Thinking Outloud

With my father in law’s home now on the market, he has started looking for a new one. He has been thinking about moving closer to her daughter and grand kids and I think that’s a wonderful idea. He has been so lonely over the past eight months that I think a move like this may just be something he needs. He has been checking out areas like Winter Park and has discovered that the prices for homes in this area seem to be extremely reasonable. He has been in contact with a Winter Park real estate agent and has been conversing back an forth regarding a couple of places. We will miss him if he moves that far away from us, but if this is what it takes to make him happy, then I am more than happy for him. I can’t say the same thing for my husband and the kids, but if he decides to move that far away, I’m sure they will adjust.

Now that my father in law has made the decision to sell his current home and move, he really needs to start getting rid of things in his current house. Because he is going to downsize to a smaller one, there is no way that a new home would be able to hold everything that he has collected over the years. So he has decided to have some garage sales to try to get rid of a lot of things and then he will probably looking into hiring the services of a company like the New York Moving Company to move his stuff from location to location. Even though he plans on getting rid of a lot, he will still have a lot left over to move and I honestly don’t think that him and my husband would be able to move all this just themselves. But, we will see if he needs to hire an outside service after he has his many garage sales.

Last night I was doing a little blog hopping and happened across another lady’s blog where she posted all about her Franke sinks. The description and picture that she displayed on her blog got me to wishing that when we were renovating our house, that his was the brand of sink that I went with. But, around our area you cannot get this brand of sink so I had to go with what was available around here. But, if I was to ever renovate another home, you can bet that I would be doing a little more research on these types of sinks. Oh well, the sinks I did purchase do the trick so I really have nothing to complain about.

Now that spring has finally arrived my father-in-law has made a major decision regarding his future.  He has decided to put the house up for sale and to look for something smaller.  Currently him and his dog live in a four bedroom home and in all honesty, this house is way to big for him now.  He hasn’t been able to keep up with the upkeep to the house in recent years and things have started to go downhill in the house. 

Last week he had someone come in to inspect his home to see what needs to be done before he puts the home on the market.  One of the things mentioned that really needs to be upgraded would be the fiber cable that he uses for all his electronics. The good news is that once he completes all the upgrades, his house should sell rather quickly and at a profit. So I guess this is the best move he could make at this point in his life.

I am from the old school of thoughts. When I need to make any type of furniture purchase, I have a tendency to gravitate towards the furniture liquidation centers. I have never purchased any type of furniture from a furniture catalog. I have browsed them to see what types of pieces that I would like, but have never made a purchase from them.

Well all this going to change. My husband bought home a catalogue the other day and I seen a very beautiful hutch that caught my eye. The price was right as well, so it looks like I may be making my very first purchase of furniture from a catalogue. This piece of furniture should be the final item that I need to make my home look and feel the way I want it to.

I bet this happens to a lot of you.  Every time you get some type of electronics figured out, the manufactures then come out with something new. It happens to me all the time. I seems like I am spending most of my time reading manuals instead of working with the products that I have just purchased. My question is once they have a product made and running so that most people are comfortable with it, why do they then think that they need to change and advance it? I guess I am the type of person who believes in the old saying. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.

Oh well, they did fix it and now I have to go figure out how to play with my newest electronic gadget.

While driving around our area last weekend looking at houses and pieces of land to possibly purchase, I seen a lot of signs on people’s houses for College Pro Painters. Anyone that’s not from Canada may not know who College Pro Painters are, so I’ll try to explain this to you. This company is a company that was set up by a student in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. They have been in existence since 1971. Since this date, these professional house painters have painted on average over 30,000 homes a year. This business is an exception franchise operation for any full time college student.

This isn’t the first year that I’ve seen these signs displayed every where. And as the spring and summer season progresses, there will be more signs from this company prominently  displayed. Although  I have never used their service myself, I do know of some people personally who have. They have been quite pleased with the outcome of the work and they would highly recommend them to anyone who is in need of professional house painters. Not only does the homeowner benefit from this type of service, but by hiring these students, you are giving them the opportunity to earn the much needed income they require to finish their education. So, if your in need of house painting services and would like to learn more about this company and the services they provide, then I highly encourage you to drop by their site and see how they can be assistance.

Why is it when spring finally arrives people go all crazy doing spring cleaning and updating their homes? Although there are three other seasons in the year, this is the season where people seem to go all out looking for that best buy at places like buy.com for new furniture and accessories. Why don’t we do this in the winter or fall?

I guess the main reason why I choose to do these types of activities during this time of year is because after a long, dull and drab winter I want to shake things up around my home. Spring colors and new furniture always seem to perk me up after a long winter. This winter was particularly brutal, so I’m thinking I may go a little crazier than normal this spring

Spring has finally arrived and I bet your all glad that it did. Maybe now I will stop complaining in some of my posts about our crappy winter weather. Although, if you look out my window right now, you would probably be wondering the same thing as I am. Where in heck is spring?? Right now we are experiencing a minor snow storm so I don’t think I’ll be digging out my outdoor furniture any time soon. But, spring is here and hopefully it won’t be too much longer before we will starting to see the signs. I just can’t wait to hear the little birdies singing.

Well I had some major plans of going out to get some groceries tonight after my husband gets home, but after experiencing a day of freezing rain with no let up in sight, I think it will be a perfect night just to stay put.  It actually gives me a good excuse not to go out in the freezing, cold and icy roads.  Tomorrow is a new day and it’s suppose to be quite nice.  So I think I’ll just stay home tonight and do a little computer work or some crafting and venture out to the grocery store first thing in the morning.  The only bad thing about that, is then I will have to take both kids with me.  On a night like tonight I am quite thankful that I’m not in dire need of these groceries as I don’t enjoy the shopping experience itself and I would really hate it if I had to fight the weather just for a loaf of bread.

How’s the weather where you at?  Any big plans for the night?