We have sold our house and bought another, all within ten days' time. Good bye house and garden views. Will surely miss seeing this from my patio chair. Good-bye to cosmos, marigolds, mint, hollyhocks, grape vines, Jupiter's Beard, columbines, and field of grasses.
Hello to xeriscaped yard and outside plants in pots next year; hello to never needing to mow.
Below is a picture of the house we bought on Waite Avenue, just one half mile west, and where we will move the last of September.
Zillow said this about our new house:
This one is Parade of Homes nice! Upgrades everywhere you look. The Larkspur model is the most popular model home in Copper Creek Subdivision. This is the only Larkspur plan built with a 3 car garage! With nearly 1650 square feet, 3 beds, 2 baths and a 3 car garage! Hardwood floors, granite counter tops, custom cabinets, oversized stamped concrete back patio with stamped concrete sidewalk surrounding the home. Stamped concrete drive way, garage attic storage with pull down ladder and much more! Split bedroom design with luxury 5 pc master bath and walk in closet. Great room concept with vaulted ceilings. All windows have high end custom blinds and there is a security system included.
That printed, please don't feign to feel sorry for us in our new and smaller digs. With no grass to mow. We have given away furniture and thrown away things that no one could possible want. I was a little sorry to have my good china exit the house, along with the Howard Miller grandfather clock, but there is absolutely no time to mourn.
On the cancer side, side effects now are loss of eyebrows, a little hair lost on the left side where I part my hair, and gut woes. The blood work shows expected neutropenia so hand washing is a must. I follow a neutropenic diet as much as possible. Yup, I have lost weight. Maybe I will gain it back on an upcoming vacation with Scrabblers.
Those diet, fatigue and tummy issues might present a few glitches when I go off on an 18 day jaunt with Scrabble cruisers when we leave from Southampton, England and go north to France and on to Ireland before heading across the Atlantic to Nova Scotia and on to Canada. Yea! This WILL be a great trip, and if fatigue gets to me, there is always a place to rest on the Azamara cruise ship. I leave on September 7 and return on the 24th from Montreal. Again, how could you possibly feel sorry for my lot? I am Blessed!
Will blog pictures of London, maybe Paris and at the least, the coast of France and Cherbourg, and perhaps more over the next few weeks. Stay tuned for Adventures on the High Seas and wish me great luck playing Scrabble with 16 other tournament entrants as we play 24 tournament games!