After almost a year, we will be closing on our Monterey property tomorrow. At this eleventh hour, we are wrestling with taxes, capital gains taxes. This week, we are dealing with the title company that wants to withhold a portion of the capital gains taxes that are due. Chris got a pass, since he lived in the house and is consequently exempt, but Frank and I had to figure out what to do. Frank eventually came up with an answer that didn’t cost too much and I copied his answer. Hopefully, tomorrow we will get paid.  It has been a long road.

Switching to our Saint Louis home, we survived yesterday’s tornados. There were quite a few in the area, but none came close to us. We did lose a few branches, but nothing too large. One of these branches is still suspended across our power lateral. That will be tricky to remove, but we should be able to do it.