Moving AGAIN!

Good grief! I can't believe we're moving again. You know I've never lived in ONE home for longer than 5 years. It's true. Some people are born and die in the same home.

This time we're moving within the area but, to a different place that has one characteristic we always go for in a home: it's a "handyman special." Oh yeah, we are the masters at such places. We buy 'em rough and fix 'em up. And when we just about get them to the point where we can relax and enjoy the fruit of our labors....
... we sell again!

I remember once we bought this little old house in a little old town and moved right in after we figured out the lock on the door (it was a butter knife slid behind the door molding.) When the "parents" came to inspect they just shook their heads. That was home #12 for me.

Then we bought a smaller house that had a furnace as big as 3 coffins stacked up. We figured if we ever updated the heating system we'd gain enough space to put in a bathroom.

That house was only about 720 ft2. Then we moved to a "big" house of 1350 ft2; which bring me to another point. If there's one thing I've learned in owning a home it's the law of "filling." That's right - what ever space you have you will fill it whether you need the crap or not. When we moved from 720 ft2 to 1350 ft2 it only took us about a year to fill every closet, bedroom and cupboard with junk.

So guess what? Today I've been going through every one of those cupboards and closets in a purging frenzy. I am motivated - tomorrow is the church garage sale. Some lucky dog can fill up their place with the stuff.

Lifetime home count come August: 16.

NMW