By November, my house will be paid off.
Having an abundance of concerts in the past few years has allowed me to get way ahead on mortgage payments. I could pay it off now, but I think I might buy a car first. This will be the first time since my pre-college youth that I will be 100% debt free. I might just call Dave Ramsey and scream "I'm debt free!" This is one of the most important milestones of life. Wanted to do it before I turned 50, but whats a few months?
I've often thought about selling this place and moving to a more isolated setting with a bluff view or on the water, but I'm pretty happy with my place. I thought about reopening it as a Bn'B. I thought about building a smaller cabin in my woods and renting out the big house. Any ideas?
It will always be worth more than it's appraised value since it's a unique historic house, hand-hewn in the 1830's from red cedar, (moved and reassembled in the '60's), and location location location... it's on 4 acres in the largest stand of big oak forest within one mile of the largest undergraduate college in the state.
Not a bad spot.
Bottom pic: the back patio under the solarium is where I spend most of my time in the summer. 100% private, I like that.
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Hey, there, sir. You don't know me, but i'm just another Tennessee liberal who likes to give that Serr8d guy a hard time, even if he hides 99% of what i say. Isn't he just the cutest?
You're pretty famous over at that Protein Wisdom site, you know. They say that you're a Communist Nazi vegan socialist witch infiltrator half-Obama cyborg who is destroying America... but looking at your page, you seem like a cool fellow.
And damn, that is a pimp house.
I keep politics off this blog, please visit the other to hear more about the "anonymous ankle-biting cowards from Protein Wisdom and their unemployable manbaby of a leader."
Dear William:
I have decided that you IF I was a KKKhristian (or even a christian) that being jealous of you and your success and quality of life would be my particular heavenbarrin' vice.
I mean, hey, I got no problem that you play the gitfiddle so good--I know lotsa down'n'outer lowlifes who can pick like Slatt & Fugs. Ditto that neat house of yours in the woods there. I start to get a little, just a teensy smidge, envious of you when I see them pikchoors of that nice lady you spend time with. The boat, the car(s), the skinnyness, the stillgothaironyourhead, the motorsickle, the hikeywoods and swimmylakes--they all tend to ratchet up the greenjuice of envy.
I gotta tell ya, though, the straw that breaks the camels back is the solvency thing. Now that just ain't natural. You don't owe no fuggin' money at, like, 35% per payday and you think you can still call yourself a MerKKKan?
You need to seriously consider losin' a few teeth, gettin' yourself a double-wide (with opposite corners on pallets, cuz' the wheel sets are rusted out) a few mangy curs and trade in your guitar for a banjo. Whoops, almost forgot, get back in debt, son, it's the "MerKKKan Way" to be!!
P.S. you can send your friend Mr. ElfRadio over to my blog, Polrant@blogspot.com, cuz' I'm not apolitical yet.
Hey Demo ... He does have 'very old vehicles' in the yard ....SR
Congratulations on your solvency! We're in process of hitting the same point.
I was speaking with a guitar major at my daughter's university. He was transferring to your school and very excited to be working with such a wonderful group of faculty. I sent him to your blog.
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