Plans are Being MADE!!

     Gosh darn, I love me some plan-making. I am the biggest and most excited plan maker I know. My notes have notes. My plans have plans. I start planning before I plan so I can plan whatever it is that needs to be planned, but before I do that, I write notes about it. Yes, it is so true. My notes are there, ready to be written over again, so that they are nice and neat, so that they make more sense, and I can plan. 

    Do I overthink? Does a bear poop in the woods? Yes, I overthink. I am a master at it. Believe me. I will outthink you any day. Then, because I can, I will have multiple conversations about whatever it is that I'm overthinking, and I will include you in those conversations if you interrupt me and myself. When I say I have voices in my head I mean it's just me. I'm talking to myself and I'm also listening to myself, so please don't stop the process. We have to regroup at that point.

    I'm about to be hired by one of three insurance companies who are all trying to figure out where to put me. I have one that wants me to be an examiner, one that wants me to be an estimator and one that wants me to train customer service representatives. I'm just open to work, so the first one who pulls the trigger on the employment game gets me. Sorry, but I'm not going to hold out - - I'm going to go to work. All three jobs are from home, 100% remote, and that's a really good thing too because I'm going to make plans to move soon. Just as soon as I can really. I have to (a) be hired first, and (b) stay about 3 months so I can save up for the closing costs.

    Where will you move? Scotland? Nope. I've decided not to move to Scotland, but I will still visit every year if I can. I may even take a full month or two; working from my hotel or Air BnB; whichever it happens to be. I'll figure it out. I'm going to move to a larger small town in Oklahoma; where I can be within 2 hours of my kids (sorry Caity, you're going to be 3.5 hours away probably) and I'll have a hospital, a mall, all the amenities I have in Oklahoma City, but it's so so so much cheaper to live there. The houses are literally 1/3 the costs they are in OKC proper. NOT kidding.

    I don't like all the traffic, ambulances, highways, sirens from police, or the crime that we have in the big city. I don't like the homelessness issue; I think our counties should do more for these people. In the small towns, they don't have problems really; they tend to find solutions rather than adding to the problem. I like that about a small town. I like the hospitality, the politeness, the community feel, and the way folks still say thank you, please, and they address you as "Ma'am" without sounding rude about it.

    No, there aren't as many cinemas, but I don't go anymore. There aren't as many restaurants, but I cook, and if I do go out there's enough. There aren't as many choices with groceries, but I'll either go to the big city once a month, or I'll suffer with what I can find at the smaller stores. The city I'm moving to has 52,000 people, so it's not small, and there are quite a few choices to choose from. The main benefits are these:

Much cheaper housing.More choices for smaller houses with good-sized yards.Big dog!! I can get a big dog and no one will complain about it.I'll get a rifle and give my pistol to Laura.Electric, Gas, Water, Sewage, and Cable are actually cheaper.I won't need a dishwasher since it's just me, but I won't say no to one.A garbage disposal. I don't have one now.A washer and dryer in my house. Can't tell you how great that is.A garage for my car.Fenced yard for the dogs...multiple dogs.I might actually keep dogs overnight for folks for extra income.Peace and quiet from so many things that are so loud and noisy here.Lightning bugs.What I will miss?Being able to yell at Laura from the other room, but I could Facebook, call her, and yell at her from the phone. I'll go see her every 3 weeks when I go into town to see Jeannie.Jeannie.  She's the same as Laura, but I only actually see her every 3 weeks, so I can drive into town and see her.Niki....same. I mean, I do see her more, but she can move out to where I am too if she wants to.I'd say Robin, but we never really see each other. LOL. LOVE YOU.I don't see Caity and Reuben now, but I'll drive into OKC for the holidays now and again. (Same with the grands - they can stay with me if they want to for a couple of weeks in the summer.)Going to Winco, but again, I can drive in every 3 weeks and do that. I can stay overnight so I can make it a weekend thing. I'll bring my dogs when I do. I'll leave Bilbo, he'll be OK.I won't miss going to Braum's because I have one there. I won't miss going to the stores, I have them.  I won't miss Big Lots...I have one. I'm telling you, it's a good-sized small town, so I'll be just fine. My house payment for a two or even three-bedroom frame house with siding,  a big bathroom, laundry room, garage, fenced yard, porch, and patio, is literally $515 a month. That includes taxes and insurance. SERIOUSLY cheaper than where I live now. The same house is $160,000 instead of $60,000.  CRAZY. People need to realize that we old people are not as apt to pay $$$$ for big houses when the kids are gone. I'm 100% OK with a small house as long as it looks amazing inside.    
    I have a million plans with Pinterest too. I'll work Monday-Friday, 8-5, and during that time I'll still be able to pull up Pinterest! Can't wait to do so much to my little house and make it amazing. When? Well, we'll shoot for Christmas and see what happens, maybe just after the first of the year to be honest. Good times.


Photo Credit: Zillow.com  (this is only the type of house I will buy)