Well, I'm sure my friends are about ready to
strangle me by now, as I've kept them in suspense for
quite awhile as far as which place we decided upon...
and then I had to go and write this...

We have decided upon¹ a place that no one here has seen the description of yet! That's right, we saw it
after last week's article was submitted.

And the winner is...

• Double wide
• 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms
• Fridge, gas stovetop, double oven, new dishwasher,
  disposal, washer, dryer, central heat &
  A/C²
• Asking $21,950³
• Southgate Mobile Home Park

Tom had looked at the outside of this place while I
was at work on 5.4.02, but we needed an appointment to
see the inside. So we looked at it on the afternoon of
7.4.02. It's a great place! There's 2 big storage
sheds out back, and a beautiful built-in
hutch⁴ Only drawback is
something easily changed - the carpet is
hideous⁵... The bedrooms are both good
sized, so visitors won't feel cramped⁶ And I quite like
the layout of the kitchen. Be nice to have a decent
kitchen again...

And it will only take half an hour to get to work!
No more getting up at 5.30 am! YAY!!!⁷ *ahem* Sorry about
that...

So anyway, after we looked at it, we thought we
should ask around about the neighbourhood, as we're not
familiar with the area. I called a lady from our
Tuesday night study that I've been talking to about
neighbourhoods, but she isn't familiar with that part
of town - just that it's near a high school that's
supposed to be a little rough (her husband's a
teacher). She did suggest, however, that Tom and I
drive around the neighbourhood after dark, which we
did. Pretty quiet, once we got off the main road -a
couple people walking dogs, and some people sitting
out on unfenced front yards chatting. I also asked my
co-workers, as out of the four of them, three live in
that area. Turns out I'd be right around the corner
from one⁸! So that's good.
So we decided to tell the real estate agent 'yes', and
he is coming over tonight (9.4.02).

(Later that evening) We just started the
paperwork! So I guess, as soon as we're approved for
the loan and for the park, it'll be official!

Now, if anyone's interested, I suppose I could
chronical the next steps... But if not, then I
won't.

Amy Pawloski

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