157 Overland now belongs to the Bakers

Today, I sold my house. It hasn’t sunk in yet. I still feel like I need to call a contractor, do some work, make some calls, pay a bill. But, no more. No more mortgage payment, no more property insurance, no more propane bills, no more cold windy nights, no more 2 foot snow storms. The house is in pretty good shape now. But, even so, it was just me in all that square footage, alone, on top of a cold mountain. I need to watch the movie “Cold Mountain”. The most important thing is that this allows me to move back home.

I went to see Girish over the weekend in his new house in West Orange, NJ. It is quite the beautiful house. Enormous, huge kitchen, bathroom in every bedroom and a master bedroom that is more like a NYC apartment. In fact, the master bed is larger than my current apartment. The fireplace sits underneath a 50” Panasonic plasma which we watched the Eagles and Giants on. I won’t comment on who won and who lost. This week, the Eagles will dismantle Eli, Jeremy and “I need a dentist” Strahan.

Tomorrow, TUF 6 Finale is on. It is Mac “The Vegan” Danzig, that’s not his real nickname, but he is a vegan. Versus Tommy “Farmboy” Speers. I’m rooting for Danzig. I like Speers too, but Danzig is from Pittsburgh. Commonwealth of PA is “in the hizzie”. With no championships in Philadelphia in the past 24 years, I need to cling onto anything remotely related.

Kajal will come visit next weekend. We are going to Frasca in Boulder to celebrate the house sale. It’s supposed to be a top notch restaurant. We will also go snow shoeing. Geez, Kajal, I thought I was free from hiking in the wintertime! Guess not!

Bella is doing well. She is a happy dog and loves the snow. It has been snowing a lot lately. I guess I’ll have to shovel my long driveway…..oh wait…..I don’t own the house anymore. Aw shucks!! What a shame!! My buyers are from Boca Raton (literally translated as “Rat’s Mouth”, but actually refers to inlets Spanish sailors would sail into while mice ate away at their ships’ cables). Anyway, they are going from sunny Florida to snowy Jamestown. Their realtor said it was their dream come true, like it was mine 4 years ago. They plan on building a sun room, gutting the kitchen and finishing the basement. Good luck to them.