Disappointment from Sidney,
Well, it was a glorious run, but it looks like I'm finally going to have to give up after all. Yes, I'm talking about the house. For nearly a year, I've begged, pleaded, demanded and cajoled you people to buy my house, but did you?? No. Am I disappointed? You betcha. Do I sometimes ask questions just to answer them myself? Guilty!
I hate giving up on that house, but what with Winter coming, and the crops still needing to be harvested, and with the situation in Iraq, I felt it was time to do my part for America.
After doing the final tally, it looks like we'll end up having lost $10k when all is said and done. Am I happy with losing $10k? No. Oh, sorry, I didn't mean to start that crap again.
I guess, at the end of the day, $10k isn't all that bad. What kills me is that, had I simply made the call when we first moved out, I would have been up $5k instead. So, really I feel like I've lost $15k. Not to mention the huge amount of stress and worry that Suzanne and I had to deal with.
Why didn't I make that call last January? Simple answer: Greed. We were convinced that we were going to make $30k on the house (go back to my earliest blogs to witness my foolish optimism). All we needed, literally, was just an offer on the house and the relocation people would have cut us a check. Alas, it wasn't meant to be.
So, at the end of the day, I only have to make December and January's mortgage payments and I will be done with the house. I have NO DOUBT that the sucker will sell three days later. Mark my prophetic words here, kind reader.
Oh, and Chase's birthday was the other day. The wife rented the local indoor pool ($50) and we had about a dozen 9 year old boys going crazy for two hours. He had a lot of fun and made out pretty well as far as presents, so it was pretty cool.
Chris is still crazy, Suzanne is still chubby, and I'm still just as fantastic as ever. I guess that's it for now.
Oh, and, uh, thanks for nothing for NOT buying my house!!
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Regarding the house - I told you so! At least I think I did. I know I said it to my monitor many times.
BTW - I made money on my tiny house.
Thanks for not saying, "I told you so"... Wait a minute! You bastard!!
AnthonY
I still think you guys should have just stayed in that house. It was a nice house, in a loverly little area and near an airport so your "rotten kids" could come visit you. Besides, I think both the boys and the wife miss the social interactions they had in a real town. As for you, we all know as long as you have a computer, internet, a few beers and someone half decent to drink them with, you're just as happy as can be.
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