Saturday, November 1, 2014

Closed!

As of this week - we no longer have a financial anchor firmly holding us to the state of Connecticut.  Our house of more than ten years officially closed and has proud new owners.  I truly hope that they have better luck than we did with it.  It would be a good bet that they do, as we dumped what seemed like an endless amount of funds into it to replace windows, siding, doors, garage doors, roof, furnace, central a/c, and the hot water system three times!  Yes, we replaced the entire hot water system three times in ten years - conveniently there always seemed to be a reason why the "warranty" was not valid.  But I digress...

Unlike the other steps in our transition to a life in the Caribbean, handing over the keys to our house did not take much of an emotional toll.  We never really had an attachment to our house, as we never really felt at home in Connecticut.  Instead of being a home, it was no more than a place to lay our head and store our things.  In the end we are thankful for having the house, but it ended up being a tremendous financial loss and parting with it was more relief than sorrow.

With the sale of the house, a new chapter begins.  Next week we head for the islands to launch our boat for the season and attempt to make her the home that our house in Connecticut never was.

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