Movin' on up...

Ok, not really movin' up, but we are preparing to put our house on the market. We're planning to make more of a lateral move. We expect to stay in the same general area of town, but get a few things different in our next house.The main deal will be a master bedroom downstairs, and I hope to get a 3 car garage.

When you live in a house for several years and you are a sort of a pack-rat like we are, the thought of selling the house is quite a daunting experience. We're going through, de-cluttering, and throwing a BUNCH of stuff away. I'm also performing a huge list of maintenance items. It's amazing the stuff around the house that you don't see as a big deal until you get ready to start showing your house. Here's what I did this weekend:

1. remove and replace a rotten piece of wood trim around my garage door then caulk around the new piece of wood.

2. clean mildew from top of patio cover, rear of house, and storage building.

3. clean outside of upstairs rear windows and caulk as needed.

4. Clean back patio ceiling fan

5. paint new wood trim listed above and touch up other areas near garage door (hit with trick mirror).

6. replace all toilet seats

7. replace 2 A/C vents that are starting to rust

8. cut out old caulk from master shower, clean with Clorox cleaner, re caulk with white anti-microbial caulk.

9. replace light fixture in downstairs 1/2 bath (project from SEVERAL months ago that never got completed)

10. measure for and purchase faux wood blinds for guest room and Matthew's room. I'm fine with the metal blinds currently there, but Shelly thinks that since all of the other rooms have wither real wood or faux wood, it will look better to be consistent in all rooms. Whatever. I just work here.

There were a couple of other things to do, but you get the idea. Next up, Meet with a realtor, move some items to storage, paint interior (call Perfecto), have carpets cleaned, hire some "guys" to spruce up the flower beds. We hope to be on the market Friday, February first. Wish us luck.