Frozen white, in more ways than just snow

A bitterly cold, snowy day today.  I chose not to venture further than the front porch since I am presently without wheels.  I've spent the day sifting through old bills, inspection reports, documents and product manuals in preparation of scanning the necessary documents for the new buyers of the house.  I need to have these together and emailed to our realtor by tomorrow. 

On Monday, the buyers and their home inspector will be conducting the inspection on the house.  Also, the appraiser will be coming by in the morning.  Everything important seems to be happening on Monday.  Your good wishes, thoughts and prayers would be much appreciated that everything would come together perfectly so that the buyers will happily close on the house at the end of the month.  

In the meantime, I am continuing to pack the last of our stuff.  If all goes well, I will be out of here in a little over a week.

I also decided to monitor the Q&A session that Joe conducted earlier today.  There were lots of questions, and lots of reassurance.  I am still not sure if it really helped that much, though.  Perhaps what helped was the fact that people got to ask their questions and air their frustration. 

Several of my blip-friends have decided to leave as a result of the announcement.  I am saddened by this.  Between yesterday, last night, and today, I have spent a lot of time thinking about the Polaroid/Blipfoto partnership - probably more than I should.  The Q&A session really didn't help me or make much difference to me.  The bottom line is that I am going to just continue on.  My comments that I left with Joe sum up my feelings: 

Thank you Joe for taking so much time to answer our questions.  This discussion should bring you a bit of pride - you created the opportunity for such a caring community to develop.  The fact that each of us is concerned about the future of something that is such a part of our lives is a credit to you. 

All of the concerns raised here are very important to us.  And you have answered our questions as fully as you are able.  Thank you.

I am one of the lifers.  As a good friend said to me this morning, "we owe the community to stick in there and see what happens.  Ultimately it is an individual decision but knowing how others feel helps us to decide."   So, Joe, while I still have concerns, I am with you on this!  I sincerely hope that the other members of the community feel the same.  We owe it to each other!

So, my remaining blipfriends, for what it is worth, I'm here and will continue on as always.  I deeply hope that you will continue on as well.  Perhaps together we can be proactive in our influence on Polaroid/Blipfoto.  It's not just about how the site works, or what name is on the site, but it is about you and me as the community.


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