So..............

So, let me tell you the story about our move that hasn't really happened.

Last year, Luke worked in Alberta with our 2 sons.  He was out there for 7 months, and it was a long time.  Long time for me to be home here in our new house, working full time, looking after one of our sons houses, trying to start a business from home, and doing all the outdoor work.  Again, it was a long 7 months.

So while Luke was out in Alberta, I suggested to him that maybe he should come home, and we would sell our big house, and move to Mini Lakes.  Mini Lakes use to be a seasonal trailer park, in which we had a 37 foot trailer and florida room on a lot for about the past 15 years.  About 10 years ago the park changed over from a seasonal park to a year round park, and people started putting on these beautiful modular units.  There are only about 10 seasonal people left.

If we could sell our big house and move there, we could live very comfortably and with a little tiny mortgage and no debt; this way, Luke would not have to work away from home and we could travel more and do things we have always wanted to do.  Life would be wonderful.

So, as the story goes........we de-clutterd, and put the house on the market.  We went a head and ordered our modular unit, had the trees cut down, had the pad poured, went and saw our unit while it was being built..........but our house still did not sell.

By spring, when the market was getting hot for real estate, we signed up with a realtor. We signed the contract for 90 days.  In 90 days, he did not show the house once...........not once, and when we asked to get out of the contract, he wouldn't let us.

Once the 90 days was over, we were in the heat of the summer and the real estate market had slowed down.  Now it is autumn and the house is still not sold.  Our new house has been delivered, we have poured concrete around outside, built the stairs into the unit, had hardwood flooring put down, painted; new appliances delivered and most of our stuff has been moved there.

We want to live in our new home.  We go down there and we never want to leave.  But our big house is not sold yet...........and the insurance company says we have to live in it or they won't insure it.  So we are stuck.......stuck paying for both homes, utilities on both homes and we are misserable.....we want to move.

So that's the story...............not a pretty one...............but it's what has happened.