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Kauai Won’t Be The Same

  • by Marisa
  • July 13, 2007

Jesse called me today. It seems someone has made an offer on the house. Bob and Linda thought they’d be living it in it for a while but now it doesn’t look that way. The offer was good enough for them to change their plans. I don’t think I should give an exact amount but I will say there are seven zeros.

Jesse is still living in the same place. He’s gotten a number of offers to from other contractors so I’ll still have a place to visit when I get a yearning for sunshine, blue skies and paradise. It just won’t be the same, though, without our visits to Anini Vista and the beautiful house on the bluff.

I just realized that with prices the way they are there, I’ll probably never get to call Kauai my home. I’ll have to wait until the end, and hope my family carries out my instructions to have my ashes tossed into the ocean off the north shore. I write that wish in my blog every year or so in the hopes that someone pays attention and does as I’ve instructed.

But I sure wish I could just live there now. Or soon. I miss Kauai.

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4 Responses to “Kauai Won’t Be The Same”

  • Aloha, Thanks for stopping by my site and admiring my baby :)

    Never say never. We never thought we’d be able to live in Hawaii, but when we least expected it an opportunity presented itself and we’ve been here ever since. So hold on to that dream, you just never know what will happen.

    only background Flo (1 comments.)July 14,. 2007 in the terribly early in the morning

  • I look at states with a higher cost of living and wonder how I will ever be able to relocate. FL housing is kind of high, but ultimately affordable. If I move back up near dad in WV’s eastern panhandle, I am actually looking at MORE expensive houses due to the DC folks moving in.

    only background Angie (7 comments.)July 16,. 2007 in the terribly early in the morning

  • I’ll keep that in mind. Sometimes dreams are so strong and the longing so intense that you just can’t imagine the dream not being fullfilled. I have to remember to not give up on it when it just seems so far off. :)

    only background Marisa (0 comments.)July 22,. 2007 in the in the early evening

  • Interesting because the COL in the northern panhandle is very low, but then, our economy is scraping the bottom of the barrel, too.

    only background Marisa (0 comments.)July 22,. 2007 in the in the early evening