17. Sell our townhouse. It’s a long, boring story, so here’s the quick version: House put on market in mid-June. Barely any traffic throughout the summer. Losing hope. Late-September offer (our first!) for $55k under our asking price. Lots of laughter; played hard ball. Agreed to $6,500 under our asking price. Win! Packed and packed [...]
17. Sell our townhouse. No, it hasn’t happened yet. This goal is a work in progress. After living in Patriot’s Point in Freehold Borough for 6 years, it’s time to move on up to a full-size house. First step is selling our townhouse. It’s an immaculately maintained two-floor, two-bedroom townhouse with two-and-a-half baths. Since 2004, [...]
21. Add 5 oomph! touches to our house. As I type this, I am sitting on our front walk way, watching Alex oomph! up our house. Last year about this time, I surprised Alex by trimming our front hedges, weeding and edging out the beds, and mulching. For those of you who know me well, [...]
21. Add 5 oomph! touches to our house. (Semi-fail) Martha Stewart, that is. I have a love/hate relationship with Martha Stewart. Things I love: the extreme organization and tidiness she exudes. Things I hate: the gorgeous crafts. I don’t hate the crafts themselves, but I hate the fact that I probably cannot recreate them as [...]
11. Retry 5 foods I don’t like to see if I can like them. 15. Go to 5 new restaurants. 16. Try 5 new cocktails. 20. Hang the curtains (that have been sitting in a cabinet for a year) in our bedroom. Saturday was a very busy day. Alex was proctoring the SATs which left [...]
Two in one day: 21. Add 5 oomph! touches to our house. 86. Upgrade our home desktop to Windows 7. Decorating our house is not something I’m very talented at. Anyone who’s been to our house can plainly see this. But sometimes I get it right. Somehow I got the idea to use the centerpieces [...]
22. Add 5 organizational elements to our house. (1: New shelves in the kitchen) There are a few things in this world that can make me feel better no matter what: my mom’s chicken soup, a day at the beach with a good book, Alex taking me out for ice cream, and worshiping at the [...]
Believe it or not, I am quite impressionable. Perhaps “inspire-able” is a better word. So often I am inspired by the people and things going on around me, but rarely do I act on that inspiration. That changes now. Over the past year, I’ve been inspired here and there to perhaps start a blog. Over [...]
