I know I haven't posted in quite a while and to be honest that was deliberate. There has been a lot going on and the decision was made to hold off on updating so that I could have time to help make some things happen.
The big news is, is that my mother is moving to Tucson. She made the decision to sell the house in San Jose, and that was about one week into escrow when a house four doors north of us on an intersecting street came on the market. I noticed the For Sale sign one Monday afternoon, and I went over to it to see how it looked on the outside. I peeked in one window and noticed new carpeting. There was also evidence of recent paint, and the next day Sheila and I were inside with a realtor seeing it first hand.
My mother liked the pictures, and gave me the go ahead to put down on offer. I have power of attorney and for the first time I used it. With the market here being hot as it is in most other places around the country, I made an offer a little (relatively speaking) over the asking price and it was accepted the next day.
Sheila and I returned from San Jose earlier today (we were stuck in Salt Lake City last night but Delta paid for most of the room and $30 worth of dinner) and right now Sheila is over there as that this closed two days ago, one day after the house in San Jose closed. We were up there to help out with some things and we met the new owners, who are really nice people.
I don't have much more to report. The transition to Tucson is still being worked out. Our family is indebted to Mark and Elizabeth H of San Jose, about who I can bet my mortgage on when I say "great is their reward in heaven".
As for San Jose, I don't know if I've made my last trip there. We still have some people we are close to but things are changing. Chip and Gabriela want to leave CA (I hope they come here).
What was once a great state has long been unlivable.
