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House

I am thinking about buying a house. It's a really beautiful house in a really beautiful neighborhood and has, like, the most perfect back yard ever. It also costs pots o' money (not California housing money, but plenty o'money for me).

Rough calculations say that I can afford it, even by somewhat conservative estimates for this house and mortgage rates and so on. But my rough calculations are often wrong...and I have to get this house ready to sell...and clean out the basement...and hope that meanwhile no one from California comes driving into town and says 'what a deal' and....

Cross your fingers...