Anyone want to buy a house?

 November 30th marks the end of the Movember fundraiser for prostate cancer, so tonight, my moustache is coming off!   My moustache is about 50% gray but otherwise resembles the one in the picture but a bit shorter.  Too bad you'll never get to see it!

In fact, I sort-of resemble that hairy-chested hottie ..... just take away the square, clefted jaw, smooth skin, pretty face and hair (I now sport a buzz-cut.)  You'd also need to add bigger bags under his eyes, dark under-eye circles and about 30 years' worth of wrinkles.

On a serious note, my 52-year-old brother is having his prostate cancer surgery tomorrow, so we are all anxious about that ... that's for sure and my mother is a wreck.


After much discussion and delay, we've decided to lower the asking price for our house to something more realistic.  We've had several groups per week look at it and one ridiculously-low offer but no serious nibbles yet.   The house was appraised at nearly double the median house price in our town so there are considerably fewer buyers who can actually afford it.  Also, it is not everyone's cup of tea to live a little ways out in the country  (a 12 minute commute!), who has a large enough family to warrant the purchase of a house of this size and who would want to snow blow a 200 foot long driveway in winter.  

The real estate market is still booming here but the bidding wars only occur with homes around the median price range in nice neighbourhoods located right in town.   Everyone we know is very confident that our house will be snapped up (beautiful home, spectacular location.... ) so I'm hoping that this lowered price will get us some action.  Once we get into the depths of winter here, the housing market slows down considerably.

I am so anxious to move out to my new waterfront home.  I am also a quite concerned about making ends meet when I do assume ownership.  By next year, I will be paying off the small mortgage and probably a bit of alimony.  The biggest expense, by far, will come from having two kids attending university out-of-town.  Big coin!  I'll cross that bridge when I come to it.

I'll be really brave and post this picture of me standing in my new front yard.... pretty spectacular, eh?   Apart from a few coastal islands, the body of water I'm facing stretches over 100 miles to the nearest shoreline so the water is rarely this calm.  At times, the waves can be taller than I am.  While I don't want to reveal my exact location, I can say that this body of water is geographically unique in the entire world and my property is one of the nicest on this stretch of coastline.  Very special!