Celebratory Dinner
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My Mom and I aren't pictured...we just weren't photogenic enough today!
This Abode is Sold !
Bid Put In ...
This One Loved My Solar Lights !
They came back two hours later to see my light show !
This time of year they don't all light up anymore unfotunately ,but enough were showing to give off quite the floor show.
Fingers crossed ....
*Sigh*
One showing so far.
They left feedback :
"Big pool, didn't like the floorplan so much ,too expensive and it was busy."
According to the price per square foot in this neighborhood, our price is below that .
So no sales yet.
Dragonfly , Where Art Thou?
There are so many of them right now, they practically fly into my head at any given moment ,but the minute I have my camera out they are evasive.
The other morning I found no dragonflies yet again , just 'skeeters and a whole lotta sky.
How Could I Have Almost Forgotten?
Am I so in the here and now that I would not have remembered that on the 24th we would have been married for 24 years?
Not only that but I got it mixed up with my stepdaughter's birthday which is on the 22nd ....
Life has been so hectic lately with putting this house on the market and planning our grand escape that I realized yesterday that my wedding anniversary was practically staring me in the face . Come to think of it ,this happened to me last year too, I didn't really remember until a day or so before.
Perhaps it's a survival mechanism for me.
The hardest date so far has been Sept.24 , 2002 it was a strange feeling to realize how hollow that day felt , as he had just died in July .
My Dad , Steff the dog and myself all left for Texas the day after , and one part of me needed the geographic shift , and the other part of me already mourned the memories.
We didn't even make it to 20 years .
I will make comments to Stefanie about the day , I don't even talk to my parents about Tom much anymore.
Tom got cold feet that day crisp fall day in the Alps while we were eating breakfast in downtown Garmisch a few hours before the ceremony at town hall .
He was all "Are we doing the right thing?" I was 8 months pregnant , looking across the breakfast table at him and was like " Sorry bub, too late now !"
I never had a qualm or worry , it felt right to me.
The Gift That Keeps On Giving....
Rifling through my coupon flyer this morning I ran into a promo for this
beariffickly cuddlesome & plush Farting Teddy !
I then decided to make up my own insert :
Think of this little guy for those friends and relatives who seem to have everything.
At $ 12.95 this windy party guest is sure to make the holidays hilarious!
C'mon, give him a squueeze !Let him be the wind beneath your wings !
OOPsy ! 
Batteries not included. Please don't attempt to light teddy's farts at home .This is a paid stunt emoticon.Void where prohibited .
Lost in Translation
Gentile Signora April ,
Buona lettura!
Sell This House ...puh-lease
I love this entrance arrangement.
Cost: $ 9.99.
This was for the cream tablecloth from Target only.We owned everything else already.A tv console, a vase that Tom gave me over 20 years ago, an arrangement that use to be in another room and an unused scarf of Stefanie's.
I don't think I'll ever be featured in any interior decorating mags anytime soon, but this is a good save for a part of the house that use to hold an unused closet and asst. junk...
Shovelin' This Hovel Into Shape
And other filthy chores...
Yesterday we worked on the kitchen grout , and taking boxes from the garage to my parent's storage.
It's cooled down the past few days, but there's just enough humidity to make one sweat upon the slightest exertion --especially outdoors.
Now we are just waiting for the phone to ring...
Dead Butt Tired
We are officially listed for sale.
Between trying to keep the house tidy for showings ( which is pretty hard for us sloppy types),getting more minor repairs finished and worrying about prospective hurricanes that could come to our neck of the woods, we are interspersing 10-20 minutes segments of exercise 2 to 3 times a day.
Took a short walk this morning, then did 20 minutes of yoga and capped off the day with 20 minutes of the arcade game Dance Dance Revolution on beginner mode .I didn't have to cook today and so at 8:30 this evening I just plumb passed out in front of the boob tube.
It's a good tired though.