We no longer own a house in Georgia - happy, happy, joy, joy. It took sixteen months, changing real estate agents and paying money at closing to do it, but it is done.
We sold for less than we paid for the house, we sold for less than we owed and we put a lot of money and effort into improvements over the years, but I refuse to add it all up to determine the total loss; sometimes not knowing is better. And while I normally don't believe that money buys happiness, in this situation, we definitely bought ours...and we satisfied our financial obligation and kept our good credit rating intact. All in all, we did okay.
The best part is that we can now close that unfortunate chapter in our lives and move on.
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Halloween photos
Aidan surprised me when he announced that he wanted to be Luke Skywalker for Halloween. Again. I dug out the tunic and belt from last year, loaded up the light saber with fresh batteries and we were all set.
I went to his school on Friday morning for the Halloween* parade. It was pouring buckets of rain, so all the parents and grandparents were herded into the gym or cafeteria to view the parade. Despite being cheek to cheek, it was still fun to see the children in their costumes (although I had to wonder at the judgment of some of the parents, allowing certain costumes).
Here is my little Luke:
It was COLD on Halloween night, so Aidan had to trick or treat with his winter jacket over his costume. I took a quick photo without the jacket:
We went to Aidan’s friend Ryan's house for trick or treating; the boys walked around the neighborhood with Mike while Kelly and I shared a bottle of wine while handing out candy at their house. What a haul - we now have enough candy to easily last us until February of 2012!
*I was happy to see that in New York, Halloween is actually called Halloween. No costume parades or fall festivals, just good ol' Halloween.
I went to his school on Friday morning for the Halloween* parade. It was pouring buckets of rain, so all the parents and grandparents were herded into the gym or cafeteria to view the parade. Despite being cheek to cheek, it was still fun to see the children in their costumes (although I had to wonder at the judgment of some of the parents, allowing certain costumes).
Here is my little Luke:
It was COLD on Halloween night, so Aidan had to trick or treat with his winter jacket over his costume. I took a quick photo without the jacket:
We went to Aidan’s friend Ryan's house for trick or treating; the boys walked around the neighborhood with Mike while Kelly and I shared a bottle of wine while handing out candy at their house. What a haul - we now have enough candy to easily last us until February of 2012!
*I was happy to see that in New York, Halloween is actually called Halloween. No costume parades or fall festivals, just good ol' Halloween.
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