The Unmentionables

When G and I were looking for a house, which took many years, one of our children finally asked us to not talk about it until we signed on the "dotted line". I believe she was tired of hearing of each and every property we were looking at. That was an understandable request since it went on forever. For those of you who don't understand what was going on I will explain. We moved to Ohio 22 years ago and rented property. Once the children where in High School, we did not want to have them change schools so looked at houses in the school district. We did not find any that worked for 8 years. After they left for college we expanded the area we looked at.

But we found our requirements constrained us. Initially we wanted it within a good driving distance from G's work and my work. We wanted a relatively new house and then the biggie: either space for a shop or one already built. We found shops with lousy houses, or nice houses with no room for a shop. G also did not want it within a couple miles of a RR track as he did not like to hear the trains. We did make offers on a few, but they did not materialize. Finally we bought 5 acres of land and drew up plans for a house. This took a year, and then the employment situation in the area became terrible with layoffs, with included G's employer. We felt we could not invest in a new house, with the risk of a layoff for G and the dim prospect of selling it. During this time, we occasionally looked at house that were being sold at sheriff's auction. We found this one, which met our requirements. All except G has to drive about 50 minutes to work and is within one half mile of a RR track. It seems to be a good financial decision and we were able to sell our 5 acres in a year.

This same process seems to be going on with purchasing a car. We have two that are in constant need of repairs. So we are looking for a newer one. I am guessing the request again would be to not talk about it until we are ready to purchase it. So all I will say is that we are actively looking and will let you know when it happens.