Greetings Fellow Life Travelers:
Big week for me, so sorry for the day delay. I went to Arroyo Grande and the Nanoknee Surgery Center for a new knee on Wednesday. What an incredible experience! I checked in at 6AM and my good friend picked me up at 11, after which we stopped at Starbucks and a fab natural grocery store (I stayed in car for both), then back to the hotel where we hung out the rest of the day. (See attached video.) Thursday we headed north on US101 with a stop at a Garlic Center in Gilroy where I motored around easily with my walker. Then on to Caballo Point in Sausalito where we spent the night after a lovely dinner with my nephew and his wife. Friday we lounged about until checkout, had lunch at the restaurant after a swing through their shop and then left for the fun Friday afternoon drive to Reno/Tahoe. Saturday was Valentine’s Day lunch with friends in Incline Village, and Sunday I came back to my home. (Now that I’ve done it, I could have come home Friday but stayed with my friend for 2 nights as recommended by the doc.) My exercise discipline was out the window (very simple exercises for a few weeks – no other PT), so now back at home I can catch up. No issue with the stairs…one at a time…and I’m not needing any support walking around. If you have any interest in this, www.nanoknee.com. There are several centers in Southern CA, Arroyo Grande the closest for me, and the office of Dr. Ferro who developed the procedure. The friend who told me about this had hers done at a different center and was just as thrilled as I am. Happy to discuss if you want more intel. Now back to business!
Residential Real Estate – week 2/7 – 213
| Location | New Listings | Escrows | Solds |
| N/W Shores/Truckee MLS | 24 | 16 | 11 |
| Incline/Crystal Bay MLS | 5 | 4 | 7 |
| East Shore MLS | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Reno/Sparks MLS | 109 | 138 | 82 |
Crystal Bay had a new lakefront escrow listed at $15.9M and a Stillwater Cove unit listed at $5.995M sell at $5.9M. Reno continues to march right along, a reflection I’m sure of more CA residents relocating.
Local/Real Estate/Luxe
- Status symbol: $3 Trader Joe’s shopping tote is now a geographical status bag along with those from London’s Daunt Books or Paris’s Shakespeare and Company. WSJ
Interesting/Fun Quotes
- I was sleeping the other night, alone, thanks to the exterminator. Emo Phillips
- Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts. E.B. White
- The chief function of the body is to carry the brain around. Thomas A. Edison
- I buy expensive suits. They just look cheap on me. Warren Buffett
- If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of our trouble, you wouldn’t sit for a month. Theodore Roosevelt
- It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance. Homas Sowell
- I finally know what distinguishes man from the other beasts: financial worries. Jules Renard
- A wise woman wishes to be no one’s enemy; a wise woman refuses to be anyone’s victim. Maya Angelou
- I’ve always wanted to go to Switzerland to see what the army does with those wee red knives. Billy Connolly
- Progress might have been alright once, but it has gone on too long. Ogden Nash
- You can always tell when a man is well informed. His views are pretty much like your own. H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
- The best measure of a man’s honesty isn’t his income tax return. It’s the zero adjust on his bathroom scale. Arthur C. Clarke
TidBits
- My tolerance for idiots is extremely low these days. I used to have some immunity built up, but obviously there’s a new strain out there.
- Turns out that being a ‘senior’ is mostly just googling how to do stuff.
- God promised men that obedient wives would be found in all corners of the world. Then he made the earth round.
- My mind is like an internet browser. At least 19 open tabs, 3 of them are frozen, and I have no clue where the music is coming from.
- She says I keep pushing her buttons. If that were true, I would have found mute by now.
- Sometimes the Universe puts you in the same situation again to see if you’re still a dumbass.
- Somebody said today that I’m lazy. I nearly answered him.
- Organized people are those who are just too lazy to find their things.
- I sold the vacuum cleaner. All it was doing was collecting dust.
- If the world didn’t suck, we’d all fall off of it.
- Life is a bowl of soup, and I’m a fork.
- Sure, I can help you out. Which way did you come in?
- I’d be offended, but I’m too busy mentally correcting your grammar.
- Cellfish (adj.) People who just focus on their phone when they’re hanging out with you.
- A true optimist is someone who falls off a skyscraper and, after 50 floors, thinks, “So far, so good!”
- Confessions are great for the soul…not so much for your reputation.
- A train station is where a train stops. A bus station is where a bus stops. I have a work station on my desk, so….
- If money doesn’t buy happiness, I’ll take sad and rich.
- You should always knock before opening a fridge in case there’s a salad dressing inside.
So much for this week’s nonsense! Snowing while I write and more expected the next few days. Perfect time to stay at home and do my simple exercises. My goal is to drive to a Thursday appointment in Incline Village! Have a great week and see you next time!
Best wishes,
Trinkie