Well….if any of you have been following my saga of trying to buy a house to retire in, I have a little update today…the check from cashing in a life insurance policy finally came yesterday and now I can get down to it…it is a little weird to have $45,000 dollars sitting on my kitchen counter but a little cool, too….I guess I did one thing right by buying that policy 15 years ago….need to get to the bank Monday….had to make an appointment since there is a lot of fed reporting that goes with a deposit that large….