Crazy Busy Life
All of those of you with kids are probably laughing that I think my life is crazy right now. You probably still win the craziness schedule contest but compared to my simple single life this is a lot going on. Some summary below:
This whole sell the condo thing is finally on the move. We met with a realtor that Steve knows through a business assn he works with last Tuesday and found out a lot of great detailed information about the market and the sales and terms that have been happening latley. I appreciated her research and we found out what we needed to do to polish up my place for listing. We set to work and after about 6 rubbermaid storage containers and 6 pieces of small furniture removed as well as a thorough cleaning and ouch up paint we took photos of the condo yesterday and signed all the required paperwork. The listing should be up soon but I really don't think we are going to get any lookers before the holidays. Hopefully it will sell in the spring but maybe we can get lucky.
I found a dress on Sunday at Priscilla of Boston. You may or may not know that I worked there on Saturdays as a second job back in 2001 while saving up money for my condo down payment. Boy has it changed since then. They never used to have sales or other brands and now they are a store with big rolling racks of dresses everywhere and a zoo of customers to boot. I got a Watters & Watters strapless sample dress that looked like it had never been worn for 85% off. Weird and lucky I know, but I managed to get it out of there before they changed their mind about the price. Now I just have to get it cleaned and hemmed and bustled closer to the wear date.
Classes are crazy. I don't think you are supposed to study just before class and still pass this class, but with all this going on that is what is happening these days. Suprisingly I am still doing ok. Maybe because I use math so much for work now.
Halloween was nuts too. We went to a party that Steve's friends had. I was an LOL cat and Steve was a heavy metal guy with a ridiculous wig. Everyone thought that was perfect for him.
I talked to florists yesterday and think red is the way to go, although I really like the yellow roses with the red edges. That may be tacky and too wild but something about gradients on flowers always gets me. More floral appointments this weekend to see what others come up with.
I did a reconnaissance mission at Macys yesterday too and found that Martha Stewart has taken over the store. That and no one registers for her stuff because it is not great quality. It makes it hard to register there since over 1/2 of all the house and home related departments are this cheap Macy's house brand with Martha's lisenced name on them. Pickins are slim and I didn't find much that wasn't gaudy or super modern. (same for cheap stuff vs wicked expensive) I wish there was more middle ground.
I got my hair cut and it's way short. eep. Above my shoulders always freaks me out a bit and then it grows back in quickly and I forget.
Work is crazy and I have a lot to get done, so I shouldn't be posting this. I don't know how your companies are all weathering the recession, but ours has had some cutbacks but my department is still crazy busy.
This whole sell the condo thing is finally on the move. We met with a realtor that Steve knows through a business assn he works with last Tuesday and found out a lot of great detailed information about the market and the sales and terms that have been happening latley. I appreciated her research and we found out what we needed to do to polish up my place for listing. We set to work and after about 6 rubbermaid storage containers and 6 pieces of small furniture removed as well as a thorough cleaning and ouch up paint we took photos of the condo yesterday and signed all the required paperwork. The listing should be up soon but I really don't think we are going to get any lookers before the holidays. Hopefully it will sell in the spring but maybe we can get lucky.
I found a dress on Sunday at Priscilla of Boston. You may or may not know that I worked there on Saturdays as a second job back in 2001 while saving up money for my condo down payment. Boy has it changed since then. They never used to have sales or other brands and now they are a store with big rolling racks of dresses everywhere and a zoo of customers to boot. I got a Watters & Watters strapless sample dress that looked like it had never been worn for 85% off. Weird and lucky I know, but I managed to get it out of there before they changed their mind about the price. Now I just have to get it cleaned and hemmed and bustled closer to the wear date.
Classes are crazy. I don't think you are supposed to study just before class and still pass this class, but with all this going on that is what is happening these days. Suprisingly I am still doing ok. Maybe because I use math so much for work now.
Halloween was nuts too. We went to a party that Steve's friends had. I was an LOL cat and Steve was a heavy metal guy with a ridiculous wig. Everyone thought that was perfect for him.
I talked to florists yesterday and think red is the way to go, although I really like the yellow roses with the red edges. That may be tacky and too wild but something about gradients on flowers always gets me. More floral appointments this weekend to see what others come up with.
I did a reconnaissance mission at Macys yesterday too and found that Martha Stewart has taken over the store. That and no one registers for her stuff because it is not great quality. It makes it hard to register there since over 1/2 of all the house and home related departments are this cheap Macy's house brand with Martha's lisenced name on them. Pickins are slim and I didn't find much that wasn't gaudy or super modern. (same for cheap stuff vs wicked expensive) I wish there was more middle ground.
I got my hair cut and it's way short. eep. Above my shoulders always freaks me out a bit and then it grows back in quickly and I forget.
Work is crazy and I have a lot to get done, so I shouldn't be posting this. I don't know how your companies are all weathering the recession, but ours has had some cutbacks but my department is still crazy busy.