So if travel plans and handling my mom's estate weren't enough.....more....

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KathiM
KathiM Member Posts: 8,028 Member
edited June 2011 in Breast Cancer #1
I just closed a condominium for my daughter yesterday!!!! We have been looking for 2 years, and this one had a huge price reduce 2 weeks ago. We put in an offer, and I now have the keys!!!!!! LOTS to do, but we have a month before we switch countries, so it should be time enough to get her moved in and settled.

And, my beau's "sharing" my coffee with my laptop (NEVER try this at home...only for trained professionals) resulted in hard work the last few days, getting my software loaded and files restored....*smile* I'm a computer consultant, but the Windows 7 is different...after 20 years, I have a learning curve...

Met with the on-site maintenance guy....REALLY nice! And all of the residents are very friendly! And, there are many members of my daughter's church group around her...some even in the same complex....so instant friends!!! YEA!!! Edison and the painter coming today, Gas Co tomorrow, carpet cleaner waiting in the wings till painter is finished!! YEA!!! We are so blessed....the painter and the carpet cleaner are the ones from the apartment complex. When we gave notice, the manager gave us the names, and told us she would tell them to give us HER prices....($80 for cleaning 2BR/2BTH carpet...) WHAT a grand lady!!!

Thanks, gals, for your well wishes! This was the one piece left to get a solution for...I always worried when we left for The Netherlands that Kristy would be ok....

Hugs, Kathi

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  • stayingstrongfortoday
    stayingstrongfortoday Member Posts: 116
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    yeah
    Congrats and enjoy!! Sounds like a lot of work, but a lot of fun!! :)
  • chenheart
    chenheart Member Posts: 5,159
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    Way to go, Kathi!!! Congrats
    Way to go, Kathi!!! Congrats on the Condo, not such a big congrat on the coffee-drinking computer, but I have every confidence you will figure out the intricasies of Windows 7!

    I am so sorry I won't be able to see you on the 18th~ it's been way too long for us! Have a great, great, time!!! ( as if I neeed to tel YOU that! LOL)

    Hugs,
    Chen♥
  • Jean 0609
    Jean 0609 Member Posts: 2,462
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    Congratulations Kathi!
    I know you really wanted this for your daughter. I am happy for both of you.

    Good luck with your computer.

    xoxo,
    Jean
  • aisling8
    aisling8 Member Posts: 1,627 Member
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    Jean 0609 said:

    Congratulations Kathi!
    I know you really wanted this for your daughter. I am happy for both of you.

    Good luck with your computer.

    xoxo,
    Jean

    Way to go!!
    I get that you're busy, and maybe at times it's overwhelming, but I love that you're alive and healthy and doing stuff.

    Looking forward to seeing you soon. Pace yourself!!

    xoxo
    Victoria
  • RE
    RE Member Posts: 4,591 Member
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    YIPPEE
    Nothing like keeping your eye on the prize and finding a prize with a big price reduction, wonderful! Congrats on the new computer as well, that always perks me up~

    Hugs,

    RE
  • KathiM
    KathiM Member Posts: 8,028 Member
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    stayingstrongfortoday said:

    yeah
    Congrats and enjoy!! Sounds like a lot of work, but a lot of fun!! :)

    Thank you, dearheart!
    I am making drapes for the sliding door (too expensive to buy!). And the utilities hooked up, and the place cleaned...WHEW! But, yes, I get to do these things with my daughter, so that makes it fun!!

    Hugs, Kathi
  • KathiM
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    chenheart said:

    Way to go, Kathi!!! Congrats
    Way to go, Kathi!!! Congrats on the Condo, not such a big congrat on the coffee-drinking computer, but I have every confidence you will figure out the intricasies of Windows 7!

    I am so sorry I won't be able to see you on the 18th~ it's been way too long for us! Have a great, great, time!!! ( as if I neeed to tel YOU that! LOL)

    Hugs,
    Chen♥

    I'm missing you, too!!!!
    We MUST get together sometime soon!!! But your special day is MUCH more important!!! I am so happy for you both!!!

    On my recent visit to Seattle, I got to see Coug....she is doing GREAT! She has lost 40 pounds, and looks like a movie start!!! Also thought much about you and Reggie during our visit to Snowqualmie Falls...and all of the wonderful names to see and pronounce!!

    Hugs and happy anniversary, sweet soul!

    Hugs, Kathi
  • KathiM
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    Jean 0609 said:

    Congratulations Kathi!
    I know you really wanted this for your daughter. I am happy for both of you.

    Good luck with your computer.

    xoxo,
    Jean

    Thank you, Jean!
    Yes, it was the final piece in her move to Redlands...a place of her own....

    Thanks for the well wishes on the computer...I think I'll be ok...

    Hugs, Kathi
  • KathiM
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    aisling8 said:

    Way to go!!
    I get that you're busy, and maybe at times it's overwhelming, but I love that you're alive and healthy and doing stuff.

    Looking forward to seeing you soon. Pace yourself!!

    xoxo
    Victoria

    Thank you, Victoria!
    Yes, it's busy, but my sister is so excited for her niece, and said that the house stuff can wait till October when we get back, that settling Kristy is much more important!!!

