- Happier than I can say to be ack in DFW, but wishing baby girl and I weren't sick as dogs. Doc for both of us tomorrow.
- Hubby didn't appreciate me singing the Rocky theme when a wrong turn brought us in view of the Philly skyline instead of the rental cars.
- 20 miles left to PHL...then only a couple hours to DFW. Home by nightfall and thank GOD for that!
- My fun day: just got burned by battery acid when one of the batteries in my pump exploded while in use. Are you KIDDING me? Ow.
- Baby and I are both extremely sick...but at least we're headed back to Texas this afternoon.
- My sanity is waning...and now all 3 of us have the flu. Time to get back to Texas! Yard sale then a chaotic Easter then we get to go home.
- Mom: "You can take anything you want...it'll all be yours someday, anyways." Me: "Ok. Can I have that?" Mom: "No, that's mine." OY!
- Getting ready for mom's yard sale tomorrow...come buy LOTS!
- Pa trip, day 8. Time for a "come to Jesus" mtg with mom: no one needs 6 sets of pots and pans, 3 blenders or 36 boxes of 1980s magazines.
- Another day drawing to a close...another couple rooms done. Countdown to Texas: 4 days.
- My time limit with mom is 5 days. Today is day 7. My patience has run out, and is down the street, around the corner and mooning traffic.
- Just put together *another* bookcase. I'm getting to be a pro!
- It's official...I'm sick. Argh.
- Mom disappeared into the kitchen 2 hours ago, muttering about cooking dinner. Two plates of leftovers just hit the table. WTH?!?!
- In Scranton on a Wednesday for the 1st time in 5 years and am foregoing Wing Night to continue cleaning out mom's house. Oh, the humanity!
- I think my mother has more kitchen crap than most restaurants. Hope we can sell a lot of it.
- Dude. Mom's neighbor just volunteered to buy her house, if she wants to sell. Now to make sure she doesn't screw this up!
- Victory! Mom agreed to let us have a yard sale for her on Saturday so I placed an ad in the paper before she could change her mind.
- Cleaning out mother's house is a mix of the Twilight Zone and This Is Your Life.
- On my laptop for the first time since Thursday night...internet MUCH faster than on the phone, but not many wifi spots around here!
- And so day 1 in PA comes to an end. