clifffaith
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We are about to see if the housing market is still as hot as it was a few months ago. The listing posted to the internet yesterday, and showings are on Saturday and Sunday. After mooning about Carlsbad by the beach for four years, and then looking a bit further inland in Carlsbad, we have ultimately decided on a Life Plan/Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) in San Juan Capistrano. They have our 10% deposit, but we need to get medical clearance which won't happen until we pass the "remember the five words and draw a clock" test and until Cliff's CT scan of his kidney's comes back clear in mid-October (24 hours of pissing blood six weeks ago). Then we have 60 days to get moved.
Looking at two bedroom apartments for four years is nothing like suddenly realizing you have to move into one. Furniture is not an issue -- the dining room table that seats 10, Cliff's big desk, the despised Sleep Number Bed and other items will all be left or sold. We are bound to end up with an extra piece of my modular office furniture, and probably will find we have too many small accent tables, but that's not an issue to me. The problem items will be all the baskets, pots and other knickknacks from our travels, a good 3/4 of which have been packed over the last two years which means I can't remember what the heck I have. And wall decor will be an issue -- every wall in my house was covered with "stuff" until first I winnowed it down when we painted, and then the stager came in and said more stuff had to go. First order of business will be a custom made wall unit built to cover one entire wall in the living room. Because that might not happen for several months or more, I think we are going to need to take at least the 30+ boxes already packed to a self storage unit or I'll go crazy living amongst boxes while cats are trying to scale them.
Cats go to kennel for three nights starting tomorrow, and we are decamping to a guest unit at Reata Glen for Satuday and Sunday night. The marketeer has arranged for us to have dinner with a couple who live on our floor Saturday night. Not sure if brunch on Sunday will be on our own or with a new acquaintance. We'll take the time to find out where Vons, CVS, Target, the mall, etc. are. And of course I need to find the local See's candy shop! Our new apartment (Reata Glen is new construction, so our unit has never been lived in) will be open so I can take a sofa cushion in to check it against the paint (which reads grayish to me) in case we need to do an accent wall, and so we can take measurements and start thinking about furniture placement.
The photographer was here for 3.5 hours on Tuesday, he did a beautiful job! (Other than the close up of the apple with a worm hole!)
Looking at two bedroom apartments for four years is nothing like suddenly realizing you have to move into one. Furniture is not an issue -- the dining room table that seats 10, Cliff's big desk, the despised Sleep Number Bed and other items will all be left or sold. We are bound to end up with an extra piece of my modular office furniture, and probably will find we have too many small accent tables, but that's not an issue to me. The problem items will be all the baskets, pots and other knickknacks from our travels, a good 3/4 of which have been packed over the last two years which means I can't remember what the heck I have. And wall decor will be an issue -- every wall in my house was covered with "stuff" until first I winnowed it down when we painted, and then the stager came in and said more stuff had to go. First order of business will be a custom made wall unit built to cover one entire wall in the living room. Because that might not happen for several months or more, I think we are going to need to take at least the 30+ boxes already packed to a self storage unit or I'll go crazy living amongst boxes while cats are trying to scale them.
Cats go to kennel for three nights starting tomorrow, and we are decamping to a guest unit at Reata Glen for Satuday and Sunday night. The marketeer has arranged for us to have dinner with a couple who live on our floor Saturday night. Not sure if brunch on Sunday will be on our own or with a new acquaintance. We'll take the time to find out where Vons, CVS, Target, the mall, etc. are. And of course I need to find the local See's candy shop! Our new apartment (Reata Glen is new construction, so our unit has never been lived in) will be open so I can take a sofa cushion in to check it against the paint (which reads grayish to me) in case we need to do an accent wall, and so we can take measurements and start thinking about furniture placement.
The photographer was here for 3.5 hours on Tuesday, he did a beautiful job! (Other than the close up of the apple with a worm hole!)
