![]() We have no doubt we made the right decision to not sail. ![]() Here is a great time to say a sincere thanks to all of our friends and followers as not one time in the last couple of weeks have we heard an "I told you so" in spite of the fact many of you did tell us so before it all began. In hindsight all the signs were there, but in our enthusiasm and excitement at the change of venue, we didn't see it. So how did this happen one might ask? Right up front we'll be critical of us. We'd planned for so long for the Blue Planet Odyssey, and spent so much money and sold Celebration to make it all work out, that we've really been thrown for a loop here. We ended up moving off the joyless boat the day the BPO Rally was leaving Key West. We've heard that more than once in the last 2 weeks, and while we do know that and we do realize how fortunate we are, we are both still really PO'd over this turn of events. ![]() The living room, with several of the unfinished projects: a window seat, a strange wood box and sort-of built in's by the fireplace. There are lots of things to make us go "hmmmmmmm, what were they thinking?" so I've started calling it Casa Quirky, in honor of it being in Albuquirky, of course. It's an old house and yard and it's had lots of owners. The casita will eventually be an apartment/guest house, although I think our daughter, Hannah, has her eye on it for now. So we've been cleaning up the little casita in the back (did I mention there's a cute casita?) so we can move into it while we work on the main house. We saw them at the house when they were working, but didn't happen mention that the auction had already taken place. Meanwhile, a company that had been contracted months ago to clean up the house and yard before the auction, showed up and took all the trash, brush, old appliances, AND the crap-pile outdoor kitchen! How much stuff could there possibly be, you ask? It took 3 guys almost 4 days. Waiting for electric and water so the gas can be tested. Waiting for power to get the well pump going. Call the general contractor to get an electrician. Hurry up and get all the paperwork and financial stuff in to the auction site, we had 24 hours for this. Wait 2 weeks. It's been one of those 'hurry up, then wait' months since the auction. Downed trees, half finished projects, a horse corral, a pile of crap that looked like it was supposed to be an outdoor kitchen but wasn't, there was so much going on that it was hard to know where to look first. We'd had a chance to walk the property the day before and it was a mess. It's a 1/2 acre in the south valley part of Albuquerque, in the Bosque along the Rio Grande, with a 1965 era hacienda-style part adobe house. So, about a month ago, we put in a bid on a foreclosure property on an online auction. ![]() As any of you who know us know, we like to jump in with both feet and figure out all the pesky little details later. So we've moved on to yet another "What the fuck were we thinking" opportunity. ![]()
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