i bet...

you're wondering why i abandoned my blog over the past two months. as you know, i've been notorious for going three weeks at a time without posting anything...so two months might be a bit extreme...even for me.

well, the good news is i'm back with a few stories from my trip to china and even pics. the bad news is that lois and i have bought a house in texas and will hopefully move by mid-april (if the house sells in this depressed market).

the past two months have been hectic with packing, storing, and painting. so far, we've got about 50 boxes in storage and have given/thrown away many things including a love seat, piano, and entertainment center. the house that we've bought is roughly 600 sq. ft. smaller but with better use of space; a 2400 sq. ft. house built in 1921 is not as spacious as you think. we're still blown away with the cheaper cost of living in texas. we were able to get a house with 2 acres for half the price of ours, which is on a teeny lot (4460 sq. ft. - about a 1/10 of an acre). the best thing about the new house is that there are no stairs (which will be no impact on our knees) and the acreage, putting our nearest neighbor 200' away. we will NOT miss the near constant traffic of 6th avenue...especially the fools on their crotch rockets/hogs who zoom by during the summer nights. i have nothing against motorcycles, just the "enthusiasts" who want to whiz by at 100 mph and/or 120dB.

i think we're going to put the house on the market next week, so i'll try to have pictures and links by the end of the month. so if anyone is looking for a 1920's craftsman style bungalow and has $450K burning a hole in his/her pocket, let me know ;) at least it's $185K less than this house (whose price has dropped $65K) and no one was murdered and stuffed in the bathtub for a week. THAT'S gotta be a selling point heh.