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[REGGAB]

Yep Duane.  That was about how it was.  It sucked.

[REGGAB]

I'm sorry for your loss Henry.    Your home really is where you and Renea hang your hats, but the loss of the roof really smarts when it's a been a good one.  Hang in there and the two of you will break in another over the years... 

Hey Shannon, it isn't a loss so much as it is a realization.  We're 135 miles from that place.  Renea and I both work.  It is just too much to maintain, so it had to go.  Hopefully the new owner will love it like we did.  I'm happy with everything I have, but it does hurt to let go of things which hold so many dear memories.............which is why I'm finished trading/selling motorcycles.  I'm gonna have a friggin' lot full of 'em if I'm not careful.   

[LRebel]

Thanks for sharing the memories.  Y'all will have to plan to purchase another country home when you retire??

chiggers & ticks........I hate those @&$(&%)$!  Mowed back down by the woods this evening.  Took a shower as soon as I came in in hopes of getting rid of the chiggers before they dig in.  Oh yeah, I didn't mention the poison ivy......another good reason to take a shower as soon as you come in.

[ccr]

Jamey and I have been blessed with many nice, comfortable, some fantastic and elaborate housing over the past 23 years.  About five years ago, he was promised by his last General that he was going to be stable and would be working in DC for the rest of his career, we bought a house in Stafford, VA.  Well the way life does, nine months later we sold that house and with 4 hours of house hunting leave we found and purchased this house in Colonial Heights, VA.  The Stafford house we thought of as our first, and our forever house.  That heart breaking lesson taught us that possessions are not forever.  Love is, and our family is together in whatever house we are in.  This current house, it is OK, but is not our forever house either.  Some day, in the next five years we hope, we will find a nice humble home, way out in the boonies, that has a big enough garage for some toys to park in, and yard big enough that I don't have to eyeball or be eyeballed by the neighbors.  Sorry that your decision is paining you now, but I think what I was trying to say, is you do get over it.  You will remember the good memories and hold them in your hearts for as long as your memory will work.  The bad memories you will let go.  Our human psyche is wonderful that way.  We can fill our memories with only the "Good Ones."  Thanks so much for sharing yours. 

[amigo Jorge]

Nice story mi amigo Henry and as you said unforgettable memories....the life has too many changes and I am sure that this one will be great for you...Good luck and enjoy the life in the way that you deserve.. 

[harleydiva]

Thanks Ken!  There's a HUGE red oak on the other side of the house that still has a rope swing in it that Stef used to play on.  We used to have a henhouse out back, and we stocked it with guineas during the summer to keep the ticks and chiggers back.  At that time, our Annie Bea was a young pup, and Sassy Girl, our original Harley Boxer, was the alpha bitch.  She was a mischievious little cuss.  The guinea population thinned, and Sassy Girl gained weight.    The henhouse was mildly dilapidated, so I eventually tore it down and used it for a bonfire.  Then there was then time it come up a real bad cloud and we were without power for 5 days.  Now, when you live in the boonies..............and our home is IN THE BOONIES.............and your only water source is a well, and the power goes out, you do without water, which means you relieve yourself outside.  And since Sassy Girl killed and ate the guineas, the Girls got chiggers.  Chiggers ain't no fun.  Being that I'm equipped to relive liquid waste in a more efficient manner than the Girls, I was able to avoid the chiggers...........................and as far as the other.......................I held it til I got to work, so I guess you could say that back then, for 5 days I was full of chit.

  This is a good one:  Renea always had the most beautiful vegetable gardens.  She planted just about every vegetable/fruit you can imagine.  I say "fruit" because Renea planted more tomatoes than anything.  During one particular season, we had a problem with the deer getting into her tomatoes.........and the damn things didn't even have the common decency to eat the whole green tomato.  They'd take a bite out of every one of them.  I vividly remember Renea coming back up to the house with tears rolling down her cheeks proclaiming "Those Gawd Damn M**ther F**king deer.  So, the next year, she planted her tomatoes, strung up baling wire with foil pie plates dangling from baling wire, spread hair around the garden from when she gave me a hair cut, and the funniest thing of all............she'd go out there and squat and duckwalk and pee around the perimeter of the garden.  You can do that when you live in the boonies.  She even made me go out there and pee around the garden.  Couple all that with a keen eye, and turning the CVO Boxers loose when the deer were spotted in the field and...........Deer problem solved. Yep Ken, we be redneck/country/bonafide.      

The memories are many, and they are so cherished................and we all have them in our own unique ways.

Folks, I Love Life!

Have a great rest of the weekend.

Love the deer story!      I can just see Renea high tailing it to the house.

[hogasm]

This "waiting to close" part is rough.  I think it will subside once the transaction is complete..................................and then we get to look forward to capital gains taxes   

Seriously, this is a good move.  Part of a bigger plan.  It'll be nice.

1041 Property Exchange......I think that is the number

[REGGAB]

1041 Property Exchange......I think that is the number

I can't remember if that's the number, Brian, but the proceeds are going right back into another venture in dirt.................the dirt upon which our current dwelling is built..........in part........in the form of a detached garage with a finished room upstairs.  That's the nice thing about living in the county......we can do that.   

[Special_Ed]

Henry,
Thanks for posting such a great story about some wonderful memories of your life. I read the thread through this morning and have been thinking about you and your family all day. It always amazes me how folks can grow up in the same country but have done it so differently. I have to admit I had to do a little research to find out what "Chiggers" are. Glad they don't like the northeast.

I know the sale of your home is hard but you have been blessed with so many great things too.

All will work out for the best.

Take care,
Ed

[REGGAB]

Henry,
Thanks for posting such a great story about some wonderful memories of your life. I read the thread through this morning and have been thinking about you and your family all day. It always amazes me how folks can grow up in the same country but have done it so differently. I have to admit I had to do a little research to find out what "Chiggers" are. Glad they don't like the northeast.

I know the sale of your home is hard but you have been blessed with so many great things too.

All will work out for the best.

Take care,
Ed

Thanks, Ed.  Trust me........you're better off not experiencing chiggers.  They are easy to get, hard to see, and if you do see them crawling on you, get in the shower immediately and wash down with a weak dilution of ammonia.  If they dig in, you'll be hatin' life.

[ccr]

Thanks, Ed.  Trust me........you're better off not experiencing chiggers.  They are easy to get, hard to see, and if you do see them crawling on you, get in the shower immediately and wash down with a weak dilution of ammonia.  If they dig in, you'll be hatin' life.

hatin' life for a couple of weeks, minimum.  If you live in that environment ... Jamey's Mom is almost always covered in spots that she scratches through the skin.  It is horrible.  We have them in our area, although, thank goodness, have never seen them on our property.  Best keep those little chickens if you life where they live.  Chiggers - little red spider like beasts.  Now ticks, those are just gross. 

[HogBreath]

Chiggers suck!

[harleydiva]

Chiggers suck!

Ditto!!!!!

[cremebrulee]

Best of luck to you and Renae ~ again we missed you guys at CHL and will miss you at MV ~ hopefully your plans will change ~ Linda aka AJ's lady

[MJZ]

Best of luck to you and Renae ~ again we missed you guys at CHL and will miss you at MV ~ hopefully your plans will change ~ Linda aka AJ's lady

Yea Henry, I thought you were going to be at CHL and I brought a friend for you to take back. The "REAL" Thumper.