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November 8th, 2005 at 06:02 am

Things are looking up a bit from yesterday. Thank you very much for the supportive comments!

I had lunch with the lawyer friend today and two other friends (more his than mine). We all had or were close to family estate problems. Comforting in an odd sort of way. Lawyer friend offered to call up my sister and "talk her down", and get the full scoop from her side, which I thought was a great idea.

When I got home, I called sister and asked her whether it would be all right if my lawyer friend called, and she agreed. But it gets better. First of all, she agreed that she was acting like a skunk. It turns out that the executor apologized and told that actually they were a bit blindsided by the auction. Both the executor and sister will attend the auction this Saturday, which I think will do a world of good. They hadn't met, they've just called and emailed, so seeing a person instead of a name on bank stationary will calm sister down quite a bit. Turns out that the executor can call things off if the auction is a sham. Hearing that really eased sister's mind. Not to mention the pleasure she'll get introducing him to Nut. Big Grin Now we're talking fun.

She also got word today that the executors presented the price of the first parcel to the interested parties. One party blanched a bit at the price and dropped out, another only wanted a small piece of land for a building (like that's gonna happen). But of the two parties left, each is very interested and will put up counter bids for us to consider. We're on our way. The apprasials for the second parcel, one complete and one split with house, grounds, barn, & 20 acres and the rest of the land are coming at the end of this week.

I asked sister about her plans for the house if decided on it and got an annoyingly vague answer - a second place, a dog run, a weekend place. Well, its her life. Then she let slip that she really needs the money because she doesn't want to work anymore. I don't get it - if that's the case, then take the money and don't take on an economic boat anchor like a 100 yr old house.

Whew. I feel better already.

Oh yes, and being the beneficiary of that mysterious Wisconsin Employees Trust thingy that mom had : $136. Let's see...lump sum or 30 yr annuity? Smile

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