One Large Milestone Reached. Yay!

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Thought I would say hello, since I have been mostly lurking.

When my DH died, my major goal was to get both kids out of HS, working, with vehicles of their own, and moved out. Today is a big day. Younger son has been working about 5 years now and is on his second used car.

Younger son has been working about 5 years now and is on his second used car. He finished CC this year with an AA degree and will move as soon as I sell my house. No issues at all with him.

My oldest DS was very resistant to getting a job and dealing with life for the last few years. Well, poverty finally got the better of him, and he went out and got a McJob with his brother at the McDs.

He has been driving my vehicle for the last few months and saving a decent portion of each of his checks to buy a vehicle so he can move out and live with friends. 

Today, DS is picking up his $3K Toyota Camry. It's a 99 but has only 75K miles on it. Yay! 

I now have 2 businesses for myself, one I write content and the second I sell lapidary rough. Yes, rocks.  

The sheriff has been doing some pot busts of the cartel grows, but it appears most will not get busted at this rate, and I hear they are making plans to expand in the spring. They just offered to buy my neighbors bare land and I got a call to see my house as well.

I plan to sell in the spring and have been looking for a small house down in the greater Chico area, where I have friends and where I get some of the rocks I sell... When my house sells, I will have enough money to fix the rest of the lacking areas in my life. 

When my house sells, I will have enough money to fix the rest of the lacking areas in my life and put myself in the best position I have been in to date. 

I should net at least 150K from my house after the back taxes and crap is paid. I will be buying a house <100K, something small with a garage or shop where I can cut/work rock. I will buy a rock sphering machine and a nice big slabbing saw to replace my current smaller one. And, I will buy a used car to replace mine that has 230K miles on it. That should leave me about 30K in the bank for emergencies - and I will have a very viable business making more money because I can cut the rocks I sell, rather than having to sell them whole.  

Life's good. Depression is still a huge struggle, but being able to make some money from my therapy (hiking and rockhounding) is really helping the rest of my life and gives me a break from writing content when I have depression brain.  

[NomoreDramaQ1015]

Congrats Shasta! You're living proof that if there is a will there is a way.

[wvugurl26]

Congratulations!! You've come a long way!

[kittensaver]

Good for you, Shasta! Keep up the good work!

[NomoreDramaQ1015]

You should totally write a book about your life experiences.  I could see it being turned into a movie staring Reese Witherspoon or Julia Roberts.

[janee]

Great job!  I do love success stories.  I'm very happy for you and wish you the best going forward.

Any reason you want to wait until spring to sell?

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Sept 9, 2016 12:40:34 GMT -5 janee said:

Great job!  I do love success stories.  I'm very happy for you and wish you the best going forward.

Any reason you want to wait until spring to sell?

Well, actually mid-winter? We are set to list in Jan/Feb. The growers aren't here all year, so the fall/winter will be my time to finish purging and fixing the basic things that have to be fixed before I can sell, like my front/back stairs, to get the best price.

I went on the market too late this year, just before they banned outdoor growing here. The org stopped buying land to see how much product they leave here with this year... It looks like they will be very profitable, so they will want my land next year. Yay! They have openly stated they want the entire area and have been making nice offers to those who sell, like twice original market value...

It looks like they will be very profitable, so they will want my land next year. Yay! They have openly stated they want the entire area and have been making nice offers to those who sell, like twice original market value... To date, 10 of their 1800 grows have been abated. Each they found with firearms and 400 plants, making them felony grows.

They have openly stated they want the entire area and have been making nice offers to those who sell, like twice normal market value... They told our HOA manager to find a new job because next year they plan to do away with the HOA and install security gates at all entrances to keep the cops out. Neato times....

I plan on moving about one step above a college student. I plan to move what fits in my truckbed trailer, Blazer, and the trunk of my car. One trip. 

I haven't bought any furniture, dishes, pots and pans, in years and what I have is trashed from kids/pets. Nothing is being moved. I will buy something used that fits the new space on the cheap. Thankfully, I don't care much about decorating and all that. I will move my Pyrex bowls and find new pots, pans and dishes over time at a thrift store. I prefer the older stuff because it was made better...

The only thing I will likely move is my bed and one chair I like. The rest is going to either be sold, trashed, or moved with one of my kids to their new places. Every week I go through stuff and get rid of things or sell them. It's been really freeing, actually.
 
My late husband kept things "just in case" and I have a large shop and granny house to put things in. I have completed emptying the granny house, minus the old pool table and some furniture I need to deal with, and the woodshop is a work in progress.

I am selling all the woodworking tools as I can and listing the smaller stuff on eBay. Once my house sells, I will donate/trash what is left. Just trying to get a jump so I will not be buried in stuff to do when the time comes.

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No idea why PBs keep making my posts weird...

[Happy prose]

Congratulations! Now go get yourself a shirt that says 'I Rock'!!!

[NastyWoman]

Sept 9, 2016 13:01:49 GMT -5 Happy prose said:

Congratulations! Now go get yourself a shirt that says 'I Rock'!!!

[Chocolate Lover]

  Congrats!!!

[alabamagal]

You do rock!

[plugginaway22]

Very good progress, I have followed your story for years.  Way to go.  Keep moving forward and get the place sold!

[tskeeter]

Sept 9, 2016 13:00:04 GMT -5 @workingshasta said:

Sept 9, 2016 12:40:34 GMT -5 janee said:

Great job!  I do love success stories.  I'm very happy for you and wish you the best going forward.

