i won’t put it on facebook

i won’t put it on facebook

My buyers’ realtor took photos after the closing. Because the girl buying my house had a procedure done to her nose, she was reluctant to pose for a photo. I encouraged her because her realtor kept telling us, “I WON’T PUT IT ON FACEBOOK OR ANYTHING.”

Wellllll… lookie what I saw on Facebook….

it's on facebook

Not sure what was going on with my hand but whatever. If that’s striking a pose (like their realtor in the 1st photo), I need practice.

TIL (Today I Learned): Rip was a stray dog adopted by an Air Raid Patrol in WW2. Although not trained for rescue work, he sniffed out over 100 victims trapped beneath buildings. He was awarded the Dickin medal for his work, which has been held partially responsible for prompting the training of search and rescue dogs.


it’s official… I’m homeless

it’s official… I’m homeless

The sale of the city house is complete and I’ve not yet purchased a place to live. I’m officially homeless. 😥

I don’t have a house, but I did get a crate with my name on it…

sellers crate

I’m trying to figure out the purpose behind a crate gift. It’s nice, but at first I couldn’t understand why I’d get a crate to move when I have enough stuff to move already. But then, I figured the snacks would be great during a move when you’re not able to cook.

I’m sure to have more to share about the sale and move and more… but I just don’t have it in me right now. Being homeless is a tad stressful.

TIL (Today I Learned): In 2018, a 34-year-old man blew a hole in his throat by holding his nose and closing his mouth while sneezing. The expulsion of air from a sneeze can propel mucous droplets at a rate of 100 mph. He was given antibiotics and put on a feeding tube for 7 days and recovered with no permanent damage.


trying to keep up and floundering

trying to keep up and floundering

Sometimes when you’re crazy busy, it’s hard not to feel like you’re not just wasting a whole summer of your life. That’s sort of my current situation.

In limbo and waiting on next steps insofar as the sale of this house, the things that need to be done are all horrible tasks. I’m working on staying positive and looking at this experience as an adventure… but I’m failing miserably.

And to make matters worse… I’m hungry! 🙂

Tomorrow is weigh-in day. Oh my! My diet competitors both have an advantage over me. Katie is young and Jeri has more to lose. And while I’m doing the slow and healthy way of weight loss, they’re both doing the ‘no carb’ plan. In other words, eating all the meat, eggs and cheese they want — even bacon. While effective, it’s not as healthy — but everyone has their own thing.

My thing last night was Kung Pao Chicken that even had my lips on fire.

kung pao chicken

TIL (Today I Learned): Prior to marrying his first cousin Emma Wedgwood, Charles Darwin mad a list of the pros and cons. The pros won out, they were married in 1839 and had ten children.


the joys of summertime in Indiana

the joys of summertime in Indiana

Not yet 10:00 AM and it’s already 85°F. Today, Hoosiers can expect about 95°F by early afternoon. I can expect this to happen more often…

fly in coffee

Time to sell!

In other news — and not because there is a fly in my coffee — I’ve made the commitment to sell this house. My realtor will be taking photos tomorrow. My biggest worry is showing the darned thing. What exactly am I going to do with my two huge hounds? I can put them in the backyard but that’s a real problem, as well. A BIG problem!

Merida is too rough to be out at the same time as Dharma without adult supervision. Even then, it’s like herding mosquitos. That doesn’t even take into account that she’ll do everything she can to open the door herself and go inside.

Moving will be incredibly hard — especially when we really don’t have anywhere that’s “move-in” ready to go to. Again, those two big dogs are only going to make everything more difficult. And don’t forget sweltering heat.

I just want it to be over.

My dream is that the first person that sees the house will make an offer. My second big dream is they don’t have a problem with a 30-day window for me to move. It’s a great neighborhood and a fabulous house! You — whoever you are — would look good here. 😉

neighborhood

Wish me luck, y’all!

Here goes nothin’…

TIL (Today I Learned): Robin Williams was offered, and accepted the role of The Joker in the 1989 film, “Batman.” Warner Brothers had only made the offer to bait their first choice, Jack Nicholson, into signing on, which he eventually did. Williams was furious, and demanded an apology from the film studio.


joanna’s got some ‘splainin’ to do

joanna’s got some ‘splainin’ to do

After painting the kitchen chairs, I decided to paint the pie safe after all. The chairs were a drastic change — white to black — and I thought going with black also on the pie safe would simply be too much dark for a kitchen. I surfed over to Magnolia to see what Joanna might recommend.

I chose what I thought was a creamy taupe with a bit of gray. The paint name is “Gathering.” I expected it to be MUCH darker than the white destressed paint I decided on a few years back. More like the background color here on whatifitdid.com only darker.

Joanna’s got some ‘splainin’ to do…

color match fail

That’s what I call a color match FAIL! The pie safe is no longer distressed and it has more of a slick “furniture finish” now. It looks like a clean antique as opposed to something I brought in from the barn. 🙂 I like it alright, I guess, but it’s just not what I expected. You can’t tell by the photos shared, but I painted the inside black (like the chairs) and the white dishes from my Momma really stand out now.

So I went from this…

kitchen furniture before

To this…

kitchen furniture after

I’m in this creative painting mode now and not sure what will get hit tomorrow… but I’ll find something in here I can slap some paint on. Too bad I can’t paint some neutral color on that darned red couch that Ben picked out!

TIL (Today I Learned): Letting a wolf population recover, traffic collisions caused by deer are reduced by nearly 25%; the reduction is not based as much on the decimation of the deer population but on the “landscape of fear” created by the wolves.