He always finds one spot where he can watch what's going on outside - hopefully he'll find a place at the townhouse. Today was cold but the sun was shining so it was warm if you found a patch of sunlight.

Keith doesn't help so much with the cleaning anymore (unless we have company coming) but he does still help with the grocery shopping and laundry.

He shouldn't be traveling the world without me - he's in Denmark now and I was supposed to go with him but his schedule got to busy and he didn't have time to coordinate our flights. Bummer.

He's supposed to go back in April and says he'll take me then but I'm not holding my breath he's been saying he's going to take me back for 2 years now.

That's a good size.

It's less for Keith to clean when he gets home from all his world travel!

We're still waiting for signatures but they've accepted our offer. Here are some photos. It's not a huge place - just barely under 1800 square feet but we really wanted this location close to the river and downtown and did NOT want to be in a condo. It has a one car garage which is fine because we only have the one car now and it's about the same distance as the apartment to Keith's office so he'll still walk.

If we get the paperwork signed and all goes well, we'll move in the end of March.

We'll use the dining room as a sitting area - you'll see the kitchen has a big bar area.

Not thrilled with these countertops but we can replace them with the money we saved - this unit was less than the first one and we got a good deal.
Living room with gas fireplace - not a big room but we've gotten used to smaller living rooms both at the GA condo and here at the apartment and it works fine for us.
This is the family room - my longarm will go in here but it would be too crowded for me if my sewing machine and fabric shelves were here too.
So the 2nd bedroom will hold all my sewing stuff other than the longarm and longarm supplies.Here's the master bedroom - it's fairly spacious and it's big enough for our bedroom furniture.

A previous contract that had a contingency offer....the other buyer got 72 hours to remove the contingency and they did. We placed an offer on the unit next door so we're back to waiting.

Here's a satellite view of the community - you can see it's right on the Mississippi River although our unit would have a view of downtown, not the river.

There are bike paths and walkways all along the river with multiple state and local parks nearby. Restaurants and shopping downtown are all within a close walking distance too. In fact, these townhouses are just 1.5 miles from where we're living now.

You can click on the photo to see a more detailed view.

The beauty of a townhouse is that the yard work and exterior maintenance is done by someone else!

Not many photos available but it looks like we're getting the first townhouse now although they do have a contingent offer they have to take care of first. It probably won't be a problem because they had to sell their condo first and they'll only get 72 hours to either commit to a closing or the owners can accept our offer.

Here's the kitchen - Adam should like this - it has a gas stove and stainless steel appliances. The community is right on the river - although the unit we're looking at is NOT. We do have a view of Downtown from the kitchen and back deck.

I like the yard.

Not many leaves or too much grass to cut.

When will we see pix of the inside??

Yes, they are lucky aren't they?? I've been giving Becky a hard time - she's been decorating and making the house her own this last year but I told her NOW she will have the debt that comes along with it too!

She pulled down photos of OUR family and Chris didn't say anything - I had Kevin give her a hard time because she replaced the photo I had of Dad, Debbie, and Grandmom and Grandpop with one of her family. She said she didn't even know who those people were!! It was one I'd printed from the slides and placed in a colored frame that matched the chest I was leaving for her......otherwise I would have taken it with me.

It is VERY strange to be a guest in my own house and she laughed and said it was strange to have me visiting here too - but as of tomorrow it will be their house. I cooked dinner tonight and I told her it was really odd to be in my kitchen and have everything be in the wrong place!

Thanks to the equity we have in the house, we're helping them with their downpayment but we benefit too - they've watched out for the house the last year and paid rent so we haven't had to worry about it.

Mom, I'll miss the quilt show and seeing you too but I'll plan a visit in March.

I'm still here too. I check every day to see if someone wrote. My life is so uneventful that I don't have much to write about, however Nancy and Mary Ann will be coming to see me next Wednesday and we will go to the quilt show. We'll miss my girls this year but maybe next year will work out.

I didn't know they were buying your house. They are sure getting a nice home, especially the kitchen!

Keep in touch.

Usually, I'm the only one writing...

I'm still waiting for photos of Brian's graduation.

I head to GA tomorrow to see the boys and to close on the Marietta house. Chris and Becky will be buying it will a little help. Who know, the next post may be us buying a townhouse here in Minneapolis - we're planning to check one out on Sunday when I get back from GA.

2 weeks and no new entries??

Is anyone out there? Any new fire stories Brian?