Sunday, October 14, 2007

HOME Visit

First let me say there are too many user names and passwords in our lives...WTF, who is going to remember all this crap?!

I have returned to the land of the working stiff. It's been four weeks since I accepted the Operations Manager position with Adventure Radio (read: Triad Broadcasting) in Savannah, GA/Hilton Head SC.

It is a job. Not the best job in the world, but it allows me to pursue my Voiceover business and we get to stay in the Southeast. The cost of living in Savannah is cheaper than Raleigh. The housing market has slowed and we have reduced the price of our house twice since we listed it. The houses we have seen in Savannah have been so so.

We are downsizing by choice since Connor will no longer be living with us--which makes me sad. I know he wants his Mother but his Mother has made my life miserable...she is a poor excuse for a parent and now she is living off of other people in the name of her Son...such a pathetic existence; I feel sorry for Connor that he does not see through her bullshit.

Lucky, Joy's horse has been given to Kim's daughter, Brittany. Kim is a friend of Joy's and her daughter lives literally above the barn that Lucky will be living in. Brittany has a non-profit and she will utilize Lucky for children who are handicapped...this is good for Lucky. So Happy Lucky is getting on in age almost 29 years old and making the move to HOT Savannah climate probably would not be good for him. Joy can see Lucky anytime she wants when she is back in the Raleigh area.
Birdie has kicked the bucket. She was an older cockatiel which we all enjoyed. She could be onery and bitchy but she was a good bird. Joy returned home from Savannah, Birdie laid a rotten egg and keeled over.

Simba our Siamese Cat has a heart murmur. I am NOT going to be sending our cat to a feline cardiologist...we will see how it goes. Joy of course is showering him with attention because of his new found illness...sounds like GUILT.

Rocky is Rocky is Rocky. I missed that dog. Coming home for a short four day weekend visit, I was amazed at how much I missed having the animals around and they missed me as well...LOVE is all around.

We bought a vacuum today. After ten years the other KENMORE bit the dust so to speak...but hey ten years is a long time for a vacuum cleaner. When I was growing up we had the Monster STEEL and Iron Kirby...that thing was solid...you could drop it from a ten story building onto concrete and it would still suck the dirt...amazing piece of machinery. Now these things are made of plastic, but Kenmore continues to be a brand that delivers. It's funny how a good vacuum makes your world a better place to live.

Maureen is our STAGER. We decided that maybe we need some help in staging the house to sell. She came in and made some immediate suggestions which Joy and I have executed...de-cluttering by eliminating books from the bookcase; taking the curtains down from the doors to allow light into the living room; getting some "props" to add color to the various rooms, getting rid of a Persian rug under the dining room table to better showcase the hardwood floors; removing the weight bench from the boy's room and making it into a "girls" room with brighter colors; taking a leaf out of the dining room table and making it smaller to increase the "size" of the room; getting rid of some of Joy's plants that were cluttering the room...it's amazing how someone can come into your house and point out things that may be negatives to a potential buyer and to add things that can be pleasing to the eye. I hope this helps our cause...if not the price needs to come down again.

Did some yard work. There is something Zen about cutting grass and putting things in order...or at least it seems things are in order when you trim the grass and and weed whack the weeds and blow leaves off the sidewalk...pleasing to the eye I suppose and it gives one a sense of accomplishment for however brief a moment...yard work unfortunately never stays done. The FALL days are a little cooler, not so humid and very pleasant...of course I would rather be playing Golf, but we have work that needs to be done...maybe tomorrow.

Time for some wine.

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