June 26, 2007

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Odds and Ends

When you are reducing your worldly possessions from a big house to what will fit in the minivan, a lot of odds and ends come up that you wouldn’t face in a normal move…. I have been packing books. Should I keep a dictionary? Or will the computer be enough? What should I do with my grandmother’s binder of typed poetry? It is awful but it is hers! What should I do with my favorite heavy turtleneck sweater that I...

Here are a couple books to read…

  Mexico: The Trick is Living Here by Julia Taylor is an e-book available for sale at her website. I believe I had Googled “retire Mexico” or something when I ran across her site. I bought the book and have been enjoying it for the last couple of days…even though I am not too keen on reading books on the computer. She gives a lot of factual and anecdotal information. As a former resident of the Pacific Northwest, I feel...

Yahoo!

Our big news is that the Buyers have removed their inspection condition – we have to do a few things but we have agreement and there are no further conditions or contingencies. So, the house is sold! Now I can really get going packing things up. This will be fun! The deal has to close on or before September 1, so we know we will be in Mazatlan sometime around the middle of September. The hottest month of the year….which...

Cross your fingers for us…..

      After a lot of negotiating, our house is sold!   I guess I should qualify that since they still need to do the inspection, and if something comes up that we can’t negotiate through, the deal could possibly flip.   But we are cautiously optimistic….and are anxious to be through this condition period so that we can get started packing and selling. Until we know for sure about the inspection we want to keep the house looking...

Aw, Shucks!

  Paul and I missed the annual Key Peninsula News retreat this year because we were at our realtor’s office making a counter-offer to an offer to purchase our home! Look what showed up on our porch when we got back! (The wine is from a local winery)   Both of us have been the webmaster for several years for this local monthly paper. It was really fun to be involved with such a great bunch of people who are...

I’m heading home

  Pulmonia It has been so nice to be here, even if it was only for a few days. It is so wonderful to be close to the beach. I feel much more serene when I can walk on the beach with my feet in the cool water. The foamy tingle. The endless sky. Pelicans. I feel connected with the earth in a very primal way. Back home there is a park near our house with huge, old growth cedars...

Nuestra casa, nuestra casa!

Yes, it is our house now! The wire transfers came through, the signatures are done, the notario is paid, and the house is ours! After so much buildup is was incredibly easy. Happy faces and handshakes all around. I went to dinner with the former owner of our house (wow that was fun to type) last night and it was great to finally relax and get to know each other now that it is over! He is getting going on...

I need to take a deep breath….

I have known that a challenge for me – not just with regard to our move to Mexico, but in general – is to be a bit less intense about transactions. This would be things like – when people don’t call or come when they said they would – or people saying they would do things and then not doing them. I can get pretty cranky sometimes, and especially get frustrated when I had multiple assurances that there would be...