well the big day is on the calendar.

[mopinko]

dec 17th should be divorce day. still crossing the t's and dotting the i's on the agreed order, but mostly i am happy with what we have worked out.
i get to keep my farm, and get enough resources to continue to improve it.
i settled for a lower maintenance in exchange for a high property distribution. i should be able to invest enough of that into real estate to make up for the difference within a couple years. will pay off existing mortgage on the 2flat that i am getting, and should be able to buy the one next to me when it comes on the market in a year or 2.
agreed to return to the bargaining table in 5 years, when he is looking to retire early. since he should be getting a lovely parting gift when that happens, i should be able to make it through that, too.

the tax hit will be significant, as most of the cash is in a 401k now. but i truly hate the stock market, and figure that shelling out an extra 33% to invest in bricks and mortar is still a good investment.

it's also my quit smoking day, which will likely be a little tougher. lol.

[elleng]

1. Good to hear all this, mop,

and as ever, we're with you, in rain or in SNOW!!!

[mopinko]

2. love my spot

in the bowl of lake michigan, but the leeward side. lake effect snow goes the other way.
we just got a light dusting here while everyone else is shoveling.

thx for the hug honey. so glad to have you on my side.

[elleng]

3. Glad you got just a light dusting!

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My last year there, '78,' there was still snow on the ground in May (I think,) as I packed to move out, from apartment virtually ON the lake in Hyde Park. Wish I had a picture!

Pretty close:



P.S. Just heard Obama office (?) gonna be 'right there!!!'

[mopinko]

4. i remember that winter. the next one was worse.

my sister moved to cali.

so much for all the talk that they wanted to live in nyc. never believed that for a minute. why would they put the library here, and live there?
the whole south side is gonna explode. it's already happening in pullman. got a friend down there who is a carpenter. he doesnt even have a business card. he is working like a mad man.

[elleng]

5. Very exciting!

'Too bad' my first town after college will be so transformed, but the neighborhood is surely different from when I was there. Really helped make me what I am today.

After having lived there for a # of years, spotted the view I wanted and luckily an apartment was available in an OLD 'high rise' overlooking a park beside the lake. Windows became ice encrusted during that winter, of course, but it was REAL!!!

[mopinko]

6. it's a good hood.

i hope it stays weird.
rogers park is one of the hottest neighborhoods in.the.country.
and guess what- it was noobs who were complaining about the farm. oh well. they are stuck w us old hippies.

[elleng]

7. GOOD LUCK!

Back in this Group for what appears to be a family emergency. See next thread.