Yesterday after work we went to the monthly Green Drinks eco-schmooze-fest. It was at the Eco-Thrift recycle/thrift place in Old Town, where a local craft brewery had provided the customary three half-kegs of their beers, and a barbeque had been set up in the loading dock area.

Pat and I were able to have a chat with the local green-focused realtor who is the instigator of Green Drinks events here, and who we have indentified as a potential agent to list the house with here when it is time to sell and move on (to wherever and whatever). She'll probably be here in the next week or so to have a look at the place and chat with us about various marketing issues - what needs to be done and when the optimum time to sell might be. I'm also interested in hearing her views on the general local market conditions. So far Fort Collins hasn't faced the devastation that has gutted housing markets in other regions as the country spirals into a vortex of insolvency and reduced standards of living. I don't expect this exemption to persist however, as evidenced by our being forced to accept a pay reduction on our contracts at the Big IT Company. More on that later.


Pat ponders the Septacycle that seven beer-fueled Green Drinkers later pedaled off for a tour of Old Town.

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