Our World ... for sale

This week marked the full settling back in after the vacation that was too short but nonetheless absolutely wonderful. The projects are still aplenty, but right at the ,o,emt we are relaxing just a bit because .. umm .. well, because we can. No one has made an offer or even a nibble on the house yet and we have until the 13th of July before we met with the other renters to finalize their move out of house number two across town. When that happens then we’ll take occupancy whilst we completely empty house one and start making house two ready for sale. It’s our hope to have the second house on the market by early August.
Meanwhile, back in New York, house three still sits vacant awaiting a couple of finishing touches on the property (final paint, outside clean-up, and a few odds-and-ends of maintenance. Then it’ll hit the market and we will be faced with figuring out the exact terms of the sale to accommodate brother Andy’s needs for deeded access and keeping the snowmobile trail open that runs across the field there. Ahhh.. the tangled web of family owned properties.

So … right now I’m busily scanning photos (over the four-thousand mark now) and am putting together a “for sale” list of furnishings, vehicles and electronics stuff that will all have to go before we pull the plug and cast off for Miami. I’ll be setting up a website page in the next few days entitled the “This-won’t-fit-on-the-boat sale” and will have pictures and descriptions and asking prices for all the stuff we’re going to liquidate. It’s another project, but at least I can do this a little chunk at a time and it’ll hopefully mean some free cash to help pay for the moving expenses.

I’m still adjusting to the sticker shock of buying diesel fuel and have been as reasonable careful about starting the truck’s engine as I can. It is a pricey beast to operate, and we are anxiously awaiting the delivery of the Fifth-Wheel in order to justify needing it. It’s a fun vehicle to drive, a well-mannered monster on the city streets and a way cool ride on the highway. I am very, very pleased with the Ford F-350 (this is not a paid endorsement ;) . Sticker shock at the pump notwithstanding, I’m certainly looking forward to our first road trip!