Hey Val!

Yes, I did. I even went to the auction! I pulled out of the bidding at $19K. Only because Paul would have killed me if I went over 20K and there were back taxes owed on the house. I wasn't quite sure how much those were going to be but I estimated $1,000 a year, and didn't want to go over 20K, so I pulled out at 19K.

I still love the house, though. It's so pretty. I don't care that I didn't get it, as long as *someone* gets it and treats it right.

I’m wondering who bought absoulte fitness

Oh me too! Isn't that a beautiful building, too!!?? If you look past the decrepit windows and storefront, and just look *up* at the building itself, it's *SO* nice.

Paul wants to buy that one that's right on the river next to the bridge – the one that says “5 story building For sale” on the sign – with all the shingles on the front. He *loves* that building – I think mostly for the wrought iron stairs that go down to the first floor under the bridge. He thinks that is awesome.

I agree it's a pretty building – but not real practical to live in, although Paul has big ideas about making the bay windows of the storefront his “Showcase' for his Harleys, and that floor his workshop, and then we'd just live upstairs.

But he's a fucking nut, anyway.

Kim