Hello, everyone!
BIG NEWS!
We’re moving to Hendersonville in a few days! (Pinch us!) No... we have not sold our San Diego house (sigh), but grew so weary of the process that we looked at alternatives and found a house five minutes out of H’ville we can afford to rent while we wait for our own to sell. We’re prepared to leave our own house unrented and partially furnished (so that it shows well and easily) for six months or more and then consider taking it off the market and renting it for a while until the market recovers a bit. So we're at the beginning of that strategy. What do you think?
Our H’ville rental is for only six months but will probably be renewable after that (we recognize the risk). Though we have visited the area many times for long stays, this will be our first chance to find out once and for all what it’s like to
LIVE there—join a church, find a doctor, make friends, get involved.
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I thought this might interest some of you: As I was cancelling our hotel reservations in view of the house rental, I mentioned to the hotel desk clerk (with eagerness in my voice, I’m sure) that we are going to be moving to H’ville. She seemed surprised and said that after 10 years in H’ville she wants to move back to CA.
Why??
The weather. It’s
humid here.
Humid?
Yes.
All the time?
Yes,
all the time.
(Wait. She came from the inland desert of Sacramento, CA. Compared to that, H’ville probably
is humid—almost
anywhere else would be humid compared to Sacramento--but surely not compared to balmy coastal CA.)
And the people.
What about them?
CA is laid back. Here’s they’re uptight. Not Asheville—Asheville’s liberal. But outside of Asheville they’re all conservative.
You mean, not liberal like CA?
Right.
(Wait. Can we get an earlier plane??)
And they’re so materialistic here.
Where?
In Hendersonville.
They’re not in CA?
No.
(Wait. Didn’t our friends in Solana Beach, CA, just tell us this week that they want to move to Australia because of the materialistic values of California?)
BWAHHH!! I’m getting a headache....
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What a
surreal day today as we watched 38 years of our lives being dismantled in a few stunning hours! Please, Lord, grant us the serenity to accept all 107 of the boxes that surround us, the courage to donate
EVEN MORE next time we move, and the wisdom to know the difference in peace of mind!
Good people, please pray for us as we fly out on Monday to meet our makers--movers--I meant movers
. Be with us as we unpack our 107 lovely boxes... fly back to San Diego to get our car... and drive across this great land to our new home in the mountains of WNC!
God bless America!
Your comments are always appreciated!
Jan (and Bill)
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