Going With the Flow

Trying to at least.

Lots changing up with the house.  I decided to switch up some of my clean-up stuff if the house is getting shown before it's on the market.  No one cares about a storage room.  I need the kitchen and pantry to SHINE!  I've never seen my pantry so nice (so much for not staging the house).

We're in this strange place of house-NOT-on-the-market, but sort of on the market.  I don't like that strategy so I'm getting some stuff ready despite living here.

OMG - so much junk.  HOW?!?!?  I know everyone says that, but I'm still in shock.  Pretty please take all the trash bags this morning (and it rained last night).  I might own the guys if they take it all.  We had 3 car-full runs to Goodwill and we STILL have some areas left to go.  Unbelievable!  Both of us worked ALL DAY!

It feels good.  Like a big cleanse.

We showed the kids the house on Saturday with good reviews (even from our grumpy youngest).  The new Kroger has a wine/beer bar and we joked that apparently it's a hot spot for both younger crowd and older folks.  It's nicknamed the Kro-Bar.  Kids wanted to "ironically" stop for a drink before heading home to dinner.

Wine was cheap and good (red at the perfect temperature).  Beer was cold and fresh taps - also cheap $3 for a large.  We got packs of sushi and sat and it was fun.  Everyone was chatting with everyone.  Older, younger.  Who knew?!?!

That's hubby - front and center.

Today I'm driving my DIL-to be to the far, far, far away vet for Junebug's follow-up appointment.  It's going to take the better part of the day.  Time that I don't have this week, but I'll figure it out (problem solving!!).

Once this week is finished, the house will be just about where it will be when we move out (except bathroom grouting in a couple of weeks and pine straw).  Everything else happens when we move out.  It will be de-cluttered, staged and some of the fixes finished.  Painters are coming this week to fix the basement ceiling and painted office cabinets.  The outside is getting pressure washed.  Brick porch is getting grout fill too.  It's going to look GOOD!!

Hubby is home this morning for a dentist appointment so I need to run.  I'm desperate to have some alone time.  Not this week though.  Later gators.