Chateau Elan

That's the name of our new home. And our castle it will be -- over 1700 square feet of brand new modular house. Sometime within the next two weeks, our castle will be driven down the highway and parked on the new basement dug up on the old lot. All traces of the old house are gone, and with them, most of our sadness over all the things we lost. We are now moving forward with plans for the future, and it feels damn good.

But it will be weird, because for 7 years we have been fixing up the old, 1920's victorian-style abode, and we had many many more plans for the future. Now we suddenly own a brand new home, that is virtually maintenance free. What will we do with our new-found time?

HAHAHAHAHA. Perhaps sleep more, cook more, make love more, and of course, play with the boys more.

So, when all is said and done, we may be better off. We don't have much to move, and we will have a nice amount of equity in the new home. I have successfully de-cluttered my life.

Gotta look at the positives when Mr. Fire eats all your worldly possessions.