Hi All, I'm finally done with the first (and wishfully hoping only) Open House... House never looked so clean, except of course the last time it was on the market. My sister-in-law and friend came over this morning and helped move the last of the extra furniture and odds and ends down to the basement, and vacuumed and dusted (again, my house is SO dusty!)... it looks so good, I can't cook in that kitchen, I might get it dirty!
I hope everyone enjoyed their cupcakes, now I'm going to have to mess up my kitchen and make a cake (from the box). Wishing I had the energy to get the ingredients to make my chocolate dump cake! Maybe later this week. I've been off-line since Friday, so had 2 full pages to catch up with!
I don't remember whose DIL has the cancer prognosis, but I used to work for American Cancer Society, and their website is FULL of information, support groups, all kinds of help... it's cancer.org, so easy to find. I pray that she'll beat the cancer, and maybe they can do one of those implant things they do for brain tumors to help kill it off.
It was a beautiful weekend here, comfortable in the high 60's/low 70's, the air just smells so good! Wish my gardens were blooming for the Open House, but usually aren't ready until May. All 3 of my kids had school concerts this weekend, one on Friday night, one on Sat afternoon, and the youngest this afternoon. It's a state-wide competition, and their bands/chorus usually place in the silver/gold region.
I went to see 2 houses during my Open House, and I LOVE the first one, which hopefully will be available when I can put an offer in. I'd have to move to the next town over, but we have a regional school system, so the kids all go to high school together anyway. So that would only affect my youngest, for 7th and 8th grade. I really hope it's meant to be, wish me luck!
Liz, hoping your weather stays safe! Tornadoes scare the *(&( out of me... I'm so glad we rarely get them here. I think the last tornado that hit my town was actually a "micro burst" where the air sort of explodes. The National Weather guys were all over that! But the last tornado was in the 50's where it killed a few people. My Dad used to tell a story when he and my Mom were driving cross country in the late 50's hauling a house trailer, of a twister coming down the road behind them! Not sure how much truth were in any of his stories, they did seem to get more dramatic each year.
I'm finishing off my tea, and now its either a nap or baking a cake!