Home. again.

Making the trip to California was a wonderful reminder of why we moved. Driving through San Diego, we were both taken at just how brown everything looked. And where we stayed, in Alpine, almost no one has a lawn. Lots of reddish brown dirt, rock gardens, and not many people have much in the way of landscaping , [...]

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a good start.

I’ve decided that this new year will begin with my birthday this past Saturday.  Mom returned with me, and on Saturday Ryan and Justin drove out.  We had a wonderful dinner of fresh crab & artichokes – which has got to be one of my favorite meals. For dessert Ryan made a pavlova – a light [...]

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anyone want to buy a beach house?

No, not ours. Every couple of months or so I check the site of the realtor that we bought our house with. http://www.lighthouseproperty.com/default.htmYesterday when I looked, I saw that the ( part ) log house next door to us, the red one, is for sale, at $199K.  It is on a height restricted site though ( but [...]

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Sunny has gone into her “where is Richard’ mode – acting kind of lost and looking around for him.    For both of us, it’s going to be a long six days until he’s back.  Today, the real estate agent comes, and as of tonight we will officially have our house on the market.  About two months [...]

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now, we wait.

The appraiser came this morning – two days earlier than originally scheduled. He did all of the usual things – measuring & taking pictures and lots of notes. We talked for a bit when he was finished and I got the impression that he would have a ‘favorable’ number to put on this house. Hope [...]

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