Wow, those benefits are quite incredible actually.  

And your future plans sound positively idyllic.  I am so happy for you. 
What a difference in such a short time, eh?   :)

> From: "Glenn Meadows" 
> That was then, (room mate owned the house) this is now, moved on.  Her son
> is doing great in the school he's in, and we don't want to move him from
> there at all.  Plus, the house was a good 30-40 minutes away from both of
> our works, and the drive got to be a PITA.
> Shelley works in the Registrars office of Vanderbilt, and the perks there
> are too good to lose.  Vandy will pay 70% of the tuition cost for kids of
> employees to attend Vanderbilt.  If they go elsewhere, they'll pay 70% of
> the tuition at ANY school in the US. He wants to maybe be a marine
> biologist, and attend Washington State.  Vandy will pay 70% for him to go
> there as long as Shelley is still working at Vandy.  PLUS, since no state
> school offers a Marine Biology Course, he can get IN STATE tuition at
> Washington State in a reciprocal agreement between all the state shools.  If
> your home state does not offer a particular curriculum, those that do will
> offer instate to students from the other state.
> Anyway, back to the original question...I also do NOT miss yard work, weeds,
> etc.  The apartment is small, but does keep us together...LOL... We might
> look for a 3 bedroom that can keep Andrew in the same school zone though.
> NOT going to buy any property in this county, WAY too expensive.  We're
> toying with the idea that when Andrew gets out of school, buying a motor
> home, and traveling the country.  Shelley would do stained glass, and I'd
> build in a mastering gear studio area, and do mastering on the road....
> --
> Glenn M.
> "Ellen K." 
wrote in message
> news:34fj90petsehggim6tcdsn2259sm5d5ife{at}4ax.com...
>> 2-bedroom apartment?   What happened to your house with the porch swing
>> and the beautiful foliage?   Or am I totally confused?   (Hmm, don't
>> answer that last question...)
>> 
>> On Wed, 5 May 2004 11:47:16 -0500, "Glenn Meadows"

>> wrote in message :
>> 
>> >Yup, Date is June 25, here in Nashburg.
>> >
>> >All are invited...it's "back yard party" and
wedding, all rolled into
> one.
>> >Very informal.
>> >
>> >Registered (of all places), Target!!!! and only out of self defense.  On
> the
>> >invitations, we're going to request people to bring a covered
dish to the
>> >party in lieu of gifts.  Several where Shelley work rebelled, and said
>> >unless we register somewhere, they were all going to buy and send Chia
>> >Pets!!!  So, we did Target.  Mostly house stuff, camping stuff and such.
>> >We're merging 2 collections of "stuff" into one 2
bedroom apartment (she
> has
>> >a 14.75 year old son), and it's going to be some time till we move to
>> >something larger.  (costs and such), so not a bunch of room to handle
> even
>> >more "stuff".
>> 

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