Closed

September 13, 2017

Gratitude is short and simple tonight. We closed on our Cassadaga house; it officially belongs to someone else! After trying to no avail to sell it three years ago, renting it out twice, and a two week delay from what was supposed to be our closing date, it is finally done. No more mortgage, no double utility payments, no more lawn care; it feels good to only have to worry about one house. The kitchen faucet was dripping, so this afternoon I fixed it. The new owner stopped by while I was working on it, and I told her I would make sure the cabinet handles matched before she moves in on Saturday. 

We had thirteen good years in that house; remodeled the bathrooms and kitchen, took down two load-bearing walls without even a hint of a sag, added an entry room on the back. New roofs on the house and barn, new furnace and hot water tank, new windows all the way around; we put a lot of ourselves into that house, and hope the new owner finds it to be a place of grace and peace, even of salvation. Yes, we are thankful tonight.