Spiffing up the place

My brother in law was down last weekend to visit. It is so nice to see him as he is the local Santa Claus. Just ask Nessa's kids. He is like a pied piper to children. He must smell like warm baked sugar cookies or something. Well when he is here it usually means there is a project at his folks house (my in laws). And it did. Building a dog pen for my mom in laws new doggie. Dan (Nessa's hubby got roped into this one).

But I think next weekend is a trip to San Antonio where BIL lives. He is handy but I am sure we are going to need a San Antonio plumber to do the job. Mine, that I do the answering service for said he would do the job but the $$ for the house call would be out of this world. HA HA I love seeing what all these men can do. Handy man style you know. But there are times to call in a professional.

I think we all have our houses in redo around here. Most of us all purchase a place with a mental eye of how we can change it. Put our mark on it. Guess it is the puppy dog in all of us. What projects are you working on? What should you have called a pro in on. Who is the handy man there?

Home Sweet Home

Every time I turn on the TV, look at the newspaper or log online I see more and more distressing news about the economy. I am with everyone else here worried about bills and what the future holds. I think will my house be safe? My lien holder lives in England. Will that afford me any extra protection against foreclosure if times get harder?

I know that there is a glut of real estate owned foreclosures at this time. And if you have the funds it is a land slide to purchase. Of course many of us are just trying to hold on to what we currently have. If you are in the market then you can do a search of free REO Foreclosures. It is a free way to find investment property in the area you live in. I know that there are many shows about turning property around. And when the market is low then it is perfect time to purchase. And with this economy it is good news that this is a Free Foreclosures service (as in no fee for the search).

In the meantime I am holding on tight to what we have. Praying that jobs stay as they are. And that if times are harder that we will be spared. I also pray that all of my bloggy friends also come through this time as unscathed as possible.

Home Is Where the Heart Is

I was reading a blog by a distant "cousin by marriage" yesterday. And her son is moving into a new house this month. I was interested when I saw it was in the town I lived in before I moved to C-town. I loved living there. The schools were some of the best in the state. I had a home church there that was my family for all purposes. I had a nice new home (the likes I had never lived in before). There was the best bakery ever there too. And all my friends were 30 minutes away from me.

I know, I know! Your wondering why I ever moved to begin with. Well that is another long long blog. Not today. But the memories of the area had flooded over me. The desire to go back "home" is never far from me. So I started looking at what the lowest price in the area would be for a home. (It was a quiet area before and has grown a lot since) I found a site Austin Real Estate. Now I was not looking specific for Austin Real Estate. But I found I could use this site and search all of the Austin Texas and D/FW Texas areas. And when I saw that houses in the area I use to call home where 3 to 5 times more than what I am paying for my very old quaint and charming house now. Well, I decided that Home is Where the Heart is. And my Heart lives here.