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Where did my week go?
Sep. 5th, 2006 11:28 pmIt has felt like Monday all day -- and while Tuesday is only separated from Monday by a few hours, it makes a big difference to me mentally. Tomorrow is Wednesday and that means the week is half over, and I'm not even started yet! Or so it seems.
I thought I would say a word of about myself, just in case we decide to enforce our "no computers on Wedneday" policy. Things are going along as usual -- I am feeling pretty good, am done with that wretched itching, and don't feel too overly worried about my List of Doom. Though actually, if it were preying on me more, perhaps more would get done! I seem to spend an inordinant amout of time thinking about food and how many points I have eaten so far, so I'm hoping that will become more second nature soon.
We have been looking at a few places that are for rent. Yesterday we looked at a duplex that I really liked. It wasn't new, it had an old carpet that was pretty ugly and a few dents and scratches in the place -- but the layout was perfect, and the rent amazingly good. It's a real possibility -- in spite of the carpet. ;-)
However, Hubby has all of a sudden gotten then idea that that it might be better to actually buy a house here -- and he's pretty serious about it, too! He's actually talking to some loan people tomorrow. We still are heading to Chicago to do ministry, but the investment opportunity in owning real estate seems like a good idea, and DS is certainly going to need a place to live in this area for some time yet. Instead of pouring money into the rent drain, why not put it into house payments -- we actually have some money in an investment fund we want to close that would allow us to pay part of a house payment in cash, which is interesting. We've always talked about owning a house "someday, when we're ready to retire from our work overseas" -- but I suppose one ought not to wait until the last minute!
I'm not sure what to think just yet, but Hubby is very good at figuring out whether things like this are possible financially, so I trust him. The thing is to keep him on only one rabbit trail and give me plenty of choices about the kind of place I want. He was just telling me about a wee condo that might be affordable, but it looks like a oversized shoe box, with no elbow room and no yard. I'd rather have fixer-upper that has a few yards of space between me and the neighbors. ;-)
I'll keep you posted!
I thought I would say a word of about myself, just in case we decide to enforce our "no computers on Wedneday" policy. Things are going along as usual -- I am feeling pretty good, am done with that wretched itching, and don't feel too overly worried about my List of Doom. Though actually, if it were preying on me more, perhaps more would get done! I seem to spend an inordinant amout of time thinking about food and how many points I have eaten so far, so I'm hoping that will become more second nature soon.
We have been looking at a few places that are for rent. Yesterday we looked at a duplex that I really liked. It wasn't new, it had an old carpet that was pretty ugly and a few dents and scratches in the place -- but the layout was perfect, and the rent amazingly good. It's a real possibility -- in spite of the carpet. ;-)
However, Hubby has all of a sudden gotten then idea that that it might be better to actually buy a house here -- and he's pretty serious about it, too! He's actually talking to some loan people tomorrow. We still are heading to Chicago to do ministry, but the investment opportunity in owning real estate seems like a good idea, and DS is certainly going to need a place to live in this area for some time yet. Instead of pouring money into the rent drain, why not put it into house payments -- we actually have some money in an investment fund we want to close that would allow us to pay part of a house payment in cash, which is interesting. We've always talked about owning a house "someday, when we're ready to retire from our work overseas" -- but I suppose one ought not to wait until the last minute!
I'm not sure what to think just yet, but Hubby is very good at figuring out whether things like this are possible financially, so I trust him. The thing is to keep him on only one rabbit trail and give me plenty of choices about the kind of place I want. He was just telling me about a wee condo that might be affordable, but it looks like a oversized shoe box, with no elbow room and no yard. I'd rather have fixer-upper that has a few yards of space between me and the neighbors. ;-)
I'll keep you posted!
