WDM, IA - Showtime

And, now we’re ready for showing our home. Of course our home has been for sale for about a week now but we’re finally done with most of the little things we wanted to get done. We have one or two left to do but no potential buyer looking at the house would notice these. We even tested the Jacuzzi and the fireplaces to make sure they all work. Since we’ve never used the fireplace and it starts by using a key slot that is in the floor, here’s Gary studying the instructions.

Now is the interminable wait for the acceptable offer. Meanwhile, you all know the drill, we have to keep it clean and neat.

The last time we sold a house, we signed the paperwork in the evening about 8:00, the young salesman put his sign out shortly thereafter and we got an acceptable offer about 10:00 the next day. WOW. We didn’t have to spend weeks getting ready, we didn’t have to ‘stage’ it nor did we have to live like monks trying to keep the interior pristine.

I thought about buying a rotisserie chicken the other day. Nope, then the house would smell like a grocery store.

We do small laundries in the evening so the clothes have time to dry overnight.

We tested the Jacuzzi and the fireplace to make sure they work. Here’s Gary readng

Those dishes we can’t stow in the dishwasher, we wash, dry and put away right after the meal.

We vacuum often. I even borrowed a steam cleaner from my bother to do some of our carpeting.

We dust often.

Our blinds are raised perfectly and evenly.

I piled our laundry baskets under some hanging clothes in the closet so no one can see the undies there.

We only get out a few things to work on in the evenings since we have to put it all away at a moment’s notice.

You’ve all done these things and they get old really, really fast but, that’s the drill. This is how one sells a home and we’ve all been through it.

It’s SHOWTIME ! ! !

Cue the sunshine.

Cue the goslings.

Cue the lilacs.

RAISE THE CURTAINS ! ! !