Housing Update

Well I have three items to report to you all today (and I apologize for the delay in getting them out).

1. Least important on the list is that I am now 31. Though I received many kind words, phone calls and gifts my favorite is my sister Boo’s tribute.

2. We sold our Orem home. Mixed feelings on this one. Very glad to have sold it and have gotten a pretty decent deal out of it as well. Not so glad to officially have it out of my life (I have a lot of great memories there. I brought home all of my babies to that house. *sniffle*)

3. We made an offer on a home in Meridian and have since walked away from it. I will admit we came in low but given the current market conditions I didn’t feel it was unreasonable. Unfortunately, the sellers were unable to get the house down to a level that I felt worked for us (they may be over their heads in it) so we dropped it. The real down point here is that my wife and I made the mistake of getting our kids excited about it before the deal was set in stone and now they are heart broken, but recovering.

So for all of you, that is the current update from the Boise front.

One man's trash...

… is another man’s treasure. Apparently the “treasure” of my cute little brick home in Orem is not viewed with as high a regard by others as I give it. We have now had it on the market for 60 days. We have been #2 on many buyers lists but we stay there. No offers yet. I am trying to be patient but…

My biggest concern is getting into another home in time for my son to start the school year. He is hurting up here in Idaho. He loves the farm but he REALLY misses having friends. There are no kids close to his age in the area. One of the saddest things I have ever seen in my life is watching my 5 yr old sitting on the front fence watching the 10 yr olds playing with their friends across the street. He has literally done this for stretches of time up to 2 hours!

I feel in my heart that I did the right thing bringing my family to Idaho but sometimes I wonder.

Hey remember these guys?! (Pork and Beans)

I remember all of these guys from back when the intertron was fun. Now it seems i only get on for work. :( Oh well.