#whatsthecatch

Have you ever had something happen to you and felt like it was doomed to blow up in your face but you just couldn't figure out why? This spread is meant to help soften the blow.

1) What is my intuition saying? Something about this situation has clearly raised some red flags in your gut.

2) What lesson can I take from this? This is the silver lining.

3) How can I enjoy this moment? Just because your gut is telling you this will end badly doesn't mean the entire experience has to leave a bad taste in your mouth.

You yell at the universe because it’s screwing you over. 

Then, it hands you a gift with a bow. 

Puzzled, you say, “what’s the catch?”

There is no response, the universe just smirks. 

Any Person that is minded to pay an Annuity of 50 or 60l. a Year on a Man and his Wife’s Life, each about 40 Years of Age, and can give them a good Security, may leave a Letter directed for Number 2. at Sam’s Coffee-house behind the Royal Exchange, where shall be left an Answer.

”Is it too good to be true?”

Big D’s mom offered to buy our house from us, as-is. He and I both spent a week in shock because it seems too good to be true. All of a sudden, we don’t have to fix the hole in the wall, or try to move a piano. What’s the catch?

I guess it is possible that there is no catch. It would not fit in with the general theme of our life, but, as Big D has said, “it’s plausible.” My mother-in-law has been flipping houses for years, and she really enjoys a good bit of general home repair to keep her busy. She is single and in her 70’s, after all, with no pets (and she made sure to tell us twice that she does not want our chickens, not even for soup).

Speaking of her status, our house (that will become her house) is sandwiched right between the homes of two single, grandfatherly men who stay active despite their joblessness. We aren’t exactly hoping for Big D’s mom to find a fourth husband to outlive, but it gives us comfort to imagine that her life could be akin to a warmhearted, made-for-TV movie starring Robert Redford and Jane Fonda.