FINISHING TOUCH

Before is below, after is above

Kathy caught Penny and Patty napping in the lanai today. Penny, top, had her head laying across Patty's back just before the picture was snapped.

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Home in Port Charlotte

High today of 72, getting cold tonight
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Above are the photos of the finished driveway refinishing project. We all agree it turned out great. We will have to keep the vehicles off of it for a week. Today was a beautiful day, with warm air and plenty of sunshine. By 3PM it started getting noticeably cooler, quickly. We found out a cold front was moving in. Our overnight low will get down to 41 and Tuesday will be a high of 63. By Thursday it will be back up to 80. That's more like it.

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I spent the day doing paperwork in my home office. More of the same tomorrow, as I draft my January travel calendar. Our New Years Eve plans call for dinner and drinks next door with Rolando and Kathy.

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We saw some of the real estate listings in our neighborhood today. A foreclosure down the street from us, on the canal, is asking 119k on a short sale. It's not nearly the house or dock we have but it's a pretty good deal. I'm pretty sure we're still near equity with the 199k we gave. There are only two foreclosures on the canal. When they sell, our value should stabilize. Non-waterfront homes in the neighborhood can be had from 50k for short sale fixer uppers to 100k for decent homes with pools, but again not boat lots. The vacant waterfront lot next to Rolando is listed at 55k without a dock or seawall. It sold a few months ago for 45k but a few years ago for 265k! Somebody lost, big time.

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