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LOTS to catch up on!!

Jun 25, 2007 14:42

...I just blew back into town a couple of hours ago, and have dozens of photos to download and lots of sketches and paintings to scan...manana! LOVELY trip to the Shenandoah Valley--not what we'd planned, but what we needed, I think...except for the bad fall
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tuatha242 June 26 2007, 00:40:40 UTC

Well..you needed a nice vacation..but you have the patience of a saint. How long til your honey moves to the house permanently??

"the patience of a saint"... katequicksilvr June 26 2007, 13:35:32 UTC

"the patience of a saint"...pretty sure he'd laugh at that one! ;-)))

I'm not really patient, I just try to accept things as they are. I set goals (sort of!) but try not to get too hung up in expectations.

It will be after he retires, a long year from now... :-( But he'll be here, and I'll go there again and we'll have good times in between. It's sort of like dating, with injuries. :-)

Oh, funny, we had planned THIS one to be nice, relaxed, no surgeries, stress, house buying, paper signing, family visiting or other people stresses. WRONG...

Re: "the patience of a saint"... tuatha242 June 26 2007, 18:01:55 UTC

Things tend to work out differently than planned..i guess it's good to learn to go with the flow..He looks to young for retirement:)

Re: "the patience of a saint"... katequicksilvr June 26 2007, 18:27:22 UTC

I've had to learn that or spend a lifetime in frustration! :-))

And yes, he is younger than most in the private sector. He was career Navy, retired from that, then went to work as a civilian for one of the departments of the Navy. He's eligible for that retirement next year, and will probably work at something else after that, but HERE!

Re: "the patience of a saint"... tuatha242 June 26 2007, 18:33:19 UTC

cool..a friend of mine joined the police force in her home town in Jersey late..but still got to retire at 50..so she bought a house in the town in Mass i lived in before that ..houses were very cheap.She just bought ten acres in New Hampshire with a house that has a section for her mother and a few out buildings for about $200k. Meanwhile we are paying a fortune o live in the Bay area where the jobs are..gas is ridiculous and my husband works 50 miles away(with traffic) 4 daes a week. gah!

Re: "the patience of a saint"... katequicksilvr June 26 2007, 18:37:21 UTC

Yes, J. has to drive about 70 miles, morning and night--living in the D.C. area is just ridiculous, and compared to houses in my town, even the little ones in his Virginia community are frighteningly high! I hope that works in our favor when he sells his.

Re: "the patience of a saint"... tuatha242 June 26 2007, 18:57:10 UTC

i have some relatives and a good friend that settled in the DC area..it just doesn't appeal to me at all!

Re: "the patience of a saint"... katequicksilvr June 26 2007, 19:49:03 UTC

The area around it is gorgeous, but the whole DC area is just too population dense!

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