Just got back from Florida....

I just returned from Florida where I helped my parents celebrate their 70th (!) wedding anniversary.  It was a great time with them, but seeing the real estate market there made me grateful for being here. 

The market there is really suffering from the poor economy, lack of jobs and tight mortgage money.  My gratitude for living and working in this area is not about schadenfreude, because I know there are plenty of people suffering here as well.  But we are doing better!