Book Board Chat

LOVE seeing pics of the Sunshine Kids!

Big doings at our house. Next week (on her 94th birthday) mom and I are flying to Kentucky, where she will be moving in with my sister. Mom has lived with us for over 6 years and we have loved having her, but I need to work and mom needs more care than we can give her. She has been in a board and care home for two months, but even there she gets depressed and then has physical problems if I don't tend to her every day. It's a lovely private home with compassionate care givers who tend to five senior residents, but for mom, only family will do 🙂

Pam and I are preparing for several estate sales right now, only one of which is actually on the calendar. Unfortunately, that one is scheduled for August 7&8, while I'm out of town, so I'm going to miss the fun. The others are all waiting for the homes to go into escrow. Nowadays, realtors insist on keeping the house staged for sale so they don't want the estate sale to happen until after it's sold. Inevitably, the buyer ends up wanting a short escrow so the realtors try to get us to do the sale with no preparation or time for advance advertising. Most of the time, the seller agrees with us and insists on the full 30 day escrow so we can make the most of the sale. Realtors often don't realize that though the house represents the biggest financial value, the belongings inside represent a lifetime of memories. Though they can't keep everything, the seller wants it treated like the treasure trove it represents to them.