I describe our plans to people and I see the excited/envious/wondrous look in their eyes. And I think of all of the mundane tasks that I am doing every day. This disconnect is succinctly described by John C. Maxwell as “Dreams don’t work unless you do”.

August has been spent working simultaneously on:

• Preparing the house for the market. Target date: early September. Repairing, cleaning, painting, staging.
• Downsizing A LOT. We plan to each take two suitcases to Italy when we move and we’ll be renting a 10’x10’ A/C storage unit in Florida for our sentimental items. Everything else is being sold, given away, donated, or thrown away.
• Moving my sister to Ohio. Mickey, her dog, her fish and her Harley left on August 19^th. Her first pod left our house on August 21^st. Second pod with furniture will be after our house sells.
• Preparing my son’s house to store our wine. Ceramic tile installed. Wine cellar ordered and is being shipped across the country. After delivery, Derek will drive the wine down in a cargo van.

So, no cool pictures with this posting. But the house will be ready for the market soon. Pictures will be taken on September 4th.