Episode IV: A New Hope

Episode IV: A New Hope

After feeling a little bummed about our ability to locate something in our price range, today we hit a breakthrough. Read on...

The Celebration Exotic Car Show : Tens of millions of dollars in cars and Patrick Warburton (so sexy) floating around surely made for a successful time. My husband was explaining why the cars were so cool (beyond the price tags) as a "labor of love." 

Alfa Romeo 8C

Jaguar XJ220

Ferrari F40 Front

Ferrari F40 Back

Property time: $130,000 short sale that has been listed for almost a year. The place was certainly distressed--no doubt about that. But it seemed mostly cosmetic. Looked like someone was living in the garage, there were dirty underwear all over the place (ew) and there were definitely parts of the place that smelled like (Warning: not for kids) marijuana. Even if we wanted it, the lender is only taking cash or conventional loans, so its out unless they want to accept an FHA and about $40k off the price since it is in such shape, we can cross it off our list. It was a 2/2 and had a garage and balcony--almost unheard of among a sea of 1/1 condos selling above even our price range. Overall, the state of the property and surrounding condo association popped some of our Celebration bubble and opened our eyes more to some of the harsh realities of trying to live in this city and others who have tried and failed before us (like the previous owners).

Camden Town Square: We had an appointment today after the showing to see the brand new Camden Town Square apartment complex that opened yesterday. We toured the place for about an hour and a half, went and got lunch to talk it over, came back and signed a lease as one of the first new tenants to ever live here. We are fabulously excited to know that no matter what happens in our search--we are perfectly positioned literally across the street from the entrance to Celebration. This will allow us the highest quality of life and the maximum amount of saving so we can enjoy the journey. I found another Celebration Stalker last week when we drove by the apartment while the gates were still chained up. We exchanged emails. WE NOW HAVE A TWO PERSON SUPPORT GROUP! Any takers? :P

So to wrap up, no, we are not settling for outside of Celebration. We just made a commitment to changing cities and counties and zip codes to get more Celebration in our lives. The Art Fest and Pie Fest are coming up fast. Count on us to be there, we are considering volunteering for the Pie Fest....mmm...pie and Celebration, FL--does it get more intentionally and wonderfully American than that?

Properties we are dreaming of:

• Our new apartment