What does March Madness mean
to me? Well, it doesn’t mean basketball, that’s for sure. I’ve been an anti-fan
of basketball since junior high school gym class. Too much back and forth, back
and forth. Gave me a headache then, and I’ve never developed a taste for the
sport in the intervening years.
No. The cause of my maddest
March ever isn’t basketball, it’s real estate. Last month, we made an offer on a
new house in Carmel , CA ,
so we can escape the brutality of Minnesota
winters, and I’m up to my pointy little ears in the details necessary to make
that purchase happen. We bought the house before selling our home in Minnesota because we
needed to know where we would be living in order to know what to bring with us.
Also, we happened across an affordable house in the perfect location and had to
act fast.
A couple of weeks later, we
were lucky enough to sell our Minnesota
house for more than we expected without ever putting it on the market. Yippee! Unfortunately,
there is a gap of about three weeks between the date we have to close on our
new house and the date we’re scheduled to close on our current house. The
banking crisis that accompanied the Great Recession apparently rang the death
knoll for the entire concept of the bridge
loan or swing loan, so I’ve been
beating my head against the wall putting things in place to make the transaction
work. I think I’ve got it licked, but the whole situation has magnified my
love/hate relationship with money. I’ll breathe a huge sigh of relief when the
entire thing is wrapped up and we’ve made the move.
So, if you want to see a
shining example of March Madness, just stop by my house. I’ll be swinging from
the trees any day now!
Alison
http://alisonhenderson.blogspot.com
7 comments:
Alison;
Sorry you have to work so hard to get out here, but welcome to California. I hope you find the move well worth it!
JG
But isn't that the interesting part about these life changing events? Figuring out how to make it work. After spending two weeks in Arizona to get away from this brutal Michigan winter, we're starting to get that same move to warmer weather bug. Thanks for showing it can be done.
Thanks, Jena. My mother always told me anything worth having is worth working hard for, so I just stay focused on the goal. What part of the state do you live in?
Margo, there's something about passing a "certain age" that causes snow to lose much of its appeal, isn't there?
A vision of you swinging from the trees gave me a chuckle. Think of it this way, we have some really, really big trees to swing from once you get to CA. LOL I'm pulling for you, Alison. Two bad you can't just click your heels together like Dorothy and be done with it!
It won't be long now, Jannine. We expect to arrive in the Golden State April 3rd. I do love the idea of the ruby slipper, though. After all, I'm originally from Kansas!
I'm in NELAC, short for North East Los Angeles County. I live in the high desert about an hour away from Los Angeles. I believe it is a couple of hours drive from Carmel. =)
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