back from sac

[cellboy]

and my moms new little apt is gorgeous. She has a view of the trees, small pond and water fall from her 3rd floor balcony. My sister did wonders with the bit of furniture she had moved from the house. Think my mom has come to terms that she needed to move out of the big house. She, has gotten so frail over past few months. Seeing her stressed this weekend (she thew up a few times due to stress), was not fun. But I think she will be happy there. The activities, shuttle service to shopping, banks, doctors. Her 3 meals provided in the center dinning rooms, apartment cleaning service, all included in her rent will make her life much easier. And she has a small kitchen if she chooses to cook once in awhile. Hopefully her strength and weight will return. All that is left is the small things, pictures to mount on the walls and that's it. Then my sister an I will go through the home, see how we will divide the nice things for ourselves that mom wants us and family to have. Then the rest will go to charity, and we will probably have an estate sale company come in and handle the rest. Will be easier for us that way. Then put the house up for rent. Then later when the real estate market gets better, will sell.

I made it home early enough to stop in at the Eagle and the Lone Star. But could not find parking, so decided to come home for a quiet evening, and dinner. I am too pooped anyway. And my mood and energy for socializing with the hot men was just not there. So best to be at home than to sit in a bar being frumpy. When I got home and turned of my car engine, my damn automatic antenna, would not go down. The little motor just kept running. Damn! There is always something. Here we go again. $$$$$$$

I may not have to go up next weekend. Not to be selfish, but I am dying to get out and see some men for a change. It has been soooooooooo long :o(

Nite

Comments

[grizzlyzone.livejournal.com]

One word on those estate sales: You'll get next to nothing for your stuff.

[cellboy.livejournal.com]

I know. Sometimes they charge 25% or a bit more, but with all of the stuff, we may just have to. Since I am 2hrs away, and only weekends, pricing, doing, etc, we may just do it to make it easier. We shall see :-)

[grizzlyzone.livejournal.com]

I don't remember what the amount was. Was it $500 for a houseful of "stuff" or was $500 just my share (1/3). I'm thinking the former.

With that being said, anything that I may have wanted, may have needed, would've had to fit in my luggage. Otherwise, I would have had to hire movers to move the stuff from the Chicago area to South Florida. (OUCH!)

As I told my sisters, I've been out of the house for a good tweenty years. There is really nothing in the house that reminds me of the folks. It all came in after I left.

But, I think I took a Bundt pan and a rolling pin. Just to have SOMETHING.