Moving on

well, it's finally january. yipee! this weekend will be the weekend dan and i are going to seriously begin prepping our house to be put on the market. there's not a ton to be done, just some touch up painting and a couple of other projects. mainly we need to clean out closets and the garage - YUCK! the closets won't be too much of an ordeal, but man, the garage is a wreck. dan uses half of the garage as his woodshop so it has all his tools, wookworking equipment, etc. i have a lot of things to pack up in the house to make it more buyer-friendly, but where are we going to put all the boxes?? the garage! oh well - i guess i'll have to start parking in the driveway. i hate that. we also need to do some yard work. neither of us really care a ton about landscaping so we don't have anything blooming other than the mexican heather that's in a bed. speaking of mexican heather - it grows out of control with no maintenance! i wish we had more of it. so anyway, we need to spruce up the yard and get some curb appeal.

houses in our neighborhood usually only stay on the market a month or less. one down the street from us sold in 4 days earlier last year. i read on the chron.com this morning housing sale prices in houston are up which is good and bad for us. both since we are looking and selling - but hopefully we can be smart about our purchase. i've been tough on the houses we have looked at. things like paint color, fixtures and appliances are pretty much deal breakers for me. dan gets so frustrated telling me to ignore those things, but hey, i want a house that is move in ready. i don't want to think about having to replace things. so anyway!! the fun begins!