October 1st... new chapter in our life

Well we sold our home of almost 5-years in Bennettsville.  In the midst of getting the place ready to lease as a furnished home to an engineer and his family for 18-months, our realtor told us to give her one more go at selling our place, with a very interested party (yeah, we hear that all before).  But in the end with only 48-hrs to go before signing a lease agreement a CASH offer came in for more than what we paid for the place in 2006.  Well, in today's economy that was a "WOW MOMENT".  So we accepted... Cash offer without any contingencies and to close in 2 weeks... double wow.  Now we had to make plans to move all of our stuff and to where?  We just had no idea.  Work at MPH would keep me in Bville until the end of the year.  Sharon wanted to get back to the ocean, and we were looking at Murrells Inlet and Pawleys Island for some time.  We also were looking into a place closer to my kids in Durham in the Pinehurst and Southern Pines, NC area too.  But where oh where were we to relocate... we had become in essence part of the American homeless scene.. at least for a short period.

With the help of our agents (Lisa in Pawleys & Amy in Pinehurst) we came up with a plan.... rent a beach house in Pawleys and subsequently a townhouse in Laruinburg next to my parents for at least a year.  So we packed up 410 Lakeshore and split our possessions by 1/2 (one part going to the beach, and the other going to NC).

The new owner of our Lakehouse was a local retired attorney who's wife had just passed away, she apparently always wanted that house and he felt it would be a good investment for his family/kids.

 

Backyard of place at the beach (hammock is a calling card for Pawleys)

We moved into our Beachhouse (in the North Litchfield section of Pawleys Island) in a rushed week of packing and unpacking.... PODS and 2-men and a truck were very helpful as we discovered how much Sh*t we really had and needed to get rid of.

 Our new "crib" for the next few years.  The beach house is only a block from the ocean, quick access to the beach is a 2-minute walk down a pleasant quiet neighborhood.  

 Sharon's beloved "screened in porch"... we had our first home cooked dinner on the porch with a beautiful ocean breeze cooling us off.

We are only 1.5 miles south of Huntington State Park and Brookgreen Gardens.  We can actually walk to the undeveloped section of shoreline that HSP offers, serene and undisturbed by developers.  Imagine a "beach scape on a remote island" postcard... well that is what we got.  Ya'll come visit!  Our Depression-meter has subsequently been returned as there will not be any need for such a device.