This must be a guy thing -- a throwback to when the first vehicles were purchased. Everyone knows that nobody sells a perfectly good car right? Especially when it's priced under $500.

There was a time last year when I felt that way. Sometimes the house gods conspire to challenge and irritate you. Such was the case last year when we "upgraded" a portion of our home which consistently ranks in the top 3 non-elective repair list.

However, let me assure you this very common west side horror story was not our motivation for moving. We enjoyed the heck out of this place and we've thought about staying here for another ten years. But the simple truth is that we made an offer on a house and the darn sellers accepted it. We figured, if they accept, then we go. If we can't convince anyone that we're serious about moving, then we stay. So, we were convincing enough so now we must go.

Just keep in mind, this is an mature home, but you could move in next month without a second thought. If it were a used car, I'd be saying stuff like, "You can drive this sucker to Florida and back no sweat!" However, keep in mind, it was built in November of 1926. (I think that was the date -- it's written down behind the bathroom mirror upstairs.) Just about everything built in 1926 has a few weak links.