We have a new baby...
...grand baby, that is. Daughter#2 - mom of G-Baby had a beautiful baby boy (Baby -E) on May 6th. She is great (can't tell she was ever preggers). There were some problems with the baby for the first week, but all is well now - praise the Lord!!!
I really miss y'all, so I guess I'm going to have to find the time to get back to blogging. I am really enjoying my sabbatical. It may turn into retirement - that's how much I like it!!!!!!
We are selling our house and plan to downsize a bit - it may kill me though. All of my efforts at getting organized have fallen somewhat short. We will still live in the general area, just not the same community ( we think anyway). How will I ever keep this house presentable for lookers? OHMYWORD!!! It turns out that we are alot messier than I had realized. We told the Realtor that we would show "by appointment only" and he said that was a bad idea. I said, " show without one and see what you get dude" !!!
He also (at his own risk) suggested that we take down all of our family portraits. He said it was too distracting. HELLLLLOOOOO! IDON"TTHINKSO!!!! He especially wanted me to remove our ginormous oil portrait of the kids from over the formal living room mantle. BWWWAAAAHHHHAAAAAAA!!!! Not a chance!!! First, I would never take the chance of it getting damaged. Then there is the small problem of leaving the space empty - he has GOT to be kidding!!
Oh yeah, and the portrait of me holding Little Man on the beach - you guessed it. He wants it down too. Don't hold your breath!!!
So many stories to tell...
Don't listen to them my friend. My best-friend has been trying to sell her house here in GA for 5 months now and she has done everything like that the relator suggested and it hasn't made any difference.
How exciting a new grandbaby. Glad all are doing well.
Posted by: Lyndy | May 22, 2007 at 08:43 PM
Congrats on the new Grandbaby!
That would be hard to take down all the personal items. They are what help make a house feel like home, even if you are planning on leaving it soon.
Posted by: No Reimer Reason | May 22, 2007 at 10:05 PM
Phooey on that realtor! A house will either appeal to someone or it won't, no matter how it's decorated.
Congrats, fellow grandma! Glad to hear all is well with Mama and baby. :-)
I'll bet your little man is so big now! Hope you post some new pictures soon....Hint hint. ;-)
It's so good to see you posting again. Hope you're back posting regularly. I've missed you, Faith. :-)
Love and hugs,
Diane
Posted by: Diane J. | May 23, 2007 at 04:43 AM
Good Lord you have a lot going on in your life!!! It's nice to see you post and catch up with you. I hope all goes well with the sale of your house. BTW... You never did say who your visitor was???
Posted by: Sunshine | May 23, 2007 at 09:20 AM
WHOO HOOO... great to see you up and around in the blog world again!
Congrats on the new baby!! So I'm curious with the realtor thing... is he saying they are too distracting because they are so good he may not sell a home but they may want to find the photographer?! :-)
I've heard to remove clutter off counters etc... but pictures from walls?! That adds to the "home" part of it!! It shows a family can live in the home quite comfortably!!
Great to see you back!!
Posted by: momrn2 | May 23, 2007 at 12:07 PM
Great to see you back, Faith! Congratulations on that sweet new bundle of love.
I'll be praying for your house selling . . . with all pictures intact until you must vacate the premises . . . maybe you'll need a new realtor before this is all over.
Posted by: peach | May 24, 2007 at 07:59 AM
Oh CONGRATS! What a joyful time!
Moving - ugh! I'll pray your house sells fast (never know around here these days!). I say leave the pics up - it adds the feeling of love and happiness all over the house (that's what I would feel when we'd view homes!)
Posted by: Kate | May 24, 2007 at 10:13 AM
Yeah, they're really militant about the whole house-staging thing these days. I just helped my sister stage her home (I'm in Texas, she's in Seattle, we did it via phone and 'net) and we both groused loudly about putting all the family photos away.
"We want them to picture their family in this house, not yours."
Oy vay!
Posted by: Carol | May 25, 2007 at 10:57 AM
Congrats on the newest addition to your family! How exciting!
I've never sold/bought a home before, but I was just reading an article the other day about "staging" your home and it basically did say to take pretty much all "personal" things off the walls etc, including pictures/portraits so the potential buyers can envision their own things or something like that. I wouldn't know where to store all my stuff if I had to do that though!
Posted by: Michelle | May 25, 2007 at 03:13 PM