Several of you have been to my house recently where the backyard was basically a pile o’ leaves - it’s now nice, pretty and rather relaxing thanks to mom. Actually, my mom completely changed the way my house looks while she was here this week. We packed up a lot of things in boxes and put them in the basement to be ready to move, she was at the house to have a cleaning company come over, and she helped me plant nice plants in the back yard (and more grass). She spent most of the day while I was at work packing things and cleaning furniture and cabinets, then I joined her as soon as I got home from work, and we’d work until 11pm or so.

The Realtor left a list of things to do, and as of now, the only three things on the list are paint the outside (they’re coming on Saturday), clean up some old mold stains, and clean up the desk in my office. Mom didn’t touch anything in the office, leaving it to me. Once all this is done, it’ll be ready to put on the market. I painted both bathrooms this afternoon and evening. And I still need to caulk the shower in my master bathroom, but it’s painted and clean.

Brian has been working on his as well, and the plan is to put it on the market next week - either Wednesday or Thursday. On Tuesday, I’m going down to help him with some last minute things, then we’ll be coming up to my place to live together until his (or mine) sells and we buy the new one. His was in much better shape, he has a lot less clutter than I do, and his house is much newer than mine (like by 15 years), so he has less issues

I’m really not going to like living in a house that’s actively being shown, but I guess it’s a necessary evil in order to sell it and get the new one.