So glad to hear things went well! That's wonderful that you found yet more great women to work with.
It's amazing how almost every single referral I've gotten here has been some amazing, intelligent woman who is the most professional but warm person ever. It really seems like more than serendipity, for sure!
Oh, M. I loved all of your last post & feel much relieved for you. I just looked up Festina Lente too- "Make haste slowly". I love it
@Llama I often think Llama is very much like my sister, H. They are the only 2 people I know who quote Latin & their birthdays are 1 day apart (& 27 years
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Don't worry about any of our diaries, M xoxo
Thanks Cate! The "Make Haste Slowly" motto is really working. I really was dreading getting the basement organized. It's full of boxes of treasures from my mom and her furniture randomly placed by the movers, in a tangled mess from the movers dumping everything randomly in there. I got half of it cleaned, boxes stacked, swept out, and organized. The other half I'll do today, and that half is not heavy boxes, so my back gets a break. I had trouble going back into the basement after each break because I really don't like dust and have been avoiding the basement so long. But Llama's motto so helped. I also decided to take pics of the progress for the realtor as a way to motivate myself to get a lot done each day. That helps making myself accountable, for sure. That's so fun that your sister and Llama nearly share a birthday and quote Latin! I like reading diaries on my breaks. It helps a lot for feeling connected to the world outside my packing bubble! But thanks for saying that I don't need to keep up replying, because it may get to the point where I really can't.
Oh that is so good to hear about things going well and J being cooperative as well.
Yes, absolutely no worries about maybe not making it around to the diaries through this busy time. I appreciate you posting about your progress through all of this.
I love that the plants are getting good attention in this...Nice to think of people's efforts in putting in a nice yard full of cool plants is not going unnoticed. It takes years to establish stuff like that and is such a win to inherit that sort of work. I know I would feel the same way about the yard that my landlords took the time to establish here.
Thanks Liza - the nature conservancy person seems really happy about our place and I can't wait to hear what she says about all our plantings. I love the vegetation here, like Llama mentioned, too. It would be incredible to study if we were staying. You have a really good point about the mature vegetation and plantings. They really are a huge part of what makes this property special.
Happy weekend Marsia! I'm so glad it all went well and you have a back-up plan with the cleaners if needed.
Thanks Em! I am really lucky that one of my friends here knows everyone and is one of those people who organizes outings so everyone gets together all the time. She's the kind of extrovert I dream of being!
Good luck with the house thing, sounds like you are putting a lot into it and that should pay off. I have sold several houses but never had any professional staging advice. My rule of thumb was always to take about half of my stuff out so things did not look crowded, paint what needed painting, and keep it clean. I am sure it will go well for you, but it will mean another upheaval when you sell.
Thanks Rob. I think I may be going a bit overboard because I studied interior design casually in order to remodel our houses, so I know what I would like the house to look like, but I need to chill out about that because I don't quite have the funds to pull it off. We just have inordinate amounts of stuff, so this is hard. But you are right - keep it simple! Thanks!!
Yesterday went well. I got so much packed and got this great bid from our painter who can also do some outdoor repair work. There is just a lot of little stuff that needs to be fixed, and it goes over the amount I borrowed from J to get the house on the market, so I have to negotiate with him for what else we fix now, but it's not too bad of a list of stuff, and our realtor is really good at figuring out this sort of thing. I need to help get K's room all packed up now so the painters can get in there. I ran out of time, and the stager wants almost all the remaining rooms to get paint.
