Let's see if I can sum up this month for ya'll...
At the end of last month, we decided to put our house up for sale. Times are tough, jobs are non-existent, work is cutting back hours, BLAH BLAH BLAH. The long and short of it is this: We couldn't afford our house any longer. LAst year at this time we did a huge cutback in our monthly spending, and yet it just wasn't enough. The sanest solution was to sell the house and look for something smaller. Turns out, not much for sale this time of year. So we took a fair amount for our house from a very eager investor, and moved into an apartment.
Wow, I make it sound so easy! Well, it wasn't. I'll spare you the details of keeping the house clean with two hurricane children living in it, and the showings that never seemed to end (I lost count at around 20). After almost two weeks on the market, our house sold. Quick and clean and now we are living the easy life in an apartment.
So I know what you're thinking, "But Keri, you hate apartments. Everyone hates apartments. They're dirty and ugly and small." Aha! We we were lucky enought to discover the Lodge at Lakeline Village. Where spacious floor plans mirror the size of our house in San Bernardino, and the clubhouse has a movie theater. No more yard work. No more worrying about the next hail storm damaging our roof again. No more large appliances breaking and paying someone to come fix them. We are on the 3rd floor, which is challenging. But the view is gorgeous! Stewart gets to ride the bus now, whch he's been begging for. The kids have lots of new friends. All in all, I think this was a smart move :)
At the end of last month, we decided to put our house up for sale. Times are tough, jobs are non-existent, work is cutting back hours, BLAH BLAH BLAH. The long and short of it is this: We couldn't afford our house any longer. LAst year at this time we did a huge cutback in our monthly spending, and yet it just wasn't enough. The sanest solution was to sell the house and look for something smaller. Turns out, not much for sale this time of year. So we took a fair amount for our house from a very eager investor, and moved into an apartment.
Wow, I make it sound so easy! Well, it wasn't. I'll spare you the details of keeping the house clean with two hurricane children living in it, and the showings that never seemed to end (I lost count at around 20). After almost two weeks on the market, our house sold. Quick and clean and now we are living the easy life in an apartment.
So I know what you're thinking, "But Keri, you hate apartments. Everyone hates apartments. They're dirty and ugly and small." Aha! We we were lucky enought to discover the Lodge at Lakeline Village. Where spacious floor plans mirror the size of our house in San Bernardino, and the clubhouse has a movie theater. No more yard work. No more worrying about the next hail storm damaging our roof again. No more large appliances breaking and paying someone to come fix them. We are on the 3rd floor, which is challenging. But the view is gorgeous! Stewart gets to ride the bus now, whch he's been begging for. The kids have lots of new friends. All in all, I think this was a smart move :)
I think that's it for now. I'm going to go break something and then have maintenance come fix it ;)
