As many of you know, we’ve decided to make a couple of small changes in our lives.  We built our house in Chehalis ten years ago with the idea that we’d probably live there for the rest of our lives; it was close to town, but with a little bit of acreage so we could enjoy a little privacy, it was all on one level with no stairs so we could get around once our knees gave out in our advancing years, and we spent a decade fixing the house and yard to suit our tastes.

We’ve filled the house with friends and family for some very memorable Christmas gatherings, backyard barbecues,  graduation parties, baby showers, and even a successfully executed surprise 50th birthday celebration for Sandi.  We’re going to miss those gatherings, we’ll definitely miss the friends and family we’re leaving behind and we’re going to miss the house, but we decided it’s time to move on to a new adventure: Our Rocky Mountain Adventure!

It started as a whim and a search on Zillow.com.  Within three days, we’d found a view we couldn’t stop thinking about and just had to have for our own.  Over the past several months, we’ve visited a couple of times, gone back and forth with the realtors, the lenders, the sellers, the bank, the title company, the septic guy, the power company, the well guy, the electrician, the county building inspector, and along the way, we even met Fred, the Ace Hardware guy.

After several delays and a couple of extensions, we finally got word last week that our offer had cleared the final hurdle…  it was approved by the bankruptcy court and the docs are about ready for signing.  Our new closing date is Monday, June 12th, and I’ll be heading south to get things started.

It’s not “liveable” right now, but the structure is sound and we have tons of ideas to make the place our own.  Our idea is to use this blog to document our adventure and share our progress with anyone interested enough to check in occasionally.

Here we go!!