Things have happened fast this last week. First of all, Kittie and David came down for the weekend, and our combined efforts finished off what needed to be done to the place. Painting the front door is the only chore left to be done.
I had started a list of things to do, but the activity of the weekend was a flurry of this here and a concerted effort of completion there. Perhaps we were all of like mind, or perhaps it was because there was really so little left to do, but, come Sunday afternoon, I was feeling ready to open up the house or strangers.
The garage is cleared out and organized. The kitchen is done. The downstairs is done. The upstairs is done. What's packed is packed. What left, it's only clean and straighten left.
My one thing left undone: not having enough time to visit with Kittie and David. They bring welcome familial contact, and fill the house with their considerable energy for a couple of days. When they go it is hollow again, and there is an echo for lack of things.
One development: Patty now seems completely comfortable with Kittie and David in the house. She even let them pet her once or twice over the weekend. On the downside, she has taken to spending all her time curled up in the far corner of the deepest cabinet in the kitchen. But perhaps that is not such a bad thing: at least I know where she's hiding.
Yesterday the carpet guys came and did an amazing job cleaning the carpet (in the two bedrooms and on the stairs from the entry down to the garage). It's natural wool berber and looks amazing for the fact that it's at least 20 years old.
So I'm sending Jan a note saying we're ready to photograph.
I'm on that friendly cliff again. A jovial precipice. A reassured plunge the only move left before me.
So, yeah. Hopefully, the next entry will be recapping the open house.
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