THINGS SEEM TO BE ALL SET

 

Everything is proceeding nicely on the upcoming sale of the house in upstate Pennsylvania.  All the tests, inspections and appraisals are done with little ado.  Soon we will be packing and moving the household into storage for the time being.  Now I must get busy doing the list of things that need to be cancelled and returned.  We have hired help to do the heavy lifting and moving of objects.

Uhaul has a spot where they indicate that one month free storage if you move with them.   Spoiler alert, it is the second month, not the first that is the free month… considering how long it take to find new housing we may may be into the second month.

I will be glad when everything gets back to its “new” normal.   The cats are still hissing and much less growling.   Some of them are chasing each other in play, I decided if none of the above are included it is most likely play.

That is really about it for now, I wanted to let people know I was still alive and kicking.

SINCE EMILY IS BACK HOME....

I decided to host Thanksgiving,  I have been sort of out of the family rotation because we would go to her house or if she was here someone else had claimed the Holiday.

I have to dust of my old cookbooks and make the menu, it is really easy, they like everything the same way it was the last time.  I have a lot of time to do that.

My husbands brother moved to Florida and they had three cars.  Tomorrow the husband is going on a road trip to take the Corvette down to him.  The brother left a pre-programmed GPS, a Trip Tick and some other essentials to aide him on his drive.  The brother will fly him home, I opted out of this trip since I HATE to fly.   The kid and I will eat out at some restaurants that the husband would not generally care to visit.

Since the work on the kids house is done I now have to think about what shall I write, guess I should make a list....

UPDATE ON MY ACTIVITIES

 

After two weeks, and months before, of hard and intense work we had the house in tip top shape and listed. The house looks great and after five day we got a good offer. There is still a house inspection due and the closing is set for the end of May, I hope all goes well. 

The cats are still growling and hissing at times, but no blood has been drawn.  No fighting no biting and that is good.  We now have to start to pack and get ready for the move.

It makes me wonder how in the world our ancestors, a lot who seem to move all the time, did this with regularity.  I theorize they had much less stuff and it was a lot easier, plus a lot of them rented so they did not worry about selling a house and buying a new one.

Did they have realtors 100 years ago and how did one go about buying and selling a house at that time.  Where did they advertise?   I think I shall research this question and see what I can find.

Here’s hoping all goes smoothly.

CAT RELOCATION UPDATE

The cats have not killed each other, or even drawn any blood.  I check around each time I come home to see if there are any little kitty carcasses lying about.   The all show up for food which is a event in itself.  

The cats arrived one week ago and Chuck left me with five cats.  For the first day or two Oscar was hiding under the bed and hissing and growling his displeasure at his abrupt upheaval.  Even though the door was closed, litter box, water and food provided, he would not come out.  Chuck managed to drag him out and he continued to hiss and growl.

Sofie was more adventuresome, she was sniffing under the door and hissing at the growls behind it.  By day three Sofie was out and about and day four Oscar was out exploring his new surroundings.   The resident cats were offended,  a lot of noise but no actual fighting.   I was armed with a water pistol and a few shots were given when a fight seemed forthcoming.

They are going out of their way to avoid each other, everyone hissing and growling, but it has decreased by about 90%.  Yesterday the daughter arrived with cat number six, Jenny.  Jenny had lived with us for about six years and she move back in like she had never left.  No cowering under the bed for her, just a quick stop at the litter box and then a perusal at the food dish.   She did not even investigate the surrounding,  guess it all seemed the same to her.   But even Jenny was hissing at Oscar and Sofie who she had live with her up until one week ago.

I think I am going to start growling myself....

Lucy and Henry, the Watchers.

RELOCATING THE CATS

Today was the day that two of the daughters cats came to my house.  Chuck put then each in  a cat carrier, facing each other, and drove 5 hours to our house.    I thought that there would be a lot of crying and gnashing of feline teeth.   No, they did not, in fact he said he heard only about 10 meows through out the trip.

Next phase will be introducing them to each other.  They are in a bedroom, with a litter box, food and water.  My cats are aware of them.   I have heard some hissing and slight growling from beyond the door.  I think both sets of cats are just a bit stressed,  perhaps tomorrow they will meet.

I am finally back to write a post, a lot of excitement and planning and coordinating has been taking place here.   My daughter has been offered and accepted a job back in Western Pennsylvania.  A hospital near to where we live had openings and she applied, interviewed and now will be leaving the Wilds of Pennsylvania.

She loved her job but she said if she could move that hospital and plop it down in Western PA she would do it.   We all have been spending a lot of time getting ready for the move, packing boxes and doing the prep work.

There is now the task of relocating three felines to live with my felines.  This should be quite a cat and pony show.  I hope all goes well.

She will live with her parents for a bit until the house sells and we find another in our community.  I am so excited about her coming "home."

VERY BUSY

 

Doing a lot of nothing.  I haven’t posted in a while, we have a lot of things going on at this time, nothing bad, I may write about it later.

With all the blizzards and snow in the West and Central part of the county, the storm has hit Western Pennsylvania.   It has been in the form of rain and it has been raining for the past twenty four hours. 

I am so ready for spring, I hate being unable to go outside unless I get all bundled up first.  I saw a robin, they seem to have come back really early, I still do not think the ground hog was right.  I read in another article that the humming birds are leaving the winter respite a week to ten days earlier.  I don’t know why but there are no flowers and the water in a hummingbird feeder will freeze.

That is about all I have to say for this day, the dryer is calling my name.