On Fri, Dec 24, 2010 at 2:57 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > See if I can reply in 150 words or less. :-) > > Sold Condo after 5 months. Revisited ABQ, NM and Medford, OR to redecide > if I wanted to live there. Decided Oregon was a watered-down CA, and ABQ was > way too dry after all. Didn't think I could afford to remain in CA or the > Bay Area (near Berkeley & SF, because this is definitely a high “rent” > district). But decided, yup, I really, really wanted to. So I stayed in a > motel > for 5 months looking at foreclosures. FINALLY, just when I was about to > leave again for Medford, found one that I could afford that didn't need > oodles of fixing up. Closed end of July. Fixed up house, got my loan > mid-October. Just got my kitchen done and insulation goes in next week. Then > basically > all the big stuff will be done and I can relish the joys of home ownership > (and all the hassle too :-)). > > That's under 150 words even if you count the smiley. > > Except for some weird noises and some work in the yard that still needs to > be done, yes, I am loving it. > > And now I am starting to get back to my normal life (whatever that is, not > sure I remember anymore, it's been so long). > > Marnie ;-)
It's a Christmas miracle. Marnie's back! Nice to hear from you, Marnie. Nicer still to hear that things are working out. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
