Life Cleanse

Sorry it's been so long, but I can't even BEGIN to express how busy life has been around here. I begin my new job on Monday, so I devoted these last two weeks to my mother, to use me however she sees fit.

We've completely moved her office back in to the house, while getting rid of a TON of paper and office supplies in her green initiative to go more "paper free," re-organized the home office, turned the old office into Tag Sale Central, and now that the house is going on the market this Friday, we've also cleaned it, staged it, painted the basement and garage floor, and Good-Willed the heck out of every closet. Okay so maybe we've hired a few extra hands to help out with a few things, but it's still been a lot to organize!!!

Marilyn Douglas called up Lisa Skelley and before we knew it, they were here to stage every room in the house! Marilyn had made Mom dinner the night before and heard what we had ahead of ourselves, and got Lisa on board to help, who is a fantastic home designer and stager. The place looks fantastic, and they gave us lots of little hints on how to make the place even better (which then magically appear on my "to do" list).

Tom, our beloved handyman, has been doing tasks all over the house, and even brought his homemade turkey and orzo soup for lunch to share with us today. Above and beyond!

One of Mom's lead organizers, Darlene, is a tag sale guru, and is manning our massive home & office sale this Friday in Mom's old office space. Every inch of space if covered in goodies, and we've been having a ball organizing, pricing, and chucking what I can't believe we saved in our infamous "tag sale pile" to begin with. Feel free to come on by this Friday 9-1, Riverdale Farms, Building 12.

Other than being massively productive on the home and office front, Mom is also doing phenomenally well with her chemo. So well that after her treatment this Monday, she completely forgot to take her medications! Whoops! But she spoke with her nurse today who helped Mom get everything back on track. Her kidney function is excellent, her blood values are where they should be, and her appetite is roaring. She said to me yesterday, and this is a direct quote, "I'm the happiest I've been in a long time." For someone navigating some major hurtles just one of which would completely undo any of us, that's pretty darn tootin' amazing.