    I'm looking forward to seeing you, too! John is such a delight, BTW...I spoke with him on the way to starting the process of getting my invention manufactured....I told him he could call anytime...but I think I blew him away with all my talking...*smile*

    Hugs, Kathi
  • KathiM
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    RE said:

    YIPPEE
    Nothing like keeping your eye on the prize and finding a prize with a big price reduction, wonderful! Congrats on the new computer as well, that always perks me up~

    Hugs,

    RE

    Thank you, RE!
    Yes, it was frustrating Kristy, but I told her all would be well as we kept on waiting for a place for her...

    The owner of the condo had passed to cancer, and her sister was handling the estate, as well as a brother that was not doing well with cancer. During the escrow, he also passed....I told her agent that she could take as much time as she needed, as long as I knew that the condo was mine...that I was dealing with my mom's passing, as well. And being a cancer survivor, as well, I knew the ends are never pleasant! Plus, this gal has a failing mom to take care of....the money from the condo will go toward her care. It was truly meant to be, I feel!

    And, the selling agent is a Sister in Pink....having battled the beast twice...and even having a stroke while driving due to a med for treatment...

    Hugs, Kathi
  • jendrey
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    KathiM said:

    Thank you, RE!
    Yes, it was frustrating Kristy, but I told her all would be well as we kept on waiting for a place for her...

    The owner of the condo had passed to cancer, and her sister was handling the estate, as well as a brother that was not doing well with cancer. During the escrow, he also passed....I told her agent that she could take as much time as she needed, as long as I knew that the condo was mine...that I was dealing with my mom's passing, as well. And being a cancer survivor, as well, I knew the ends are never pleasant! Plus, this gal has a failing mom to take care of....the money from the condo will go toward her care. It was truly meant to be, I feel!

    And, the selling agent is a Sister in Pink....having battled the beast twice...and even having a stroke while driving due to a med for treatment...

    Hugs, Kathi

    ...
    Redlands? As in Redlands, California? That's about 10 miles from me! Or not?!! =) If so, and if I can help in any way I'd be glad to do so.. :)
  • KathiM
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    jendrey said:

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    Redlands? As in Redlands, California? That's about 10 miles from me! Or not?!! =) If so, and if I can help in any way I'd be glad to do so.. :)

    Yup.....where are you?
    Thanks for the offer of help *smile* we move in this Thursday....walls painted, carpet cleaned. Ready to go....

    Maybe we could have coffee...

    Hugs, Kathi
  • sausageroll
    sausageroll Member Posts: 415
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    KathiM said:

    Yup.....where are you?
    Thanks for the offer of help *smile* we move in this Thursday....walls painted, carpet cleaned. Ready to go....

    Maybe we could have coffee...

    Hugs, Kathi

    Kathi
    Wow Kathi, you have been busy. I'm glad your daughter is settled...a Mother always worries about her daughter. I think you need a rest!!!!
  • KathiM
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    sausageroll said:

    Kathi
    Wow Kathi, you have been busy. I'm glad your daughter is settled...a Mother always worries about her daughter. I think you need a rest!!!!

    TeeHee....I'll get one after the 'switch'....
    Thank you, dearheart! We do our country switch July 4, then I will relax...at the end of July we are going on a 7-days cruise from Hamburg, Germany to Rome, Italy. Then taking the train to Venice 2 days' later, staying 3 nights in Venice, and then flying to Berlin for 3 nights, and then home...hummmm well, maybe I'll relax in August/September...*smile*...

    Today is Relay for Life with my BFF. We met in Washington, DC, when we were both Legislative Ambassadors with ACS. I retired, she is still active. So, she 'volunteered' me to help...lol!

    Hugs, Kathi
  • jendrey
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    KathiM said:

    TeeHee....I'll get one after the 'switch'....
    Thank you, dearheart! We do our country switch July 4, then I will relax...at the end of July we are going on a 7-days cruise from Hamburg, Germany to Rome, Italy. Then taking the train to Venice 2 days' later, staying 3 nights in Venice, and then flying to Berlin for 3 nights, and then home...hummmm well, maybe I'll relax in August/September...*smile*...

    Today is Relay for Life with my BFF. We met in Washington, DC, when we were both Legislative Ambassadors with ACS. I retired, she is still active. So, she 'volunteered' me to help...lol!

    Hugs, Kathi

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    WoW - great itinerary! Don't be to surprised if when you open your suitcase a few of your pink sisters here pop out in time for drinks and dancing!! =P

    I'm in Bloomington @ the I-10 & Cedar Ave..home of the seemingly endless extensive (and-for-no-apparent-reason) roadwork. :D

    Is your daughter new to the area or has she lived hereabouts? :)
  • KathiM
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    jendrey said:

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    WoW - great itinerary! Don't be to surprised if when you open your suitcase a few of your pink sisters here pop out in time for drinks and dancing!! =P

    I'm in Bloomington @ the I-10 & Cedar Ave..home of the seemingly endless extensive (and-for-no-apparent-reason) roadwork. :D

    Is your daughter new to the area or has she lived hereabouts? :)

    I agree....what IS that work going to be when finished??????
    My daughter and I both used to live in Rancho Cucamonga. Then, when my beau got sick, I moved in with him to take care of him. Then we started this 'switch countries' thing, so I wanted my daughter to live by her grandmother, to keep each other company. So, 2 weeks before we were scheduled to do our switch to Holland, we moved Kristy to Redlands. And a 1 bedroom apartment until we could find something to buy. That was 2 years ago...so now she is ready to move and spread out...

    So, we MUST get together! You are practically right down the street! I'm off the Ford street ramp.

    Hugs, Kathi

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