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It's over. It's finally over.





All this work, all this time, all this worry...it's all behind us now. We closed. Our house is sold. The money is in our bank. We are at long last off this roller coaster ride of a crazy terrible housing market freakout and back on stable ground. And we are in no hurry to get back on that ride anytime soon. We will not buy another piece of property until this country figures out how to run itself again.


Mom and Dad signed the papers and did not experience the overwhelming joy they pictured over a year ago when they started this venture. Daddy said it is like the Iraq war, it'll be nice when it's over but there are still a lot of dead soldiers to mourn.

But then, the relief set in. No more fixing, no more cleaning, no more mowing and raking and watering. No more watching CNN and MadMoney. No more calls from Sharla of Windermere. No more hopes raised only to be dashed. And the beginning of the next phase. The exciting next phase of our little family's life. That IS a reason to celebrate. That IS a reason to jump for joy.





I started jumping for joy, on every bed in the house, and now we are all feeling it. Congratulations team! We made it!