Moving On: My Experience Selling and Buying a Home

I sold my house!!! In a little less then 3 months! And I got a very good price as well!! So now for the inspection, which should go well. The buyers of my house cant close until 5/2, due to a lease that they are currently in so because of that, I countered with a couple […]

Navigating Home Selling and Buying: A Personal Journey

As I have mentioned in previous posts, I am selling my house and moving out of state. Selling…. I have had my house on the market since the beginning of November. I sold or gave away 1/2 of my belongings, which was very freeing. The house is staged well, the price was perfect based on the comps. […]

Navigating Home Buying After Divorce: My Journey

It’s been 1 year since my divorce was final. As I look back on the last year, I am proud of myself for making this far on my own, emotionally and financially. It wasn’t easy but I did it. Yay me!! Last week, I took a trip to see some houses in the new state […]

Navigating My House Sale Journey: Exciting New Adventures Ahead

It’s been a busy couple of weeks! My house went on the market on 11/1.so much work went into getting my house ready to show and it looks like it paid off. I have had 16 showings since then and 1 offer so far. This is all very exciting. I am very proud of myself […]

The Emotional Journey of Rehoming My Cat

Last night I did something very difficult. I took my cat to her new home. I bought everything a cat needs, a new litter box, litter, food, food and water bowls and toys. I cleaned my litter genie and brought that too. I didn’t want to new owner, Charlotte, to have to get anything to start. […]

Preparing for a Big Move: My Journey in DIY Home Staging

Things are happening at a feverish pace; The central air was installed last week. A couple of plumbing issues were fixed yesterday. Old ceiling fans have been replaced by new light fixtures. Bay window sill, that the dogs gouged and stained over the years, has been sanded down and refinished. Curb appeal has been done, mums in […]

Preparing My Home for Sale: Progress Report

Everything left over from my yard sale just got picked up by the VVA, http://www.scheduleapickup.com/ It is so easy, you just schedule the pick on their website. So now, onto to the next phase. The central air is being installed as I type this today. It will take them all day to do it. Perfect timing, since […]

Making Tough Choices: Rehoming My Pets During a Move

I had my moving sale this weekend. I am so tired and sore all over, head to toe. Saturday was better then Sunday. And thank god 2 of my sisters came to help me. They brought some things to sell as well. The weather was perfect too. One big thing happened on Sat. Let me […]

Getting Your Home Ready to Sell: Essential Steps

I think that everyone agrees that moving sucks! I am not a fan of the action of moving but I am excited to get to the new place and start fresh there. So much to do! I have been going through every room and dividing my stuff into and keep, sell and toss piles. It’s […]

Taking Risks: Moving for a New Beginning

I haven’t written in a while because I didn’t have much to write about. Life has just been going day by day, with nothing too exciting happening to speak of. I have been trying to keep busy and I did a couple fun things over the summer. I met an amazing person last year and we […]