 or 5 weeks.

For something completely different,
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Buster dog wholly approves of the new couch.
 
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Whaddyamean, YOUR Couch?

Started PT on my ankle today. I guess I proved I am as flexible as 2 year old concrete. If I don't screw anything up(Hahahahaha), I should be done by mid June. After PT, Mrs.Cheesy and I stopped for lunch. As we were leaving, a table of older than me guys saw me struggling to get up on my feet. As I'm passing them, one says, "It sure sucks to get old, doesn't it?" I replied, "Especially if you are a teenager in an AARP body." That got a couple of laughs and another guy asked what happened. When I said I was racing 20 year olds on rollerblades, they had another good laugh. One guy asks, "No, really. What happened?" That's when Mrs.Cheesy said, "No, he was an idiot and broke his ankle racing on skates." We were all laughing at that. I said something like I ain't going down without a fight as we left.
 
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The wife an I settle on our new house on March 15. Its just us and the dogs so finding a 2 bedroom that wasn't too small was difficult. Our needs list were pretty particular: Close to current home to make work commute consistent, big yard for dogs (0.6 acres), basement needed a high ceiling for our gym, between 1200-1500 sq ft overall. Being that its just her and I, I didn't want to get a home with extra rooms that we will never need. We are pumped!
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Sweet crib, that's about the size I'd like to get myself into one of these days. Everything go to plan on settlement day?
 
Sweet crib, that's about the size I'd like to get myself into one of these days. Everything go to plan on settlement day?

We are about a month in now at the new house and love it. I'm sure it will get old but it is so rewarding to mow my yard (old house 0.04 acre < new house 0.6 acre). It's great to have some property and space between us and our neighbors. Our townhouse goes on the market Monday so fingers crossed I'll have more good news to post in a few weeks.
 
We are about a month in now at the new house and love it. I'm sure it will get old but it is so rewarding to mow my yard (old house 0.04 acre < new house 0.6 acre). It's great to have some property and space between us and our neighbors. Our townhouse goes on the market Monday so fingers crossed I'll have more good news to post in a few weeks.

that's awesome, nothing like throwing down a flag in your own free standing castle.

I started out in a twin on .05 acres, I had a little push mower & with that it took about 6 minutes to cut the entire lawn - graduated to a single on a little over an acre & with the tractor it's about a 45 minute deal. Don't be so sure it'll get old, sometimes it can be annoying but for the most part even after 25+ years at my current house it's still enjoyable, particularly when I'm done & I take a seat in the hut & crack a cold beer & admire the job. I do it because I've done it since I was tall enough to cut the lawn & the old man passed the job on to me, probably around 10 years old, I enjoy it & I've just never considered outsourcing such a basic task. Bonus is it saves a shit-ton of dough, I ran the numbers before & determined that what I save in not paying a landscaping company to take care of my property (spring cleanup, grass cutting for the year & fall cleanup), a couple grand plus, over the course of a decade it basically covers the cost of a new car, or at least it did when $20,000 cars were readily available.

Pro Tip: always check the oil level in your tractor before you cut lest you seize the motor mid-cut, ask me how I know :cautious::ROFLMAO: