Everwhere is walking distance if you have the time

[ClingingToHope]

Yes. Nice even wave this weekend. I know deep down part of it is because XW hasn't found someone yet. That I have to let go of.

Just me and the girls for the weekend -- no sleepovers. They just vegged Friday night and Saturday morning. So Saturday afternoon we went to the mall to Christmas shop.

It's going to be easy this year. A Nintendo 3DS for them to share, a couple of games. Some small stuff animals for D9 and then just split the rest of the money I've budgeted into gift cards at clothing stores.

They are really into the clothes now and I can't afford to buy them stuff all year so gift cards so they can do their own shopping spree will be the way to go.

We were at the mall for six hours. I was more exhausted doing that than after lifting weights for an hour. Strange.

Last night I reached out to a friend of mine in real estate to ask him to look into buying my old house if XW loses it in foreclosure. He buys a lot of houses through foreclosure and then rents them.

I just want him to see if he could get it at a low enough price that he could rent it to me at the same price I'm paying now.

It's a long, long shot, but worth pursuing. I'd love for the girls to be able to have their childhood home until they left for college.

XW likely would be very mad though.