2011 was a good year for me. That was the year I was able to purchase a split level on 2 acres. Paid cash. And paid less then most people pay for a used car. DH and I spent months renovating it ourselves before moving in. What is most unique is that it is in the city and close to everything. Years ago the entire block was part of this property. The owner then sold part of the land to a developer that built houses. This house has no street in front and is in a wooded area. Such a sense of privacy and seclusion. I love it.

2008 was a terrible year for me. I did not know that DH had some very severe physical and mental problems going on at the time. I only knew that over the course of 6 weeks DH became a person so changed that I did not know what he would do next. He did not want the marriage .

I stayed with my family members. They questioned me as to the possibility of brain tumor. They never stopped checking in on him to just let him know he was loved as family. They observed first hand the changes that had come over him. They were as bewildered as I was. They did nothing that added devistation to the problem.

2008 I cried. I cried when the furniture was sold at the auction house. I cried when our house was sold. I cried when I found out that his brother and wife [they lived in a different state] had just bought a new home. They sold him their mobile park home behind my back. It was the answer to their quandry of how to get rid of it. Six weeks into having these marital problems and any chance of remaining in our state, returning to our home to work things out were gone. According to SIL "We thought you were getting divorced." They never considered they were out of line. They never considered there could be more to what was going on then what he told them. They never considered they would have to see me again or deal with me in the picture.

Surprise !!!!!! Life has some strange twists and turns. The access drive that leads to my home comes from the same street they live on. Ican stand at my mailbox and see their house just over a thousand feet away.

If I were on speaking terms I would tell them "thank you" Thanks because I walked away with top dollar from the sale of our home just before the realestate crash. Thanks because after we lived in the mobile home and renovated it sold for a profit. Thanks because we are debt free, have bought rentals that produce more money then I made working and once again we are living in a home with acreage.

I know you love your new home. Your happy. I am happy for you. I am just thankful that I did not buy a house in this area back in 2007. The realestate plummeted soon after. OUCH to those 30 year payments.