0027 - For $50, I'll buy yer holler

When I get really bad news, or feel like crap, I take a few hours to wallow and then I wake up the next day with new resolve. Took Mike a while to adjust to that. He wanted to fix whatever was bothering me, and sometimes I just needed time. He still wants to fix it, but I think he understands now that I'm not falling apart forever... just for a few hours while I regroup. So I regrouped. We both did.

Yesterday we met with the realtors and discussed the improvements we've made, the marketing strategy, and the list price. We were pleasantly surprised by the list price as it's about $5k more than we thought we could ask. It's still about $7k less than we've spent... I know this leaves wiggle room for negotiation, and there is a oommission to pay, but still... given our own calculations, we're coming out ahead... in a roundabout way. This link is only good for 30 days, but if you click on it before it expires... this is/was our land: http://www.navicamls.net/displays/?n=406&i=452620&k=Tby4

We are still looking for a piece of property to replace this one. We found an interesting plot that was owner financed, and we thought it might work for us. It's about 30+ acres with a crappy trailer on it and a nice building, which is what piqued our interest - plus it said something about hookups for an RV. When we got there it was about half an acre, we could barely drive the truck around the building, and the rest of the land was down the mountain and into a steeply sided holler. Guess who listed it? Same bitch who listed our land. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice... I'll cut a bitch. We've come to realize she is an evil marketing genius that sells junk land to trusting people who buy property from afar, or maybe people who have more money than sense (hint: we're the former).

Today we made a big loop from Granville to Gainesboro to Red Boiling Springs to Celina and back. Saw some interesting things... a graveyard with a dead end road <--irony... A fire department selling fireworks <-- way more irony, or perhaps job security.  We saw a few properties, but none that got us hot and bothered, or at least none in our price range.

I have begun to wonder about old abandoned commercial buildings in town... the white brick kind with windows and a little parking in front. How much do those go for? How much would it cost to renovate? There is a part of me that says a Cajun diner might fly here. It's something different, it's still simple country fare, it can be prepped ahead of time so it's quick. A little boudin, some Cajun pasta, gumbo, crawfish etoufee, cornbread, fried okra, salad, poboys... doesn't have to be a huge variety. Except for the diner here in Granville, I... haven't been overly impressed by the food in town. There is a decent selection in Gainesboro... two bbq places, a diner, a Mexican restaurant, a pizza parlor, DQ. The Mexican restaurant has a sign out front that it is under new management and will be reopening soon, which is great, because it sucked. Good luck to the new owner. If it still sucks we may open a MexiCajun restaurant.

But even if we never went the diner route, a building like that could make a decent building to store our things in. Just tossing ideas around.

Our pear cider was nary to be found this time. *sadness* No cider at the liquor store either. But they had Cocoa De Vine... chocolate wine... so the edges of my mouth are starting to curl a bit. It's odd to see Indians in a small country town. I don't know why, it just is. I think they are the only two here. I wish they would open a restaurant because I loved Cuisine of India.

We met more of our neighbors today. Very nice guys. One knows someone who might want to trade us for our land, and the other raised wolves for several years. We seem to meet people that have something we need... knowledge, contacts, etc. Our luck may be shitty in a lot of respects, but in others it's not so bad.

Tonight there is live music at the RV park, so I'm going to make bbq baked potatoes using my leftover manwich meat and my toaster oven - hoity toity? Yes indeedy. I have been able to use all the leftovers instead of tossing them out and that makes me happy, so shut up. Then we're going to crack open a bottle of blackberry wine and go be social for a while. Then? Well, that's between two consenting adults... Have a good weekend!