OUR NEW HOME IN NORTHERN IDAHO

Most of you know that since around February, Jerry and I have been seriously looking for property to purchase in Coeur d' Alene, Idaho. I have been spending countless hours on the computer looking at houses on the MLS (multiple listings), for sale by owner, as well as, short sales and foreclosures. We had some homes in mind when we took off for Idaho on July 1st. We made arrangements with our realtor to physically view some properties on July 6th, after the 4th of July holiday. Jerry and I were anxious, but because of the holiday we did some boating and jet skiing and also drove around to see the area's where the houses we were interested were. Because we fell in love with the Dalton Garden's area when we put an offer on a house on Davenport we drove around the Dalton Garden's neighborhood. Up and Down all the streets we were so familiar with from Google Earth. One of Jerry's main criteria was a shop, but most of the houses we were looking at didn't have a shop and we would need to build it. Jerry's brother-in-law was driving around Dalton Gardens and saw a shop that he thought was AWESOME! Someone was roaming around near the shop and being curious and friendly August (Jerry's brother-in-law) stopped and asked the man how big the shop was. The men's conversation went on and the man told August the house was for sale. We turned around a grabbed a real estate flyer. Once I saw the flyer I realized it was a house I had seen many times on the Internet but, didn't consider the house because it was built in 1961 and we were looking for a house in 2000 or later. I never really read the description too carefully because their was ONLY 1 picture on the Internet and I figured there were no pictures because the house was do out dated that they didn't want us to see the inside. Well I called the realtor and added the house to the list of houses we'd already planned to preview. When we got to this house I told the realtor "This won't take Long" Well the minute we entered the front door WOW! None of us could believe it. We learned that even though the house was built in 1961, it was practically tore down in 2003 leaving ONLY 1 wall standing and was beautifully removed. It seemed PERFECT for us! Well the next day, we made an offer. Well they countered our offer with minimal changes and we accepted. As it turns out the owners Larry and Sharon are wonderful people and were gracious and welcomed us into their home another couple of times. Each time we went back into the home it seems more and more perfect for both Jerry and I. Jerry and I are so excited about our new home and are anxious to move up to beautiful Dalton Gardens, Idaho. Jerry's still nervous about the winter's but, with a heated shop... he thinks he'll try it!
You can visit the Picasa link to see all the pictures we took of the house by using the link attached.

http://picasaweb.google.com/klschomer/OurNewHome#

Medical Appointment - June 24, 2009

Jerry still doing well. PSA is 0.2 and holding.

Mom visits California from Arkansas

After living in California since the early 1950's my mom moved to Arkansas two (2) years ago. One of her three (3) grand children (Kimberleigh) married a man from Arkansas and moved there several years ago. My sister, Vicki (Kim's mom) and husband retired and followed Kim and relocated in Arkansas, as well. Since my sister, Kathy and myself plan to also leave California my mom decided to jump on the wagon and leave California herself. My mom relocated to Arkansas August 2007. This was her first trip back to California. My mom is enjoying Arkansas, particularly the changes of the seasons. However, she has missed the shopping and dining she loved in California. My mom arrived on Thursday June 18th. Kathy picked her up and we meet and took her to the Citrus Grill for dinner and got a little shopping in after dinner. Friday, mom, sister, Kathy and I shopped and started preparation for Kathy's 60th Birthday Party which would be celebrated on Saturday June 20th. On Saturday we enjoyed great food and drink, wonderful fellowship and a live band ... and partied into the night. Sunday, mom and Kathy headed for our house... first stop was a visit with Jake and Zack. After visiting the kids we headed for lunch at the Olive Garden. After lunch... more shopping. Monday and Tuesday we took mom to the Wine Country of Temecula where we stayed at the South Coast Winery. Our two days were spent visiting the local wineries, shopping, eating and relaxing by the pool. We all had a great time. Wednesday Jerry and I had to go see Dr. Bob in Century City and mom and Kathy did their last minute shopping before taking mom to the airport for her Thursday departure. We enjoyed her visit and are looking forward to seeing her again soon.

Minor "set back" for Jerry

Sunday Morning Jerry was snacking on some fresh cherries when he bit down and the cap on one of his front tooth breaking the tooth under as well, leaving the root remaining in the gum. Jerry is now missing one of his front teeth. Not one of the two, but one right next to it. Jerry will visit our dentist this afternoon, but because of his ONJ it will require special treatment to repair the tooth. They will probably not be able to remove the root of the tooth that remains, but will need to do a root canal first, less invasive. Not sure how they will be able to replace the lost tooth???