".......It sounds like you definitely are moving things in a good direction for you and your wife's future. I know many that have not and now are having a really tough time dealing with it......"

"...... And getting your ducks in a row now, when you can, is better than having to get them in a row when you absolutely have to......"

Ryan, John I think your both right. Seeing what Mom went thru in the 6 years after her stroke was an eye opener and left a pretty deep impression. Every time I came back from seeing her made me look at our house with a different perspective. We are in a position to do this now (and it's not going to get any cheaper as time goes by) so it's a good time to do it. I'm also still in good enough condition that once the house is in I can add the deck and carport (with the help of Cade) that I want.

The other thing we're doing to protect the property and our investment is putting the property and houses in an irrevocable trust for the Grandkids. That was actually an even harder decision to come to than putting in the new house. After seeing what Medicaid can take away if god forbid either Donna or I have to go on it, we figured it's what we needed to do. Medicaid has a 5 year "look back" window where trusts and gifts can still be taken to recoup Medicaid costs so we wanted to get that clock started.

Slowly but surely I'm working thru the "to do list". I'll be glad when I can get back to the simple things like building another car.



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