I didn't mention the rest of yesterday afternoon.

After the heady visit to Ikea, we were on our way home when we saw some development signs for houses actually in an affordable range (these days those words mean between $150,000 and $200,000; I remember when a starter house was $50,000...it wasn't that long ago). So we went there. Surprisingly, it was right nearby, in fact closer to where we used to live in Smyrna. There were already several finished houses with residents, more in the stick phase, one just getting its drywall.

To state it in brief, we fell in love. We can see a place for everything: James' hobby room, a room just for the books, a place for a hutch for the dishes...everything. The yard is small, it has a little deck, a small fireplace, a two-car garage with storage for garden things inside. Even an outside plug in the front of the house!

But even after the sale of Mom's house, I don't think we can afford it, unless we could unload our own house promptly. And Mom would have been overjoyed for us to find a new house. She never liked the backyard or the front lawn and was becoming more and more worried about the neighbors, especially when she heard about the gunshots from the apartment complex behind us and the drug dealers that were across the street two years ago (not to mention the registered sex offender down the street). I don't know anyone who'd want this house. Rentals were going great guns on this street, but now we have two homes for rent and another that has been for sale for three months now.

Sigh. Sometimes it's just too hard to dream. The comedown hurts much too much.

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So you've already talked yourself out of it? How ridiculous! You have two properties to sell and a dual income, and many people buy homes with a lot less than that. Learn to risk a little in life. Your attitude is what causes constant failure. What a sad sack you are.

# posted by  Anonymous : 9:33:00 AM

 

I haven't talked myself out of it at all. It's just that we already are in debt and I hate accumulating more debt. My parents paid everything in cash except the mortgage on the house, so I was brought up that way and I find it troubling to have so many bills. If I still had the padding of savings I'd feel more certain, but after two months of not being paid I only have a quarter of the amount I started with in April.

# posted by  Linda : 10:47:00 AM

 

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