Fermin and I have lived in our house for the past 17 years, and although I've been Konmarie-ing my ass off the last couple of years, there's still a lot to do as far as packing up. Let alone, to get it ready to sell. I admitted to her I was a little overwhelmed and didn't even quite know my next step, but knew that I wanted to get as much done in advance of our trip to Colorado in early December as possible.
She said, "Hey! I could fly into Dallas and help you. We could organize and pack up so that when you come back, you can be ready to list your house and then move soon after." Of course, I said that sounded like a great offer. I mean really, who even gets that kind of offer? For a friend to give their time like that to help you clean and pack up your house?!
The next thing I knew, even before I mentioned the idea to Fermin, Kelly texted me with her travel internary. As a bonus, her daughter Abby was also going to fly in for the last two days of Kelly's time here.
I got the feeling, when I told Fermin the plan Kelly and I came up with, he thought we were getting a little ahead of ourselves. He always has the attitude of just going with the flow- a little too loosely sometimes, in my opinion. At some point a few months ago, he said something like "Once it's time to move, we can pack this house up in just a couple of days- tops!" (Um. No.) So to do something a whole month in advance seemed unneccesary to him.
I think he thought we'd mainly just be laughing and having fun, but not necessarily getting any "work" done. And I figured letting him think that initially was fine. He had no idea of the the transformation that was about to happen to our house.
Kelly got in on Friday so that she could go to my gig at Four Bullets Brewery. It was to be my last gig of the year possibly, and probably my last gig while living in Dallas. Having Kelly there made it extra special. I was so happy some of our favorite friends here in Dallas got to meet her, and vice versa.
the Four Bullets Brewery after party. i LOVE everyone in this picture. ❤️ |
one night, out at dinner |
another night out, another great meal and fun |
We boxed up stuff we won't need until after we move (and labeled them well!), we dropped off lots of things to Goodwill, I sold a few things, and I trashed a lot of things.
sorting my office "before" it's transformation |
sorting through things to throw out on the blow up mattress Kelly slept on |
Abby cleaned our shutters and blinds |
We worked hard each day, and even though Ricky and Lucy weren't actually given any jobs to do, they were just exhausted watching all we did, evidently.
watching our hard work was exhausting |
everything's zen |
this arrangement alone will probably sell our house! |
17 years of living in one house- I realize it's the longest I've ever lived in one house. And although I loved this house and this neighborhood, I have no reservations that we are ready for the change of scene. And now, our house looks ready too!
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