Here we go! I told you it was gonna happen - and now it's happening! 
A LITTLE ABOUT WHY ...
I wish that I could put all the sordid details of why this has to happen online, but it doesn't seem like a good idea until that is all solid and final. What I will say is this: for the last 3-years, since leaving the house that many of you knew as CDLV, I have been renting, waiting to find the perfect home to buy, renovate, and turn into my very own.

I've done some great things in the apartments I've been in over the years, but nothing compares to the amount of real self-expression you can put into the walls between bricks you actually own! I've been searching for houses for the last few years, each of them interesting in their own way, but never really finding anything that just reached out and grabbed me.
At the end of October 2017, I finally took the plunge, and starting making steps toward getting a new place that I'll get to call my very own. It's a process, things like this usually are, but there were a few decisions that I made leading up to getting the keys and making the move (hopefully no later than November 2018) which involved selling nearly all the things I own.

Why" Two reasons: (1) Money. That's a simple answer. Money in the bank, and no debt makes home purchasing MUCH MUCH MUCH easier! (2) I would like to start over without having to fit things in. I want to look at the new place as a fresh start, and a blank canvas. As silly as it sounds - I want that ...