We got the cost of the repairs for the new house. The owners agreed to split them with us and come off the price of the house that much.

The whole family is more excited about this new house because it is closer and it holds more people, so we don't have to wait for a turn.

One of our renters got transferred to Florida, and we decided to fix the house up and sell it this time. We are almost finished with it, haven't listed it yet, and a friend who is a real estate agent called us to tell us that she has a woman who wants it for the price we are asking, and she is in a hurry to move in. Trying to get it finished next week. We can put the money toward the new lake house. That worked out well.

I like to kill time prowling around in thrift stores. I think it is the nostalgia factor because I seldom buy anything there. I found out yesterday that there are over 20 major thrift stores within 15 miles of the lake house. Guess what I will be doing on rainy days?

My husband's computer died this week. He found the computer that he wanted, then he did a search for the best price and found that Best Buy had it on an early Black Friday sale today for half the price of everyone else he looked at. It should be here Tuesday with free shipping.