And it was a pretty day in Paradise, aka Maui. On the other hand, it was a bit of a downer.
We had convinced ourselves that, if we really scrimped and reduced our savings to zilch, we could just afford to buy a very small, very old condo here. A realtor blew us out of the water when he said that the price and the mortgage calculations we made didn't include about $10K per year in extra costs like land rent and condo fees.
Buh bye, old fixer-upper. Someone who needed a tax deduction bought the place, anyway.
Oh, well. Don't plan on moving to Hawaii, folks, unless you are earning at least $200K per year. Real people don't live here anymore unless they live with their parents rent free and work 3 jobs.
Tomorrow, it's supposed to rain. I think we should go out and have some fun, anyway.
Robyn
Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers. Now we can afford to go to Starbucks.
