For sale

I am completely distracted. We have made the decision to put our house up for sale. Our house is about 30 years old. It is the time when everything is falling apart and needing to be replaced. I am getting estimates on basic repairs, sorting, cleaning and organizing. It is hard work, but I feel so good about the end result.

I love efficiency. I love things to be neat and orderly. I don't go overboard (by whose standard??I don't know...)- I keep the chaos away just enough to be normal and not compulsive!

One show that our family has been watching is Monk. My Martha, especially, is hooked on it. It is a mystery/crime solving show with a few funny quirks. While no one has all of Monk's quirks there is probably at least one of his habits that you can relate to.

I don't know how this happened, but Martha has "thing" about touching dirt or dirty things. She would rather wear gloves or not touch those things at all. I realized this recently. I have no problem touching anything dirty...I cleaned dirty diapers for heaven's sake..why would I freak over anything else? Well, she does. She has been completely uncomfortable cleaning after her rabbit and after our dog. She does not like to even handle dirty garbage sacks. I'm not writing this to make fun of her. It is just an interesting quirk in our family and I enjoy our differences.

Do you have any weird quirks in your family?

Poor Buddy has been sick these past couple of days. He has been more tired with a stuffed up head and sore throat. It hasn't been enough to really lay him flat, but he is just not as peppy. We have been spared a lot of illness over the past few months. (compared to many of our friends) I hope it continues!

Back to the grindstone!