Monday, May 6, 2013

Busy Bees

We have been busy bees the past two weekends fixing up Mom's place as it went on the Market Thursday.  She gets possession of her condo in two weeks time so at this stage it is just window dressing with purging here and there.  We have cleaned carpets, done numerous dump runs, several Salvation Army drops, painted her bedroom, porch and deck.  Every room in her home has been touched.  She now has to live like that until it sells - the tough part of selling your home.

Hubby has to fly away this weekend for business so I plan on travelling to her house and cooking her a nice meal for Mothers Day.  Her gift (which she knows about already) is not more stuff.  I found a great deal on Travelzoo for a wildlife viewing tour that the three of us will go on in early July for the day.  It was 60% off per person and we get to spend the day on the Ocean together doing the tourist in your own back yard thing.  If you enjoy travelling and haven't checked out Travelzoo you should do so as they email you both local deals and International ones (*this is not a paid review, I just discovered them and wanted to share).

We have had some glorious weather the past few days with pure sunshine and 26 degrees celcius. There have been walks on the beach, hot tub time, and I have finished reading two books this week on the backyard patio.  When working I love the fact that I can take coffee breaks in the backyard and watch the birds for a few minutes before getting back to it.  Our home has really become everything we envisioned it to be when we bought it - so happy we made the right choice.

Cheers!


8 comments:

  1. Your mom is so lucky to have your help in getting her all set for selling. I need someone like that to help me get our house ready!

    Enjoy the tour. Sounds like an amazing experience!

    P.S. We finally have spring here. It was 27 yesterday, pure sign, slight breeze. The same for the rest of the week and it might even go as high as 30. Now it will be too hot!!

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    1. Yes, my Mother-in-law made sure to call us and tell us Spring had finally arrived! Cheers!

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  2. You are so lucky to be walking the beach!! Wish I was!!

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    1. I do love living within five minutes of many great beaches. Wishing you some lovely Spring weather to make up for it.

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  3. The weather here in PA has been stellar. We were in some weather pattern called an Omega Block and it's been 73 and sunny for the past week. Today I think the clouds come, but I guess we need rain eventually. Thanks for the tip on Travelzoo. I'm going t check it out!

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    1. Watching the news it seems a lot of North America has had a batch of lovely Spring weather - so nice!

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  4. The weather has been wonderful here in Ohio, too. It is wonderful that your mom will be living close to you! My mom lives pretty close to us and indeed it is great! I will have to check out Travelzoo. Thanks for the tip.

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  5. Mom and I get along really well and respect each other's space so having her closer will be really nice - I can only hope her place sells fast as we don't want to leave her home vacant so she will stay until it is sold.

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