"Modesty is my best quality." - Jack Benny

Whew!

I have both truck doors and fenders ready for paint. It will take me several hours to get everything masked off well - I do NOT want to accidentally paint the front seat! - so I'm thinking I'll paint Thursday morning, with tomorrow morning for masking.

We meet mid-morning tomorrow with Chad, our financial guy, to get signed up for SSI and plot our Oregon financial picture. We were supposed to meet last week but his pregnant wife needed some minor surgery. Since that postponed meeting the stock market has tanked, so I'm pretty sure he's expecting to meet with two anxious clients. Nope. God's got our future and we plan to live on the cheap. Worst case: I get a part time job to supplement our income.

Today's big news was the meeting early this afternoon with Tausha, our realtor. Interesting lady; no nonsense, cut to the chase, tell it like she sees it, and get 'er done! We signed the reams of paperwork required to list the house. Friday a photographer will come in to take pictures and we'll "go live" on MLS sometime Tuesday. In the meantime a sign went up in front.

Tasha said she likes to put that "coming soon" sign out to generate interest in the neighborhood so that if someone has a friend or family member who might be interested they can pass the word along.
It works.
Thirty minutes after Tausha left we got a phone call from her. An older woman who lives four doors down has a daughter who would like to move into Sun City, and being this close to her mother would be ideal. She and her realtor will go through it Monday, and if they want to make an offer Tausha will add a premium to our price as the cost of getting it before it hits the market. Tausha called buying it early a "sweep." Wouldn't that be interesting! (And an answer to prayer.)

Lots of today's news has been about the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, including interviews with survivors who have returned and started over.
I admire their determination and resilience. I also question the wisdom of returning to a city that sits below sea level, is dependent on levees and giant pumps, and sits in the path of seasonal hurricanes. Those who don't learn from the mistakes of the past....