As part of my due diligence in preparing to sell our current house, I have been collecting all the keys we’ve given to various people over the years. We have specialized Medeco deadbolt locks on the house which use keys that can’t be duplicated easily, so I’ve kept fairly tight […]
Continue readingTag Archives: moving
We Are Wired!
In the last few weeks, the house we are building has seen a lot of activity. As a result, there is now a lock on the door, which my husband and I discovered one Sunday when we went to inspect. It took a flurry of phone calls to get the […]
Continue reading
Treasures That Might Have Been, and Those That Survive
As I’ve delved deeper into closets and drawers and boxes, I’ve found all sorts of things. And on a recent visit, I had my daughter go through her belongings to decide what we should save. She is far less sentimental about “things” than I am, and she kept very little. […]
Continue reading
On Punching Up and Pizzazz
I met with my real estate agent for three hours one afternoon last week. She’s a neighbor and a friend, so I knew I could be open with her about all the quirks and cracks and over-full closets in the house. Still, it’s a very vulnerable feeling to reveal your […]
Continue reading
A New House To-Be
I mentioned in my last monthly newsletter that my husband and I have decided to build a new house. We built the house we’re in now and moved into it thirty-four years ago this month, in October 1984. Our current home has taken us from being young professionals and parents (I […]
Continue reading
Random Photos: Our First House (and Our Son)
After thirty-four years in our current home, my husband and I have started looking for another house. The process is slow and time-consuming, and I probably won’t write much about it until we make a decision. But it is a topic that is much on my mind. Today’s random photos […]
Continue reading