Any reason you want to wait until spring to sell?

Well, actually mid-winter? We are set to list in Jan/Feb. The growers aren't here all year, so the fall/winter will be my time to finish purging and fixing the basic things that have to be fixed before I can sell, like my front/back stairs, to get the best price.

I went on the market too late this year, just before they banned outdoor growing here. The org stopped buying land to see how much product they leave here with this year... It looks like they will be very profitable, so they will want my land next year. Yay! They have openly stated they want the entire area and have been making nice offers to those who sell, like twice original market value...

It looks like they will be very profitable, so they will want my land next year. Yay! They have openly stated they want the entire area and have been making nice offers to those who sell, like twice original market value... To date, 10 of their 1800 grows have been abated. Each they found with firearms and 400 plants, making them felony grows.

They have openly stated they want the entire area and have been making nice offers to those who sell, like twice normal market value... They told our HOA manager to find a new job because next year they plan to do away with the HOA and install security gates at all entrances to keep the cops out. Neato times....

I plan on moving about one step above a college student. I plan to move what fits in my truckbed trailer, Blazer, and the trunk of my car. One trip. 

I haven't bought any furniture, dishes, pots and pans, in years and what I have is trashed from kids/pets. Nothing is being moved. I will buy something used that fits the new space on the cheap. Thankfully, I don't care much about decorating and all that. I will move my Pyrex bowls and find new pots, pans and dishes over time at a thrift store. I prefer the older stuff because it was made better...

The only thing I will likely move is my bed and one chair I like. The rest is going to either be sold, trashed, or moved with one of my kids to their new places. Every week I go through stuff and get rid of things or sell them. It's been really freeing, actually.
 
My late husband kept things "just in case" and I have a large shop and granny house to put things in. I have completed emptying the granny house, minus the old pool table and some furniture I need to deal with, and the woodshop is a work in progress.

I am selling all the woodworking tools as I can and listing the smaller stuff on eBay. Once my house sells, I will donate/trash what is left. Just trying to get a jump so I will not be buried in stuff to do when the time comes.

As you go to refurnisha kitchen, might I suggest that you consider a visit to a restaurant supply house?  Things might look a little institutional once in a while.  But prices are often very competitive.  For example, a heavy weight aluminum half sheet pan (a jelly roll pan to some of you) that retails for $20 - $30 can be had for about $6.  Top of the line function at near thrift store prices.

[Anne_in_VA]

Sept 11, 2016 19:07:35 GMT -5 tskeeter said:

Sept 9, 2016 13:00:04 GMT -5 @workingshasta said:

Well, actually mid-winter? We are set to list in Jan/Feb. The growers aren't here all year, so the fall/winter will be my time to finish purging and fixing the basic things that have to be fixed before I can sell, like my front/back stairs, to get the best price.

I went on the market too late this year, just before they banned outdoor growing here. The org stopped buying land to see how much product they leave here with this year... It looks like they will be very profitable, so they will want my land next year. Yay! They have openly stated they want the entire area and have been making nice offers to those who sell, like twice original market value...

It looks like they will be very profitable, so they will want my land next year. Yay! They have openly stated they want the entire area and have been making nice offers to those who sell, like twice original market value... To date, 10 of their 1800 grows have been abated. Each they found with firearms and 400 plants, making them felony grows.

They have openly stated they want the entire area and have been making nice offers to those who sell, like twice normal market value... They told our HOA manager to find a new job because next year they plan to do away with the HOA and install security gates at all entrances to keep the cops out. Neato times....

I plan on moving about one step above a college student. I plan to move what fits in my truckbed trailer, Blazer, and the trunk of my car. One trip. 

I haven't bought any furniture, dishes, pots and pans, in years and what I have is trashed from kids/pets. Nothing is being moved. I will buy something used that fits the new space on the cheap. Thankfully, I don't care much about decorating and all that. I will move my Pyrex bowls and find new pots, pans and dishes over time at a thrift store. I prefer the older stuff because it was made better...

The only thing I will likely move is my bed and one chair I like. The rest is going to either be sold, trashed, or moved with one of my kids to their new places. Every week I go through stuff and get rid of things or sell them. It's been really freeing, actually.
 
My late husband kept things "just in case" and I have a large shop and granny house to put things in. I have completed emptying the granny house, minus the old pool table and some furniture I need to deal with, and the woodshop is a work in progress.

I am selling all the woodworking tools as I can and listing the smaller stuff on eBay. Once my house sells, I will donate/trash what is left. Just trying to get a jump so I will not be buried in stuff to do when the time comes.

As you go to refurnisha kitchen, might I suggest that you consider a visit to a restaurant supply house?  Things might look a little institutional once in a while.  But prices are often very competitive.  For example, a heavy weight aluminum half sheet pan (a jelly roll pan to some of you) that retails for $20 - $30 can be had for about $6.  Top of the line function at near thrift store prices.

  

We go to restaurant supply places for lots of things, pots and pans, baking pans, utensils, and even dishes.  Well made and really good quality for much less $ than you would expect to pay in a regular store.  Some of the larger ones even have good quality China.

[myrrh]

I am glad it is working out for you Shasta. Best of luck with clearing out the house, and enjoy the rocks and the hikes! I wish I could join you on the hikes.