DEO on STX #24

DEO on STX #24
23 March 2010

We have MOVED!
After fourteen years we sold our home and have a NEW ADDRESS! We live
around the corner from our daughter, Robin, her husband Wally, and granddaughter, Phoebe; we easily walk to our family. We have looked at this home for three years; finally the price dropped (three times) and we made an offer. We sold our home in Cumming in three weeks! Our NEW address is:
125 Betty Street, Clarkesville, Georgia 30523

Historic Clarkesville, Georgia
In the North Georgia foothills, with mountains in view we now live in a small-quiet-historic town. We enjoy the quiet rural feeling. Our lot is just under a full acre with loads of large oak trees. An established yard; probably a riding mower will be in the budget during this first summer! We live in the city limits and can walk into town.

Boxes, BOXES, boxes!
We moved ourselves with the exception of one commercial moving truck that hauled our furniture and large antiques. “Two-Men and a Truck” took care of our needs without hitch or damage; they were on time and courteous. We purchased our moving boxes from Home Depot and Lowes. We packed ourselves! Now we are up to our knees in empty broken-down boxes and flattened rolling paper. We plan to give the boxes and paper to anyone requesting or needing and requesting a donation to their local church or charity. It was easier to use the same sized boxes (actually we had four sizes); in lieu of using odd sized liquor boxes, some with no tops and different heights and width. The loading went smoothly. We hired two Hispanic day-labors to assist the loading. I packed inside the house then transferred the packed boxes into stacks in the garage; the U-Haul trucks with ramps backed into the door/incline into the garage for loading.

Four truck loads and another trip yet
We drove to Roswell to collect a couch and large book case from Babs’ niece;
Then two other loads of U-Haul rental trucks to Clarkesville; the professionals moved our valuables and furniture. We still have another small load in the storage closet-unit in Cumming; “junk-I-couldn’t-get-rid-of-“stuff.” I threw out lots of old office administration papers and culled again my books and library. We will haul another load of theology books in our utility trailer to Sewanee. The books will be shipped by SPCK for African or Appalachian churches-ministry.

We Closed our sale on February 26th
Our home of 14 years in Cumming sold on the 26th of February in smooth fashion or predictable legal-real estate paper work. We are “temporarily rich”!
Our banker created a “special money market account” to “hold” our Profit/yield from the sale of 105 Kenwood drive, Cumming!

We are RENTERS now
Until closing on our new home, we rent from the previous owners who now live in Waycross, GA. “Coach” Warbington had served at the local High School as football line coach and assisted at Georgia Tech with the football coaching staff.

We return to North Georgia on April 7th, hopefully to CLOSE on new Home
We are scheduled to return “home” on Wednesday, the 7th, returning to St. Croix on the 28th. We expect to finalize on our new Real Estate in early April; the slow down and paper-work bog seems to be the result of the “short-sale” by the previous owner and lenders.

Walking distance from Grace-Calvary Episcopal Church
We can walk to church if we choose. Just three long blocks away from the historic “white carpenter gothic” made famous by world class preacher Barbara Brown Taylor who resides in Clarkesville and teaches at Piedmont College in Demorest.

Our NEW Address on Betty Street
All our mail is forwarded to our New Address:
125 Betty Street, Clarkesville, Georgia 30523
We have kept cell phones: D- 770-402-7719 B- 678-447-2114
e-mail: dwightogier@bellsouth.net (this may change).

Come See us Mon!
La Paz y Buen Camino!
DEO+