Month: April 2018

The Easy Move Gone Wrong! When my husband first passed away in 2005, I waited a year, then put our dream home on the market. Once I decided to move, I realized what a monumental task I’d set for myself! 2006 was a sad, depressed selling market and I knew I had some upgrading to do so my house would sell. Would this be an easy move?  No. I made lists of things that had to do, and one by one clicked through the list of tasks. The lower level of our on-ground walk-out bi-level needed painting. Our downstairs was the kid-friendly area, where we kept all the toys. That level had a second kitchen and a third bath, an office, and a laundry room. I was lucky enough to find a friend’s husband who’d been out of work and was willing to paint the area inexpensively. I found a 5-gallon paint container at a local contractor’s paint supply store (off-white) and bought it cheap! It was good quality paint but was not the exact color the original customer wanted. Their loss was my gain! The painting went off without a hitch. Soon I had a fresh new cover on all the lower level walls.   About a week after the fresh paint was dry on my walls, I had my two sons and a few of their friends over...