My time has gone into getting our house ready to sell and researching where we really want to live. We have painted rooms, installed new sinks and faucets, installed new light fixtures, had our carpets cleaned, had shingles and siding repaired, and just today, thanks to a storm that blew through Tuesday morning, had a tree removed.
If I knew without a doubt that we'd get back what we've put into fixing our house up, I probably wouldn't complain. As much. But with the market the way it is and our neighborhood's value not appreciating much in the five years we've lived here, things are not looking as good as I'd like. And of course we need to turn some sort of a profit in order to make an upgrade possible.
Ever the optimist, I have decided that we'll have an offer in three weeks, at which point I'll start seriously looking. We'll get the price we want and then the people we'll buy from will cut us a deal, like 10% off the list price. We'll happily move into our new home with no snags, and then I'll slowly decorate to my heart's content. Stop snickering, it is certainly possible that things will work out the way I want.
What else? My computer sort of died earlier in the month. I was able to save my hard drive but I've not yet figured out how to use the hard drive enclosure I purchased to transfer files from old computer to my new laptop. I hate not knowing how to do things and between this and figuring out some of the new programs on my laptop, I'm feeling a bit out of sorts.
In the middle of that fiasco my Palm Pilot battery died, which meant I lost all of my addresses and account numbers and other assorted personal data. The only other thing that could have gone wrong is that I would have lost my cell phone. Which I did! For two days I felt completely disconnected from my friends and family and then one day as I was walking past the living room, there it was in plain view on the sofa. My almost 5 year old claimed he'd put it there (because I talk on the phone too much?) but he doesn't generally do stuff like that so I'm just not sure.
I gave up sweets and lattes for Lent, as the ever vigilant Catholic that I am. Giving up lattes was easy, sweets not so much. I made it six days, at least! I'm doing better, back to my normal, with menu planning and cooking for the family but I'm making some poor choices for myself.
More soon.
