Summer Most Heat Moon
The deck is done. The last realtor interviewed and gone. Jon, Ruth and Kate drive up to Lake Superior tomorrow while Grandpop does Latin and has lunch with a friend. This very busy week will slow down on Saturday.
This guy’s estimate on the value of our home, different (less) from the realtor we like best, would still give us enough money to buy a home we like in Colorado. That means the actual value, which is probably between them, should be sufficient. Of course, we’re still 7-8 months away from the 2015 market and we can hope that valuation will pick up some by then.
Our basement is two large workout machines lighter, which has opened up a good deal of space. Just right for green tape and red tape boxes. The Vectra home gym and the leg press left a mark here. About a quarter of inch deep into the berber carpet. The 2nd Wind guys were polite and efficient, with only modest grumbling about the Vectra, which is a complex set of equipment with three different stations all connected by cable to a central stack of weights. The one guy said, “Yeah. I’ll probably have to take it to someone else’s house and set it up.”
With each check mark we move a bit closer to the Rockies. Exercise equipment. Sold. One load of books and furniture. Out of the house. Realtors. Interviewed. A new cedar deck. Awaiting a sealant. Lawn and yard work guys. 1 estimate, 2 to go. More empty boxes in the house. Done.
It was heartening today to read over the list of things we wrote down in May and have already completed. There’s a lot more work to be done, but a lot is behind us, too.