Homeowners Workshop 1 - - ANGEL VISITS!!

I started the morning watching Siah - until I had to go to a Homeowners workshop. The workshop was sponsored by the African Development Center - Minnesota chapter.

There are many who are confused about organizations based on race - but I for one am not afraid to work with them. Their main purpose is to reduce poverty and improve the quality of life of ALL PEOPLE. And yeah - they provide extra attention to African immigrants, but the Homeowner's Workshop is a state asset.

Anyways, this is part of my first steps in getting a Community Land Trust home in Minneapolis. And if I do not get a CLT then I will learn of all my other options as well - traditional as they may be.

I do not believe I will get a home this year - but I look to the future. The rental market couldn't be better - but it still doesn't bode well for me when home prices have increased so dramatically. Yeah I am getting raises faster than the average American and Minnesotan - but it isn't keeping pace with home prices. It's like I am chasing a home rather than working towards one. Had I started working where I do now even 3 years earlier - I KNOW I would own a home right now - or could afford one. That is why it is so crazy! :)

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ANGEL DuCHARME was able to visit us all! It was quite fun! I was able to give her her Holiday card I sent to her OLD ADDRESS! Yeah, she forgot to inform me of her moving from one place in Mankato to another one..... Anyways, she has it now.

Josiah had a lot of fun - jumping on her and wrestling! And I know she enjoyed Siah's silliness and crazy imagination! I am glad that I have been able to see her!

AND - great news here - she and Dave plan to move to Brooklyn Park! Yeah crazy! Thas even closer than Burnsville is! ANd she has lived in Mankato and Scott County for SO LONG. It'll be awesome. Am looking forward to running into Dave and her more often - of course after their marriage this summer! :)

The marriage should be fun - though I haven't gone shopping for my attire as of yet. But I knowI will find something to fit me. Or if it doesn't fit me - it will disguise me well. ;)