Well, most recent news is that we went, we conquered and we returned triuphant. Balinda (my sister) was given a challenge... go to Wichita, KS and find a house for her daughter... she had a list of houses from her daughter...who had searched the web... First we ate breakfast and then we went to the first house (which we had already located because of GPS)... it was nice... very old... but had several major issues with it from very first moment. We only looked at it because it was the one in her daughter's mind. It had very steep and tiny stairs....

So while at breakfast, we purchased a paper and checked the ads. That is how we found the house. It was within the price range, in a decent looking neighborhood, corner lot, fenced back yard, neat and clean in and around it, and empty. (I know they say that most people want to see it with furniture)... not me... I would rather see it empty and be able to see everything... Phoned to see if we could actually get in side to see it... and we were able to actually see and check it out.

Loved it as much as her daughter loved the first one... but we knew we needed to see more houses before we could really decide on any one house. So we went on to find and see about six more. Some we ruled out before we even could look around inside.

We left Wichita at about 5 pm on Sat. At this time we were convinced that we had located enough choices that my niece would not have any problems getting moved to Wichita and in a decent house with room for guests and not cost too much in the end.

We got home Sunday afternoon....