Which Makes for a Nice Christmas Present

Most of my loyal readers know about the Extreme Drama that has been going on with The Wife's condo. For those that don't, here's a quick recap.

Before we were married, The Wife bought a fairly nice condo (one of 11 units) in a nice little neighborhood near the lake. Shortly thereafter, a tornado removed the roof and then a major hurricane dumped (by my estimate) thousands of gallons of water into said condo. The condo is unlivable. The insurance payout was sufficient to cover the damage. Unfortunately, due to the fact that the rest of the condo assosciation are either incompetent victims of the Luzianne Pubic Skewl Sistim or greedy assholes (or both), the money has been tied up in arbitration for the past 5 years.

Until today. Thanks to the efforts of a court-appointed arbitrator and a particularly expensive lawyer the condo assosciation was required to buy The Wife's condo for approximately her purchase price. This means a few things: 1) we can afford to pay off all of The Wife's debts related to the condo; 2) even after the legal fees are paid we will come close to breaking even; and 3) no more mortgage payments on a condemned property.

So that's good.