Laura Moving......................

It's been fun but the time has come for Laura to rejoin her family. Robert (her husband) has been living downstate where he found work, for the past two years. Her and Reina remained here where she was renting from us.
She has had to do all the packing herself because he has been working and Reina unfortunately is not much help. I have been NO help I have been sick with some ailment that is undefined. I did find out finally my Magnesium is low, I don't know why I had to ask the doctor to check it. Seems HE should think of these things. He had me on 3 blood pressure meds that all have side effects. I cut out two of them without telling him (Lucky for me) and when I just went in for my 3 month check up we found my blood pressure low. I am not sure if that had anything to do with my "malaise" but he seemed to think so. My tummy has been out of whack too and now my ears are both itching like crazy to top it off, that deep down inside itch that is beyond reach but not quite in the throat. I have been so tired I am falling asleep when I sit down.................no energy at all. NONE..........behind on my own work and my blogs. So facing all she had to do over there would have knocked me out completely so I am waiting until they leave. Then we have to paint (Gerry will do) and clean (Me) and replace carpets etc. Then with luck we will be ready to put the house on the market. It has been handy to have these past nine years so that they could rent the place. Now to move on.

We need to sell it quickly or we will be paying two mortgages. When it does sell we will take any money that we do not owe on our mortgage and refinance this house at a lower mortgage. That's the plan. Our plans do not always go the way we think so will believe that when it happens. We need a lower monthly payment so that Gerry can retire at the end of this next Spring.
Meanwhile......Robert is buying a house down in Allegan, a nice and small town down state. They have a once in a lifetime opportunity there so I hope it works out well for them. Reina is at a good age to make the move, if she were a little older it would be more difficult but at 11 she should do OK.
The 2nd phase for us is to get this house in shape and sell it. I love this house and all the memories here but it's too big now. Gabby and Tony and Cooper are still here but have their own plans. If that works for them then that will be good and by the time we are ready to sell they should be gone. Once Gerry retires he can work on this place and maybe by summers end if all falls into place, we can put it up for sale.

It will be hard for us to sell this place once its all fixed up. I would like to be out in the country again though. I really would as long as we are healthy enough. Who knows, land is cheaper down state so maybe we will look elsewhere and explore somewhere new? May be find an old farm house to fix up, or a small house on some acres. We have no ties here really.
Laura and I have had good adventures here in this area and I think we have fully explored the area. If we did move I think I would be closer to where my friend Nancy lives and maybe closer to Jason. Time will tell. For now, one thing at a time. Lets get this house ready to sell.
This summer has been horrible. We hardly got out, it was either wet or it was way too hot. We did more in the Winter it seems. Anyway. Not sure what we will get up to now with her being 3 hours away but sure we will come up with something.