No go!

Well, this last week has been absolutely crazy. Last Friday (July 25th), Tony's cousin Roger passed away in his sleep from a heart attack (47 yrs. old) so because of that it changed our plans for the weekend/week. We were supposed to meet Monica and Aaron at the property on Tues., but instead we had to meet them on Sat. morning. Tony and Aaron went and walked the property a bit. Again, our concern was flooding but nothing had been found out 100%. Well thanks to the wacky neighbor, he sealed our thoughts. He came and started talking to Tony and Aaron and come to find out it does flood-worst was in 85. We don't want to take any chances. He said that it hasn't really bad since then, but it does get pretty high and has washed out the bridge on occasion. Good for us, not good for Monica and Aaron as they just lost their sale. I don't want to spend $$ on flood insurance and then if something does happen spend our time rebuilding whatever is destroyed. The hill looks as if it has been washed out as well. This property sits at the bottom of a hill anyway. So where does the water go?? DOWN DOWN DOWN! I'm sad we didn't get it, but I'm glad at the same time. It will save us a lot of work $$$, and headaches down the road. I called them later that day to tell them we had decided not to buy the land. They were disappointed and I explained to them way. Nothing against them or anything but they really had no idea about the flooding. It had never crossed their minds. I stated that maybe they needed to find out more about it and tell people of they are interested. The impression I got was, 'We're not telling anyone, if they buy it it's their fault not ours." I think they were suckered into buying the land and realized it and now are wanting someone else. There's a reason why it hasn't sold after being on the market for 9+ months. I would want to find out that reason, because 4 acres for 15k is cheap. So, Wed, I got a call saying they had talked and were willing to negotiate the price and pay the 1st year flood insurance. That's nice and all, but are they going to pay when our stuff is destroyed?? Needless to say our answer is still no and it's back to square one!
Sunday, we were to go racing but because we were having to go in Indiana for Roger's funeral we didn't want to spend the $$. We left on Mon. morning for Indiana. We drove 7 1/2 hours to a suburb about 12 miles N. of Indianapolis. We first stopped at this A & Uncle. They were very nice and had an awesome house. I got the approval from them. Never met this side of the family before. His cousin Stephanie came over and we went to eat at Olive Garden. I thought I talked a lot-but she's got me wayyyy beat! We went back to her house to stay. Tues, we went to his cousin Lori's house (sister of Roger) and sat and talked for a few hours. Next, we went to his Aunt's house and met up with Roger's other sister (Theresa) and went to the church to visit with Preacher. This has been really hard on the family as Roger lived with Theresa and her family. Tony has been taking it hard as well. Roger and Tony's dad were very very close and so they spend a lot of time together when Tony was younger. After that, we went to Theresa's house and ate dinner and said and talked and got their approval too. These two sides of the family are sooo totally different. They both like me so that's all that matters. The visitation was Wed. evening and it was very nice. The funeral was Thurs. and it was nice as well. Roger was an avid mountain bike rider and so they had his bikes in the funeral home and had a military service there. He is to be cremated later and his ashes scatter in Mohab Utah. I never met Roger, but from all the stories I've heard and all the pictures I've seen I feel like I've known him forever. I am so grateful that I went with Tony and got to see Roger and hear all of these wonderful things. Heart problems run in the family (the men) and it's not good at all. All of this makes me worry about Tony and I keep pushing him to go get checked out. "I know I know" is the answer I get. I don't want him to be the next! After the service we went to Todd's (Theresa's husband) sisters house for dinner. We left and went to the visitation for Tony's great aunt. She passed away on Sat. We were there for 3 1/2 hours.... UGH! To Tony and I it was boring but for everyone else it was the chance to talk. We left for home Fri. morning stopped in St. Louis to eat at the Cheesecake Factory. YUUUUMMMM!!! We got back home around 5:30. Never so glad to be home! We went to bed very early and slept sooo good. His cousin's house was not comfortable. Beds were hard as well as the couch. I will have some more NEWS to post hopefully by tomorrow as Tony leaves on Monday for work and I have my dress appt. Hope everyone is doing well!