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Jackie and I are buying a boarding kennel in Washington State.  It’s a nice, successful business in a little community a few minutes west of Olympia.  There’s a small house on the property where we’ll live.  Our mothers were helpful in making this happen and my mom is planning to move out to the area soon.  That’s a very good thing.

I’ll miss Montana, I’ll miss radio….especially the great people I work with.  Maybe I’ll be able to do some play-by-play in Washington.  There may be a way that I could still remotely contribute a bit to the Montana Radio Company….we’ll see.  I have a lot of mixed emotions of my 30 years in radio….I may have to lay those out here some other time.  Jackie and I just realized that we were treading water and that we really were not in control of a lot of things in our life.  We have had our eye on kennel properties for a few years, even checked one or two out.  This one just seemed right.  There’s a large client base and we hope that we can interest them in some services not currently offered: board & train, agility, maybe some retail, perhaps some future grooming/massage options.

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We made an offer, and it nearly fell through while we waited for the SBA process to churn along. (Don’t get me started on big banks again.)  Then our Montana home sold MUCH faster than we ever anticipated, leaving us very little time ’til closing.  So, I should go.  These boxes aren’t going to pack themselves.  Remind me to pack the umbrella and raincoat last so I can unload them first.