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- Telemark, Townhouses at St Augustine Beach and Tennis Club, Stoneridge Resort (ID)
Yes, renting now...for a while
We now have joined the other “full-timers” who still have a place to hang their hat “back home” (even Ray Harper, everyone’s inspiration, had a condo he went back to;: he was only out “full-timing” for six months at a time.) As we sold our house in 2008, we were literally “homeless” except we had the great timeshare “homes” all around the country to stay in. Initially we thought we would go for two years and then we would know where we wanted to retire. But we liked everywhere we went! So after six years of no home base, we have decided to rent our son’s condo in Renton, Washington to have a home base there, although we will still be going out timesharing: and the reasoning to do this?????
Grandkids growing up! Our oldest has his senior year next year and the youngest is 11…not that many more years left.
However, we still do not have our “home”! Our important “homey” things are still stored in the East: Joan’s grandmother’s baby grand piano is at a friend’s house in Ohio and her other grandmother’s antique pump organ is at another friend’s (can’t have those instruments in a storage unit.) Our other family antiques – we sold all the other furniture – are stored in Illinois near where our other son lives, as well as all our family photos, wall pictures, grandfather clock, our dishes and our other clothes – we haven’t had too many with us for all these years being so mobile – these are all in his basement.
Yes, we know the rule: If you haven’t used it for 1 year (or however long you want to say?), you don’t need it. But….at least everything is sorted!
So although we will no longer need to pack and unpack every time we come to Seattle, which we have done for all these years – and it was getting to be harder and harder psychologically to do that – when the storage unit in Seattle was open versus the airline schedule – it is now more relaxing to have our things easily available.
And an extra bonus: finally able to move Joan’s grandmother’s antique Victorian sofa and chair which have been in a storage unit here for seven years!
We just got back from Italy and France so need to get the BLOG entries done for that trip….we’ll be in Seattle now for 6 weeks and then go out again for 3 months.
We now have joined the other “full-timers” who still have a place to hang their hat “back home” (even Ray Harper, everyone’s inspiration, had a condo he went back to;: he was only out “full-timing” for six months at a time.) As we sold our house in 2008, we were literally “homeless” except we had the great timeshare “homes” all around the country to stay in. Initially we thought we would go for two years and then we would know where we wanted to retire. But we liked everywhere we went! So after six years of no home base, we have decided to rent our son’s condo in Renton, Washington to have a home base there, although we will still be going out timesharing: and the reasoning to do this?????
Grandkids growing up! Our oldest has his senior year next year and the youngest is 11…not that many more years left.
However, we still do not have our “home”! Our important “homey” things are still stored in the East: Joan’s grandmother’s baby grand piano is at a friend’s house in Ohio and her other grandmother’s antique pump organ is at another friend’s (can’t have those instruments in a storage unit.) Our other family antiques – we sold all the other furniture – are stored in Illinois near where our other son lives, as well as all our family photos, wall pictures, grandfather clock, our dishes and our other clothes – we haven’t had too many with us for all these years being so mobile – these are all in his basement.
Yes, we know the rule: If you haven’t used it for 1 year (or however long you want to say?), you don’t need it. But….at least everything is sorted!
So although we will no longer need to pack and unpack every time we come to Seattle, which we have done for all these years – and it was getting to be harder and harder psychologically to do that – when the storage unit in Seattle was open versus the airline schedule – it is now more relaxing to have our things easily available.
And an extra bonus: finally able to move Joan’s grandmother’s antique Victorian sofa and chair which have been in a storage unit here for seven years!
We just got back from Italy and France so need to get the BLOG entries done for that trip….we’ll be in Seattle now for 6 weeks and then go out again for 3 months.
