Good Morning everyone!! Checking in with all of you and trying to get some back room work done for the end of the month. It's been a crazy month to say the least! The purging and saga of selling the family home and getting the In-Laws moved closer to us continues but with little success! The house went on the market a while back and right away there was some interest, but the couple who viewed it thought that the house was too dated and needed too many updates for them. Yes, its an older house, but has been very well taken care of and we always knew if anyone bought it, they would buy it for the property and the shop, not the house. MIL and FIL can't buy anything until they sell period!! So a few weeks go by and not much activity on the property, but you have to realize that there is a small percentage of people who can actually afford to buy a 2.5 million dollar piece of lake front land. The Mortgage rates have risen and now the housing market is very slow and the prices are dropping. The In-Laws have decided to take the house off the Market and just stay where they are for now. As we are all pulling our hair out and trying to figure out what to do next, we will let this play out and see what happens. FIL's vision is worsening, MIL is barely able to get around as her back and hips are riddled with arthritis and now the wet weather will only make the pain worse. We won't be able to get them on the bad winter days, because of where they live and how bad the mountain passes get in winter. FIL still has not heard anything from the Doctor about getting angioplasty done and he really should not be driving at all anymore, however no one has taken his licence from him yet. I have been very busy trying to help them purge and have sold a lot of items that they simply do not need anymore. I think I am done with that for the time being. Now moving on to SIL Linda, she has sold her place and will be moving into her new home down at the bottom of our hill on November 15. I have been busy with helping her also and trying to get a bunch of packing done and will be there to help her settle into her new home too. Life is crazy and this dealing with aging parents is not a fun job! I love them dearly, but oh my they can be difficult at times. I bite my tongue and remember that one day I will be in their shoes and who knows if any of my children will be around to give us a hand when we need it. I have been trying to get my Calendar done also in between all of the other things that I am doing and only have two done so far. I hope to do another at some point today. Oh but wouldn't you know it, I need to go visit my sister this afternoon, we haven't seen each other for a long while and how can I say no?? Also my other sister who is raising her granddaughter has announced that her granddaughter's Mother(my sister's youngest daughter) has Bowel Cancer and is not expected to make it, it is very far advanced and I am sure that the fact that she is a drug user and lives a horrible lifestyle will not help her outcome at all. I can't imagine what they are all going through and I really need to touch base with her again today. Life is a mess right now, so it is good that I am not too active here right now as I would not be very good company!! I miss you all and think of you all every day!! Please know that I love you all and I hope to return to this place in the next month or so???? Who knows!!
