I have to show you again!
After weeks of one problem two obstacles and three reasons to cry JB and I closed on this house yesterday, in Provincetown, one block from the bay and beach, with a tiny teeny yard and a furnace in a dirt hole under the living room floor.
Buying this house required more financial juggling than I will ever do in my life. The deal was on off on off. At times it seems like a shell game, or Ms. Pacman, the pieces moving no matter how hard or how much I tried to stay calm and take each problem one at a time.
But yesterday....
The house is perfect for us. In time maybe we will end up here, in Provincetown.
The house has room for little children--soon to be four of them--and their parents.
This is probably the ONLY single family house in Provincetown we could ever afford and I do believe we got it at a bargain price that I will beam about for a long time.
And here, if I may, is a glimpse of Provincetown:
A new chapter begins.
Of that, I'm sure.
love
kj
Congrats, kj!
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely house and beach area.
Brenda
Many thanks, Brenda
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Hi Kj, Living here in Austria we are land locked apart from Lake Constance and I grew up by the sea.
ReplyDeleteSo I absolutely love your blog. What a dream area to live in and the house is unbelievable. We have one son living in New York and one living in Vienna.
much love marguerite.
I miss Renee and Tessa.....
Hello and welcome , marguerite. I am delighted you enjoy my blog; thank you very much.
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I was surprised and very happy that you had the same privilege of knowing Renee and Tessa that I did. I will never forget xo
Please come back anytime. I have been in Austria --so beautiful
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kj
Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThanks deb. it's pretty darn cool!
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kj
But...but... are you moving to Provincetown permanently? I love this house, it looks wonderful, but I am not understanding what you and JB are going to do.
ReplyDeleteAre the other houses for sale now?
Fill this stupid in, pls :-0
.... and tell me how my boy Chase is doing ;-)
ReplyDeleteWieneke, I cannot yet move from my present house in western Massachusetts because my Mother is in a rest home there and I cannot bear to move her or leave her. She is 97 and I am most important to her.
ReplyDeleteJB and I expect we will sell our house and move to this new one when I am able to. Until then this little house in ptown will be a vacation home. I hope I/we will be able to stay there for days at a time, longer ocassionally. We can't afford two houses indefinitely. Now having a place to 'settle' ahead is a big piece of life ahead
Does that make sense?
The distance between my two houses is 3.5 hours one way. But the drive is so worth it xoxo
And chase. Overall he is doing much better. And no seizures! He is more affectionate and has begun to eat dog treats. Before he would turn his head away, as if he'd been subversively trained not to even eat anything given to him
ReplyDeleteThe last few days chase has been nervous (probably because we have been too!) we know this because he bites his front legs down to the skin.
So much is new to chase. This weekend he discovered cars passing by on his walk and he was freaked. He is unfamiliar with stairs. He howls like a coyote when he is alone sometimes
But step by step. This is a total life change for him. I'm glad he is with us !
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kj
YEA!!!! HURRAY!!! YEA!!!!
ReplyDeleteOh thank you thank you Mim. Maybe there will be a weekend pajama party in our future :-)
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Oh My Goodness! Such a place! Such a view! A room for family and a yard for Chase.
ReplyDeleteSo glad you have it. Busy summers with the "touristes" (who will give you lots of writing ideas); quiet winters with lots of time for writing. What is not to like about that! Enough to make a Bear envious, though the probably isn't a decent den within a hundred miles.
Congratulations!
Blessings and Bear hugs!
Bears Noting
Thanks, rob-bear. Not much of a yard for chase: no room for him to run and not enough room for any dog his size. This is complicated by the fact that he will not relieve himself on a lease and being a greyhound he cannot be off leash in open areas.
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And yes, a great place to write. And in winter, a great place to hibernate...
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kj
I look forward to hearing/seeing you settle into the place. And maybe visiting one day!
ReplyDeleteYes yes cs!
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Congratulations! Beautiful house and views. I see many wonderful memories in the making there. (Hugs) Indigo
ReplyDeleteThank you indigo. Because you also write, I will tell you the words flow so smoothly in this place. I finished my first book in Provincetown and I think that is where I will (finally) finish the current one
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kj
Hope you find your peace in that place.
ReplyDeleteI'm psyched, mark. It feels like a home run whatever this feels like I wish it for you too
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wonderful Karen. You deserve this spot of peace, in a place of beauty, a place that means so much to your heart and soul.
ReplyDeleteHi suki, what you say to me, I say to you
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kj
Kj, A dream come true. Lucky ducks. When do we get to see the inside? I so wish I could come visit.xoxo
ReplyDeleteAnnie, you are invited! :-)
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Wow. Huge congrats KJ - it takes courage to follow your dreams. You persisted and now you have this place of serenity for you and your family to savor for decades to come......blessings on your new home.
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Amanda
Persist is the right word, Amanda. It was hell to get to this point. I will probably dream of incomplete harsh paperwork and unforseen problems for the next year!
DeleteI know you know: room for my family matters so much. It's like merging all that I love
I hope you are having a grand time yourself
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kj
p.s. Love your new header photo!
ReplyDeleteIt's the bay-- the color of water
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What can I say- except congrats again and again. What a perfectly wonderful place to start a new chapter. Be happy always. xxx
ReplyDeleteThank you joss, emerging lay famous artist.
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kj
KJ, I rejoice for you. I can see myself loving such a place, and I can smell the salt air just from the photo of the house because it looks like it belongs near the ocean. I'm leaving tomorrow for a twelve year visit, but if you should decide that that's not enough, we can talk.
ReplyDeleteHahaha snow; if you come for twelve years I will have to charge you at least $ 5 a week for rent. And you will have to cook breakfast :-)
Delete"you will have to cook breakfast"
DeleteI hope you can get by with biscuits, cornbread, pancakes, an occasional yeast bread, and hot cereals.
Wonderful. And a little fruit to ease any guilt :-)
DeleteThis house has such a good feeling...... Glad it is final.
ReplyDeleteI know you both will be very happy there ;)
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Marianne, I still hold hope you will see it for yourself!
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kj
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ReplyDeleteAhem! As required by law, I am hereby advising you of a major development in your life.
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The nomination requires you fulfill a series of prescribed tasks. To wit:
1. The Liebster is given by bloggers to other bloggers who have less than 200 followers.
2. Each blogger should post eleven facts about himself or herself.
3. Each blogger should answer the 11 questions that are asked by the person doing the nominating.
4. Choose eleven new bloggers to nominate for the Award and link to them in the post.
5. Create eleven new questions for your nominees.
6. Go back to their pages and tell them they’ve been nominated.
7. No tag backs.
Upon having completed theses requirements, you may hasten to my blog Bears Noting, and pick up the aforementioned Liebster Award.
Or, it you are really busy (like writing poetry or a book, painting with watercolours, looking after a cat, or moving house), you may skip the aforementioned requirements, and just go get the thing.
Blessings and Bear hugs; Peace and Joy.
Eleven! I don't know if I can come up with four sets of eleven! But I will try even if I have to modify that number.
DeleteSound like fun, mr bear. Thanks for the invite
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kj
Hi Kj...
ReplyDeleteMy house took three or four months to close...just know that you did it and now you are a land mogul;-)
Hi chris, I can now say it was worth it! We're here this weekend and it is awesome
ReplyDeleteBeen thinking of you and sending good energy your way
Love
kj