AmyMusings

Clears Throat, Commences New Phase

amy — Fri, 28 May 2010 17:47:28 +0000

Hello blank page, my old friend. I’ve come to talk with you again. And you know when it’s the first time you’ve spoken in the morning? It is the voice I imagine Hallmark’s Maxine to have when she says, “I’d consider hormone replacement therapy but I’ve got a whole bunch of other things that need [...]

A Warm Welcome to my Mature Upscale Neighborhood

amy — Mon, 10 May 2010 13:48:13 +0000

When my new neighbor was looking at houses in our new neighborhood, the blurb for the one she bought said “Mature Upscale”. We keep repeating that and laughing.

The downside of a Mature Upscale neighborhood is that you get neighbors who drive by and see you but don’t wave. Instead, they adjust their sunglasses with the [...]

Have I Told You About the Time We Were Robbed By Gypsies?

amy — Sat, 08 May 2010 06:00:20 +0000

You knew we had gypsies, right??

Wait, no. Let me start over.

Who knew we had gypsies?? Right??

I didn’t. But apparently, when you lose your camera but you think it was stolen so you call the cops because someone down the street said yesterday that the other house for sale in our neighborhood was robbed — clearly [...]

First Blog Written in the New House

amy — Thu, 06 May 2010 06:03:24 +0000

5 p.m. I’m sitting in the new house by myself, enjoying briefly the sweet thought of it being my own. It’s empty except for two camping chairs Skye put in the sunroom. I’m sitting in one of them, with a Corona Light in the drink holder built into the left arm. The floor refinishers have [...]

The Patio we Built for the Next People

amy — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 14:12:05 +0000

One of the many projects we busted our humps on for the next people (bitterness implied) was finishing a patio I started last summer using gravel and cement squares. Most people use sand as a base. But I wanted to make the job difficulter than it already is cuz that’s the way I roll.

My ten-year [...]

When Life Gives You Lemonade, Share it

amy — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 04:00:26 +0000

My friend, Doug, said I’ve been showered with so much good karma lately, I should play the lottery, get out and circulate, put my hands on a crippled child.

I said, “Yea, that would be the moment that all my good fortune turned on me. Someone would accuse me of being a pedophile. Think of the [...]

No Doubt this was all Orchestrated by a Higher Power

amy — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 18:21:37 +0000

Okay. Okay. Okay. So much has happened, not in a chaotic way either. In a mysteriously orchestrated way. Where do I begin? Do I go back to a year ago when people bought the foreclosure next door that was abandoned for a year, spiffed it up (like you wouldn’t believe) and how it helped the [...]

Jane!!! Stop this Crazy Thing!!!

amy — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 13:03:48 +0000

It’s all spinning so fast. So much change, from buying a new house to getting this one ready to sell, to the open house, to waiting for an offer. I haven’t known where to put the needle down between stories to tell you one from the beginning. The needle is too light, the stories so [...]

Love is Never Having to Say I’m Sorry, I Met an Old Lover on Facebook and I Want a Divorce

amy — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 06:00:18 +0000

This house is going to look exactly like we wish it looked all along once it’s ready to sell. In the process, we have met some funny and interesting characters. The painter…I’m saving him for another blog. But the roofer? Oh, honey. I’m so sorry!!

The roofer is one of those people who you’d love instantly. [...]

5 Seriously Simple Tips to Position Your Home to Sell

amy — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 13:32:58 +0000

We’re making progress every day. Visible progress. Unlike the progress I was making in the first few days of the move, when I was emptying out closets and drawers and cabinets. We are almost at the staging phase where we walk around and straighten pictures on the wall and rearrange fresh flowers in vases in [...]