Well, our house is officially on the market. Any takers? Yesterday we worked tooth and nail (Where does that phrase come from, anyway?) to get the house ready to be shown. Everything has its own "show" place, including the twins' toys. Michael worked his tushee off and then announced that I was not allowed to cook anything and that we would only be using paper plates. I wonder how long we can eat cold sandwiches before he asks me for spaghetti and meatballs?
One of the cool things we're doing is called the Talking House. When you drive up to the front of our house, a sign tells you to tune to channel 1610 AM (Don't try it now - You have to be right in front of the house for it to work). It's a pretty nifty idea, especially since our HOA doesn't allow us to distribute flyers (and let's face it, the flyers just get picked up by the neighbors anyway). So, when you tune into our special Talking House program, you get to hear my lovely voice tell you all about the property for 3 minutes, and then it repeats itself. I had such a blast writing a script. My favorite line is, "Improve your game on your very own putting green, or relax and enjoy mountain views from your personal balcony." That's marketing, baby!
The house really does look phenomenal, and I'm enjoying the tidiness, but I hope it sells sooner rather than later. Or, at least until I start craving some home-cooked meals.
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FIGHTING TOOTH AND NAIL - "Fight fiercely, with all one's resources; cling tenaciously. A Latin proverb expressed this thought as 'dentibus et vnguibus.' In the sense of fighting, it appeared in English in 1562 in Ninian Winget's 'Certain Tractates': 'Contending with tuith and nail (as is the prouverb).' In the sense of holding fast, it is equally old, as in Erasmus' 'Enchiridion Militis Christiani' (1533): 'Take and holde this toth and nayle, that to be honour onely which springeth of true virtue.'" From "The Dictionary of Cliches" by James Rogers (Ballantine Books, New York, 1985).
Good luck to you for a quick and profitable sale!!!
Wow Aunt Laurie
Can you tell me where babies come from now?
This seems to be a recurring theme with you:
"If their daddy is afraid of things that go up and down and round and round.. how did he become a daddy?"
"Can you tell me where babies come from now?"
Maybe they are downloaded from the internet? Perhaps we should google it???
Where do babies come from
Aunt Laurie you are now my favorite member of Jen's family. Grandma "Spinner" from florida has to moved back to second.
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