Don't say...you can't go back.
Seems someone somewhere sent the Big B some good fortune and we think he sold his house today ! Phew. It was a tense time for him and for us as observers. He really deserved something good to happen...and it did.
He can still settle in the perfect timing for him to move to his new abode on schedule. You've gotta have faith in life sometimes.
Makes me ponder the circumstances of the sale of our family home, some 20 years ago. The interest rates were at a record high and the market was very slow...he sold our run-down but excellently situated family home (with tennis court and pool) for less than half of what it was truly worth. It's always bugged me.
A creek runs behind the house and we were there last Saturday in fact (this is me trying to point to location of the house amongst the scrub - you can see the new deck around the pool). I loved growing up there...I spent 21 years in that house...being able to walk to school, play in the creek, find places to escape the busy, hectic house or mean big brothers.
September 3, 2008 at 8:17 PM
that must definitley be hard - we still have our family home - and I think it is even more special now - I couldn;t imagine selling it just at the moment - or dad not being there - lots of memories. We too had a creek at the bottom of the street and a big park - and well we spent hours and hours ecah afternoon playing there with the other kids - it was fun - does this mean childhood must have a creek?
September 3, 2008 at 8:36 PM
What's a creek-bank super-adventure without an interruption from an annoying older brother? (no need to thank me!).
Oh, and it's not as if there was a dearth of annoying younger brothers either! Welcome to the world of the middle child!!!
September 4, 2008 at 6:16 AM
I had 4 BIG brothers who were ALL somtimes mean and sometimes nice to me.
Yes J - I think every child should have a creek to play in.
September 6, 2008 at 11:24 AM
I agree, creeks very important for:
(1) Guppy catching;
(2) Wildlife spotting - water dragons, snakes etc ...
(3) Swimming down them on surf mats during the floods.
But not for spider bites!