La Gringa Mas Bella: Married to the Mexican!

I know I haven't been around a lot lately and this is partly why. A few days ago I finally blogged about my friend who lost her home to fire and how sad it was. I have good news!

Today I decided to check out CraigsList to see if there were any mobile homes in the area that fit my friend's price range=CHEAP. My friend had looked at a mobile home last week for $3500 but the owner sold it before her husband could check it out.

I felt so bad because my friend has been whining about how she's homeless and really needs some normality to come back to her life. After all, it is devastating to lose so much overnight.

Well I found their new home on CraigsList!!

The original price was $6500 but the owner came down to $5000. This 1991 double wide has two bedrooms and two bathrooms, needs some cosmetic repair, but is in pretty good shape. I think with some vinyl siding ... it could look brand new.

The owners said that they had considered removing their CraigsList ad but I am so glad they didn't give up on selling it just yet. It might not seem like much but it's a home. And when you don't have a home ... well, it has to be pretty hard to wake up everyday with an uncertainty of where you're gonna live.

I really believe that things happen for a reason and apparently the first mobile home my friend checked out was not intended for her. I do think that this home was intended for her because everything just seemed to fall into place and the owners couldn't have been nicer people. We all told the owners how the family had lost their home and they were willing to come down a lil on the price. Every lil bit counts and I think everyone was satisfied with the deal so I think we'll all be sleeping well tonight.

I have to say that each time I meet people who are down to earth and care about others that it just deepens my own sense of humanity. I told the owners before we left that I usually don't like some people I meet ... they were pretty cool though :)

I'm ready to pull out my work clothes to get started on the repairs so I hope my friend will fire up the grill to feed me ... I'll post pics once we get going :)

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