Wednesday October 15 2008

Antelope at Sunset - Need to click this one.

I didn't sleep last night until about 5 a.m. and slept then until about 8:30. Not feeling bad just awake and unsleepy. The chemo does that for some reason. Betty had called this morning telling how Obama is going to be changing tax laws - if he gets elected.. So we added this to our list of questions. We put a pork loin into the crock pot so there would be something for dinner when we got home. Back to town again today, left about 10:15 and first went up to the Arrowhead Rd. house to show it to Debbie and go through again, making any notes about things that need fixed or questions we wanted answered. Boy after the 8" snow the yard is VERY muddy, an icky sticky clay. Debbie said she liked this house as well as the other one. We all like it very much and always have. It is just totally different from the 2 bedroom log one - kind of sterile at this point. The woman finally did make a counter offer this morning -. $2000 off her asking price and no furniture. So we felt she didn't want to sell it very bad. She said she would just keep renting it.

We went back to Jame's office and got the paperwork started over for the Arrowhead house. Then dropped the dogs off for their baths. They had to go into a kennel pen together and didn't want to stay there much. Especially Sparky was pretty vocal about it and begged me not to go out the door and leave them there. The groomer said they would be finished about 3 or 3:30.

We went to the Patio for lunch, then to Rendezvous Pointe to get our flu shots. That only took just a minute. They had the times wrong in the paper (which said 9-12 and 1-3 actually should have been 9-1 and 2-5..... or something). So we were there at 1 and they were just going to quit, but took us in right away.

Then over to the accountant's office. He said the decisions we were making are good, and shouldn't incur any penalties, fees or taxes. Through the coming years the gains on property that you sell are being taxed differently, and some things are changing with the inheritance taxes, but not much will be different until 2012. So all seems well in that department. with our estate planning and the trust.

Next to the bank again and everything with switching money over to be accessible is o.k. there too. While I was getting our safety deposit box, Bill told Joe and Debbie about another house that was being foreclosed on, in a very nice newer development on the edge of town. It would likely be almost $100,000 less than the Arrowhead house. It's about 10 years old. I know I was very tired being the day after chemo, etc. but it was almost too much to think about changing and starting over again , even with such a huge savings. I'm sure I'll feel it would be smart to think about this new opportunity. James is being very patient to see that we get the best place for us.

After we picked up the dogs from their bath, we drove by this house. And we could have looked at this house and some others in this area very early on, but Joe has always said that he didn't want to live on the highway i.e. every time we drove by there he would say"Why are these people putting their houses right on the highway" - and 191 is right in back of the house. Now he's saying for $100,000 he could live on the highway. The house is on over two acres and the yard is landscaped - even a waterfall and pond, hot tub with a nice porch. Fences can only be pole and rail, no wire (so as to let the wildlife through), so I'm not sure how they would let us fence in the dogs. They would have to have a sturdy pen, being so close to the road. Also all the roads are flat - no hills to worry about in winter.

I forgot to take any pictures of either house again today. Will try to do that. So we still have things to think about. We will see inside the new house in the morning. I'm supposed to go back in to get the port off.

This afternoon when we got back home I looked at email and too a nap until 9 p.m. so Joe and Debbie had the dinner without me. I made a roast pork sandwich with applesauce and salad a while ago. The dogs are pooped from their trips to town, and the bath. So they have been sleeping. I'm sure I will also sleep better tonight. The movie for tonight is About Schmidt with Jack Nicholson. He's almost always very good. I watched it a long time ago, and so it was almost like I'd never seen it - poor memory, and I liked it a lot.