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DH took me to dinner tonight and we priced the tile for the bathroom at Lowe's first. That put him racing down Negativity Street which of course put me in a snit. By the time dinner was finished, things were back to normal. It was then I dropped the bomb!
We have been discussing exit strategies and it got me thinking of mine. Feet first is a very selfish exit. (La-La is even worse.) I also want my place to remain a B & B. I have spent too much of myself building it to see it become just a house and my town NEEDS a quality lodging facility. During the travel with my City Manager I said that if DH dies first I would putthe place on the market as a B & B to be sure it stays a B & B (or leave it to the City to be a B & B).
Tonight I verbalized to DH that one reason I want to get our bathroom done is for the value of the house and decent owners quarters. I told him that once that is done, I want to start getting things in order to put it on the market AS a B & B - which I expect to take a while to sell. I told him my thought is to them get a small one-story house here in town - because I am not leaving here. It will be easier on him to have a one level and no financial worries - selling as a business will pay off all honking loans and buy a small house here - we do not owe as much as he gripes about.
Then he was worried about moving everything and finding a place big enough for all the "stuff". I had to tell him flat out that we will only take our personall belongings and his Mother's dolls. "Oh, you mean the furniture upstairs stays here?" Yesssss!
Needless to say, he was stunned. He NEVER thought I would be able to give up the B & B and be happy. IF the new owners found it acceptable, I could be an on call innsitter - if they called that is. I will still have the other activities I am involved with - at least until I go La-La. Not quite the time yet, but wanted to say thank you for making me think about it rationally. I do not want to be leaving because I am burned out - I truly am not. I really do want all that I have worked so hard for, in the town I want to see thrive, continue to help the town grow. Thank you, Innmates.
We have been discussing exit strategies and it got me thinking of mine. Feet first is a very selfish exit. (La-La is even worse.) I also want my place to remain a B & B. I have spent too much of myself building it to see it become just a house and my town NEEDS a quality lodging facility. During the travel with my City Manager I said that if DH dies first I would putthe place on the market as a B & B to be sure it stays a B & B (or leave it to the City to be a B & B).
Tonight I verbalized to DH that one reason I want to get our bathroom done is for the value of the house and decent owners quarters. I told him that once that is done, I want to start getting things in order to put it on the market AS a B & B - which I expect to take a while to sell. I told him my thought is to them get a small one-story house here in town - because I am not leaving here. It will be easier on him to have a one level and no financial worries - selling as a business will pay off all honking loans and buy a small house here - we do not owe as much as he gripes about.
Then he was worried about moving everything and finding a place big enough for all the "stuff". I had to tell him flat out that we will only take our personall belongings and his Mother's dolls. "Oh, you mean the furniture upstairs stays here?" Yesssss!
Needless to say, he was stunned. He NEVER thought I would be able to give up the B & B and be happy. IF the new owners found it acceptable, I could be an on call innsitter - if they called that is. I will still have the other activities I am involved with - at least until I go La-La. Not quite the time yet, but wanted to say thank you for making me think about it rationally. I do not want to be leaving because I am burned out - I truly am not. I really do want all that I have worked so hard for, in the town I want to see thrive, continue to help the town grow. Thank you, Innmates.