Houses, Houses, Everywhere

By Connie Brower

This summer has been rather crazy for us. Or maybe it's that we have gone crazy. In April we finally made the move and bought a house in Mesa, AZ after looking for several years. I asked the real estate agent ,who has been very patient and kind to us these past few years .I think maybe she thought she had shown us every house in leisure world. Anyway I asked her if she thought we were ever really going to buy a house and she said she thought we would probably spend more years looking.

After being so careful and spending so much time looking in Arizona. We came home and had a chance to sell our pasture ground and took it. In order to not have to pay so many taxes we put our money into a 1031 which allows you to put that money back into real estate. Anyway to make a long story short, our real-estate agent here told us about a house on the Salmon river in Challis . We looked at it once and said we'll take it. I am quite sure we are crazy because all we have done this summer is travel back and forth mowing lawns and taking care of houses. Also trying to furnish a house in Challis is a challenge because Challis is a very small town with not to many businesses there. I have never spent so much time in DI's, Big lots, dollar stores and etc. So we have also been busy hauling house furnishings back and forth. Anyway we are worn out and finally last week end got the Challis house winterized (Just in time for the snow storm today thank goodness.)

Well the rest of the story is that we are now getting the Blackfoot house winterized and getting ready to go to Arizona and furnish the house there at least we won't be traveling back and forth between two houses and Mesa is a big city with lots of nice estate sales to furnish your house. I really began to wish we could have another wedding reception this summer to help get things rolling but that would have been just as much work so I soon forgot that idea.

The crazy part is what do we need three houses for. Other than to keep us really busy and out of mischief. I forgot to mention the other thing that has made this so crazy is that Jerry hurt his shoulder (rotator cup) in Feb., and so in between traveling he has been in physical therapy all summer. He has improved and is about done with therapy,Thank goodness just in time for traveling to AZ. Also he will be able to help lift and haul things better now. He found it rather challenging with one hand, So did I.

There's room for tents and trailers if anyone wants to camp and fish,hike,float the river, or just relax, Give us a call we love company. Also if the winter gets long, cold and depressing, or if your just interested in seeing what Mesa is like come visit us.