every year at this time I think to myself...

why oh why did I put out this amount of Christmas stuff?? i will just pack one box a day. it's my nature to get in there and work until I am done. No more. snow is falling in Buffalo, it's the third of January and no snow. spring will arrive sooner and that makes me happy. i am always happy at the start of a new year. a new beginning, new footprints, another chance. as all that read this blog knows that i was moving back to Seattle last summer. i did what every homeowner does, now that is surprising to me as i was a Realtor for twenty nine years. Here is a list of what you don't do. 1. try to sell your home on your own. 2. put a little sign in your front yard with numbers so small that no one could read it. 3. over price my house for this economy. yes, i did everyone of those things, every damn one of them. Maybe it's because I am the one that did most of the work on this house. remolded most all of it. and yes, a little sign in the front which I took down and then I would put it back up then again down again. my neighbors had some fun with that, after a while I wanted to put it down or back up in the middle of the night so no one could see me. I am beginning to feel like I am mentally unbalanced. I have made a decision that I will put the house back on the market in the spring. here is my problem, and it's the same as it was last year. I love my little brick house, my little cape cod. the ton of flowers that I have planted over the past eight years. My hopes were to create a english country garden and I did. In the backyard I wanted a dry river bed and I did. I can think of only one room to repaint and it's the kitchen. Kitchen's and bathroom's have to be spotless. So as you can see a bunch to do before I actually list it. The only reason I did not want to use a Realtor is that the proceeds are a large part of my retirement. Seeing as how I have a real project to do I must go. I wish all of you have a healthy, happy new year, and God bless. Ciao~