When our realtor told us that selling your home is ’emotional’ I wasn’t quite sure what she meant. Did she think we would feel sad and sentimental about leaving the place we called home for 17 years? I came to realize that the emotions to which she was referring weren’t at all related to nostalgia.
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Misadventures in Real Estate: Part 2-Don’t Bet On The Weather
Although our FSBO on Zillow didn’t unearth any interested buyers, it did yield a bevy of realtors from which to choose. By January we were worn down by their relentless affability and picked one to list our house.
Misadventures in Real Estate: Part 1 – Nature Abhors A Vacuum
The fog that clouded my ability to see the funny in any given situation is beginning to lift. In the throes of my real estate debacle, I wasn’t able to laugh at the absurd. Weeks after the closing, I was still suffering from post-traumatic stress; but with the passage of time, my perception of the ridiculousness of events morphs from nightmarish to dark comedy as I feel my old self returning.
Sailor Jerry Spiced Rum Cocktail Lab
Sailor Jerry is a spiced Caribbean rum with flavors of vanilla, cinnamon, and molasses.
Apple Cider Cocktail Lab Revisited
Apple Cider Cocktail Lab Revisited
From the Age of Innocence to the Age of Invisibility
Youth doesn’t disappear overnight, but in increments so small that you don’t even notice it’s leaving until someone else points it out.
Apricot Brandy Drink Lab
It’s time to empty another bottle; one more for Weekend In Review and one less in the liquor cabinet.
Evacuation
While all-day news coverage of Irma is creating panic over the intensity of the storm and destruction in the Caribbean, the station’s weather reporter stands in a street in Puerto Rico with torrents of rain soaking his waterproof suit and bracing against the wind to keep from being blown away.
When Life Hands You Crappy Wine, Make Sangria!
You’re at the wine store and the end of aisle promotional display looms before you. An eye-catching label, a close-out sale price, or an unfamiliar varietal, you find a few new bottles to try. Cocktail hour arrives and it’s time to open one of your much-anticipated acquisitions. Pouring, swirling, sniffing, and sipping culminates with sadContinueContinue reading “When Life Hands You Crappy Wine, Make Sangria!”
Once Upon A Time
My Alexa has a new baby sister and in keeping with the George Foreman tradition of baby naming, she is called Alexa, too (or Alexa II).
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