Mom Visit
We are DELIGHTED to have found a second vacation rental, meaning Debbie's mom can stay up here in Vermont through mid-October. :)
This has been an ongoing struggle since January. Becky (Debbie's sister) is driving up with Mom in late June, for a three week stay through July 15. We got that vacation rental settled in late January. Then, a little while later, we began to look for a place for Mom to stay on, from July 15 through October 15. At first this entailed looking for a place for us (Alex and Debbie) to move into WITH Mom, for July 15, so Mom would stay in Vermont when Becky drove back down south. The eventual goal would be for Mom to spend summers up here, and winters down south.
Getting into a place for July 15 would obviously entail a permanent move for us, and that timeline was a little extreme for us. We also found that in doing some mad looking as fast as possible, getting a good, comfortable rental for all three of us and the Doberman and the cat was going to take some time and WORK. (Did you know Dobermans are still on the Restricted Breeds list? We didn't.)
So we've transitioned to having another vacation rental for Mom, from August 5 through October 5. Between July 15 and August 5, she'll stay with us at our place, but while that's cool for two and a half weeks, it's a little small for the full three month stay. Then, we would look at finding a permanent place for the three of us on a slower timeline and have it ready for next April.
We're really psyched with the vacation rental we've found, and EVEN BETTER, it looks as though the same people have a two bedroom place to rent right next door to the vacation rental, which is IDEAL FOR OUR NEEDS.
Too weird. And fortuitous.
We are so delighted to be able to have Mom up here for the rest of the summer/part of fall. :) For a little bit it looked like that wasn't going to work out for this year, and we're SO glad it did.
This has been an ongoing struggle since January. Becky (Debbie's sister) is driving up with Mom in late June, for a three week stay through July 15. We got that vacation rental settled in late January. Then, a little while later, we began to look for a place for Mom to stay on, from July 15 through October 15. At first this entailed looking for a place for us (Alex and Debbie) to move into WITH Mom, for July 15, so Mom would stay in Vermont when Becky drove back down south. The eventual goal would be for Mom to spend summers up here, and winters down south.
Getting into a place for July 15 would obviously entail a permanent move for us, and that timeline was a little extreme for us. We also found that in doing some mad looking as fast as possible, getting a good, comfortable rental for all three of us and the Doberman and the cat was going to take some time and WORK. (Did you know Dobermans are still on the Restricted Breeds list? We didn't.)
So we've transitioned to having another vacation rental for Mom, from August 5 through October 5. Between July 15 and August 5, she'll stay with us at our place, but while that's cool for two and a half weeks, it's a little small for the full three month stay. Then, we would look at finding a permanent place for the three of us on a slower timeline and have it ready for next April.
We're really psyched with the vacation rental we've found, and EVEN BETTER, it looks as though the same people have a two bedroom place to rent right next door to the vacation rental, which is IDEAL FOR OUR NEEDS.
Too weird. And fortuitous.
We are so delighted to be able to have Mom up here for the rest of the summer/part of fall. :) For a little bit it looked like that wasn't going to work out for this year, and we're SO glad it did.