1. Details and agreements to sell/lease house completed.
2. 30 minutes of exercise each day.
3. Spend 8 hours on off-line pursuits like drawing or crafts.
4. Decide garage sale days, begin advertising it and finish getting stuff packaged up and ready to sell
5. Research pricing for furniture to be sold and place ads on KSL.com and craigslist.com.
6. Work on the big pre-move goal.
7. Unclog the bath tub drain.
Task 1 is on track. The details and agreements are ready to move forward with the lease-to-sell option as the folks who want to buy my house got a sad/sick appraisal on theirs. I'm looking a huge loss but I still have equity. They're upside down. This real estate market is all around painful right now.
Task 2 went a little better this week. I think I still missed a couple of days getting the full 30 minutes in but between going up and down the stairs getting stuff packed and ready for a garage sale this coming weekend and getting out to walk every day and doing some stretches specifically to help with flexibility I'm getting the time in most days. I'm feeling pretty pleased about this, but I want to keep it on my weekly list for awhile longer so it becomes a solid habit.
Task 3 is another tough one. Life circumstances left me with too much idle time to play around online and it became a hard habit to break! I may have got the 8 hours in, but barely. This one needs to stay on the list indefinitely!!
Task 4 is done. The garage sale is going to be Friday and Saturday, September 21 and 22. I'll have quite a bit of stuff ready to go out but (shudder) may have to have another in a few weeks to get rid of straggler items. I advertised in my Ward's RS Newsletter and will be placing ads on KSL,com, craigslist.com and Facebook as well as making posterboard signs to place around the neighborhood on Thursday morning.
Task 5 is a rough one... Pricing, generally, should be about 1/3 of what you paid (can you say financial rape?) but people here in Utah are so tight they could back up to a wall and suck a brick out. The brown sectional and coordinating area rug upstairs, for example, cost me around $3,400. I've been asking $1,100 and get treated like crap for it. No one wants to pay more than $100 for anything. I wish I could just donate it for the tax write off and be done and not have to deal with rude, horrible people!
Task 6 is more personal than I want to share on the internet, but it's coming along right on track.
Task 7 is done. After major plungering, the bath tub drain is unclogged. That kind of stuff happens now and then in an old house.
Other things I accomplished this week, in addition to the above, include:
- Went to the first goodbye lunch with Marcy and Brantz.
- Finalized which mover to use. The truck will be here on Oct 25.
- Got my flight to Atlanta booked for Oct 31. Hehehe... does Derek get a trick or a treat?
- We made the plans for our first big adventure together - a 10 day Caribbean Cruise leaving Nov 2.
My 7 'must accomplish' tasks for the coming week are:
1. 30 minutes of exercise each day.
2. Spend 8 hours on off-line pursuits like drawing or crafts.
3. Hold the garage sale on Sept 21 and 22.
4. Research consignment arrangements to sell furniture.
5. Make significant progress on the private big pre-move goal.
6. Start the liquidation process on all remaining assets so there's cash to cover car purchase, Oct mortgage and moving related expenses.
7. Make a list of what I need to pack for the cruise so I can hold it out separately.
And though I've given up expecting anyone to follow up with me that reinforcement would still be helpful and welcome!
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