Spring Break

This week is spring break for Mark, so he is here for the week before heading back to Boston this week-end to finish up the academic year. We have no big plans, just hanging out and enjoying the time together.
We continue to clean up and clear out. We tackled the garage last week - what an ordeal that was! We thought it might take a couple of days, but ended up taking a full week. It is finally done and looks great.
This week we are having the driveway jack-hammered out and re-poured. Thirty years of wear and tear, freeze and thaw had taken its toll. Now all we need is a dry (no rain) day to get the new cement poured. For anyone who knows about Pacific Northwest March weather, you know that dry days are few and far between.
The grandkids are coming for a few days and we're really looking forward to that.
More as it happens....
We've been told that we don't keep our family blog very well updated, so we'll try to improve.

The Moving Process Has Begun

Yesterday we had two realtors come over to our house and today another one will come. We are interviewing different realtors and will decide later this week who will be our listing agent. It didn't help that we had more new snow and temps in the low 20's, so one realtor parked in the street and walked down our snowy driveway to avoid possibly getting her car stuck. The landscaping and roof could not be seen, but the two here yesterday will be back later this week and hopefully they'll be able to see a little more.
The house needs to be in 'ready to show' condition now. We've spent the past year getting rid of a lot of things we don't need any more - what the real estate world has coined 'clutter'. so after 30 years in this house, we are ready, but unfortunately, the real estate is very poor. Oh, well, we'll just see how it goes. If it sells, we'll move, if it doesn't, we won't. Once our chosen realtor posts pictures, we post a link to them. Stay tuned for more updates.

Great Wolf Lodge

Our main Christmas gift to Drew and his family was a night at the Great Wolf Lodge here in Washington. This past Thursday was the day they picked. We drove down to visit them and see what this place is all about. What an amazing place! It was so much more than we thought it would be. It is not only an indoor water park, but also a great lodge, with restaurants and lots of activities for kids and adults. JJ's favorite was the electronic scavenger hunt. Hannah liked the water part features. Both kids loved the kid cabin they had in the room with their parents. It was complete with video games and bunk beds. If you are interested in visiting one of these lodges, here is the link: www.greatwolf.com

We had a fun visit with them all. They drove 3 hours east and we drove 2 hours south to meet and spend some time together. Can't wait until we move. Some realtors are coming this week for some preliminary talks on getting this house on the market - the worst housing market in my life time.