House For Sale - Day 17

Last night our realtor came over with the To Do list of things that need to be fixed before closing. Thankfully, it wasn't a long list. However, I'm not going to run out to fix the things on the list until our buyer's wife actually approves of the house. We just signed the paper that said that we agreed to take care of the things on the list before closing. If there isn't a closing on April 30th, there's really no point in straining ourselves. These were not major repairs and quite frankly, a couple of the items on the list were non-items.

I'm told that the buyer and his wife plan to tour the house tomorrow morning at 9 AM. This is going to be interesting. Very interesting. This is not only because my husband and son are not used to getting up that early on weekends but because they need to get up soon enough to make sure that the house is "prepared" for viewing. Dusting. Vacuuming and then dusting again. Beds made...correctly. Every light must be turned on and all the fans turned on low. The dogs must be fed, watered, walked, and loaded into the car to exit the house with us. All this must be done before my husband and son are "conscious". I'm used to getting up at pre-dawn hours. It's a habit of mine not to mention that the dogs don't permit me to sleep late.

Today's Little Bit of Trivia

The phrase "sent up the river" is slang for "sent to prison". The river is the Hudson and the prison is Sing Sing, which is upriver from New York City.