Hurdle Cleared, More to Come

We've gotten through the re-finance of our place, and sign the Monday after Thanksgiving. Obstensibly the biggest deal, I'll hold judgement on that until we're done. What is means, though, is that with funding we can move forward. We're pretty happy that we didn't get swept up in the availability of a jumbo mortgage after a construction loan, which we were offered just before the industry went to shit. This way, using our unencumbered funds, resources and resourcefulness, we should be able to build the house we want on the schedule we want and without the major burden of a $450,000 loan (total construction plus existing note). While the math is not yet complete, we clearly have enough to get a dry shell erected in 2009. We'll see about the finishing phase, it may take ten years or it may take one.

So we're pretty happy here, going into the Thanksgiving weekend. We're pretty much loaded now, at 10:30pm Tuesday, for our jaunt to the Tahuya State Forest where we'll join friends in communion with nature, spirits and a beast-feast on Saturday

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving time!