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This Valentine’s Day in Albany might be a truly memorable one simply because you’ll be snowed in. That doesn’t mean you can make the most of your special day/night. Perhaps you can throw a picnic for your significant other. All that takes is a blanket in the living room, some tasty snacks, dim lights, a few candles and voila! You’ve got a perfect date night. If you happen to have a working fireplace or a fireplace DVD, even better.
If there is a break in the weather, you could plan for a weekend get away at one of the many ski resorts around Albany. Although Valentine’s Day Weekend might be a little crowded, you can always print out a coupon good for one romantic getaway weekend. One some level, this can make Valentine’s Day last even longer!
That coupon idea can also be for a lot of other wonderful Valentine’s Day ideas. Sure, a “one hour massage” or “one spa day” is a great gift but what about a “junk removal appointment with Junk King?” These are the junk removal specialists working in and around the Capitol District that are helping residents with all types of junk removal projects.
Are you a hoarder or a collector? The answer to that question might depend on who is doing the asking. Recently, Albany has seen its fair share of extreme hoarding cases referred to the authorities. Over in Ballston Spa, local officials were forced to step in and seize the home from a diagnosed hoarder when she refused to clean up her property and ending up creating a health hazard for the neighborhood. Another couple was fined $1,000 and told to clean up their front yard or they’ll be fined again. In a sad and extreme case, a local woman was found dead buried under her junk. Apparently she had been hoarding junk for over 20 years. When this kind of collecting gets to be an obsession then it becomes hoarding. The main distinction is whether or not a person can throw something away.
A big office building in downtown Albany is going up on the auction block. The 47,000-square-foot building once housed the UHY accounting firm but they moved out in December 2010 when their lease was up. Instead of finding a new tenant, the owners decided to sell to the highest bidder. What is ideal about this building is that it is next for a former bank branch which is being converted into a banquet hall and apartments. That could mean a major revitalization for this area of State Street. A savvy developer could swoop in, buy up the building for a song and convert it to upscale lofts. This is a perfect example of why realtors need to pay attention to the opportunities all around them.
Have you got $42 billion to spare? If so you could donate it to the state of New York to help them with the cleanup and repair caused by Hurricane Sandy. That’s the amount that Governor Cuomo is looking to scrounge up to get the job done. There is a hope that the federal government will pitch in with some funds but with all the talk of a looming economic fiscal cliff the request for money couldn’t have come at a worst time.
There is no escaping the harsh reality that those areas hit the hardest by Hurricane Sandy are going to be cleaning up and rebuilding way past the holidays and into the New Year. On the long list of things to worry about you can add tetanus prevention to your to-do list. Anyone working with debris clean-up runs the risk of getting cut or scrapped by an errant nail or piece of metal. That can lead to the tetanus bacteria entering into the bloodstream and causing all kinds of problems with the worst case scenario being lockjaw.
If you have ever stayed at a hotel and took advantage of their indoor gym then you know how great it is to roll out of bed and walk down a hall a few feet to workout. That might have been the inspiration for you to set up your own home gym. You had the space in your garage or spare room to put in a treadmill and perhaps some other exercise machine equipment. Then you were good to go. What happened? Over time those good intentions faded away and you were staring at those bulky pieces of equipment with zero motivation for using them. Just owning gym equipment isn’t going to help you shed those pounds. This is why you should give a second thought to joining a gym. The benefits of joining a gym can be summed up in four major points: Motivation, support, classes and equipment.
This recent news bulletin was put out by the AP: “A line of windy rainstorms pummeled central and eastern New York, downing trees and utility poles and knocking out power to thousands. Tornado watches had been issued for the Southern Tier to the Mohawk and Hudson valleys and north to Adirondacks. They expired at 11 p.m. Tuesday with no tornados detected. The National Weather Service says heavy rain led to flash flooding in Greene and Ulster counties starting late in the afternoon. The warning was in effect until 10:30 p.m. Central Hudson Gas and Electric is reporting about 17,000 mid-Hudson Valley customers without electricity Tuesday evening. National Grid has 4,300 customers without power, mostly in Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga and Warren counties. NYSEG reports 22,000 outages, mostly in Westchester and Putnam counties.”