We have grass..

 

Well as figured, once the tree was downed, our grass has managed to come back. We still have one bad spot, and I associate that with the fact that there was too much mulch from grinding the stump that was placed in that area. Its unbelievable how much that oak tree destroyed the lawn via shade and disease. Hoping to remedy the bald spot soon and hopefully have a full lawn again by summers end. You can see the difference were our neighbors lawn is starting to get destroyed as well by their tree.

 Pretty big difference from before. I honestly didn't think it would bounce back, but good 'ol sunshine and rain made it happen.

On the backside we had a micro burst come through last week and it took down our smallest tree, I have been waiting for it to fall down as we have a neighborhood cat that like to climb it and it was already pretty much dead. I spent everyday waiting to see it fall, but it just wouldn't I was about to cut it down myself just before the burst in weather, so mother nature took care of it for me.  

 now I just have a circle of aloe that needs some tending to.. next weeks project., time to clean it up and do some trimming.

The search begins..

 

We are again entertaining the idea of relocating to a much smaller living accommodation. We began the initial pre-qualification for a VA funded home purchase and have found a few we are interested in, in our areas of preference. Spent the week connecting with a VA specialist team and collecting the necessary items they need to review for a pre-qualification for loan, etc. Its still early in its stages, but we are hopeful to get a qualifying price range we can live with and terms that will be manageable for our long term goals. This house is great and has served our purposes, yet it is way to much home for what will be the two of us and the dog shortly. There are 4 bedrooms and an entire loft area that will not be used upstairs, and we cant justify the costs for such wasted space, that and we will never own a stake in this property so why pay the extra. Currently renting from Brandon and Lara as they purchased it as an investment property for years down the road.. but even then, the cost heavily outweighs its use for us.

We will both be within retirement in less than two years and want something of our own that we can live out our lives in happily and financially, and not be tethered or indebted to other family members. So we are looking, proceeding and hoping it all comes together for us.

'Nikki's Car (Donut)

 

We are helping Nikki by financing her a car as she soon plans to be traveling and/or moving to Georgia. We are finally in a position financially ourselves to be able to do it, so we are and did. She purchased this 2016 Ford Fiesta hatchback and seems to love it. She is responsible for obtaining and paying the insurance, registration, etc. as well as making monthly payments to us.

 For whatever reason she has named it Donut..??? some Harry Potter reference from what I gather. But she will at least have and own her own car again, and have the freedom to come and go as she pleases. As a result of that we will be giving D2 back to Brandon and Lara as we are not going to pay for a vehicle we will never own, we basically were just leasing it from them apparently, un-benounced to us, and Lara doesn't want to sell it which is what we thought was the plan from the start.. we were wrong.. so they can have it back along with the full payments...and that's fine by us as it also frees up some $$$ for us as well.

Worth the visit

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One of the best buffet's we have visited in the area. Great food, many choices, always fresh and well stocked, Customer service is excellent, food is awesomely good. Ever in the area be sure to visit Chow's Country Buffet in Titusville, Don't let the name fool you, its a combination of Oriental and American foods that just seem to blend well together. Also have an awesome desert selection, something for everyone...

 

Agency Collaboration

 

Deb has decided on a new venture, she is merging ( collaborating) with  two other agencies to become one collaborative agency. So, I have been tasked in doing as such. We are merging three agencies under one domain and using that as the access point for all the services provided.

Its been a weekend of coding, searching, planning, layouts, and have successfully managed to merge the three (at least in theory) thus far.

The domain is claimed and registered with all electronic licenses needed, etc. The main website (hub) has been created with just a few minor adjustments needed, Debs personal agency site had been created prior to, but will also need some tweaking and editing to conform and tie in with the domain site, but for the most part it is done.

Now need to re-edit and review her personal site and make adjustments, etc. So hopefully within the next couple weeks to a month they will all be up and running under the new agency.

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