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PROMPT July 25th Reflect on your week. What was challenging? What did you do that made you feel successful? What made you smile? This week it finally hit me. We are actually going to sell this house! It didn't seem real until just this week. And today...things just feel weird. In preparation for sale, our realtor, bless her heart, asked us to remove just about everything from every room in the house. "Think in 3's," she said. "One picture only. No personal stuff," she advised. "Remove the throw rugs. Move the cat tree out. Take down the drapes," she said again. "The buyers are out there and nothing is staying on the market more than a few days," she confided. So we went to work clearing the house and packing up the stuff. We've been in this house for 20 years. And that means we have a LOT of stuff. I find it amazing how much stuff is in this house. But this week I tackled the kitchen. I pulled down the pictures. I removed the knick knacks. I picked up the rugs. I removed everything from the counters except the tea pot and the keurig. I even put the toaster away. Then I took down the curtain and cleaned up the stove. It was a lot of work and when I was done I was drenched in a sticky hot sweat. Whew! I sat to have a glass of tea, and then I turned to look back. My gosh, the difference was astounding! I had forgotten how BIG that kitchen really is. I had forgotten how tall the ceilings were. I had forgotten how much light actually poured into the heart of the home. I stared for quite a while and then my husband came by. He stared along with me. Then out of my mouth came some pretty stupid words. "Wow, this house is tall." My husband snickered and rolled his eyes. Yes, tall. That's all I could muster. Not big. Not bright. Not inviting. Not anything. Just tall. My kitchen is tall. Well...what can I say? I'll go ahead and plant a palm on my face right now.  .I'm not sure what my next kitchen will look like. Maybe it will be tall. Or maybe not. I'll wait and see. |
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