Hello Everyone.  I have been quite absent from my blog of late.  Well, not absent, since I’ve moderated comments and made comments, but I’ve been too entwined with our cross-country move preparations to write anything.

Some people may have the good fortune to be energetic toward organization (have OCD), or the income to hire maids and other help, or live in a house with room to move, store, and . . . be organized.  But us, no.  We live in a small apartment (although I used to live in a bigger house).  I would like to sincerely and vehemently correct anyone who says that living in an apartment can be better than living in a house (a house that you own).  Some reasons as to why we have known for some time, but other reasons we have just learned because of the major move we’re making.  Let me list them, but first let me say that I hope this helps some people out there.  Even at my age, some costly things regarding living in an apartment have taken me by surprise.  I wish I had known about them earlier, before we rented this particular apartment.

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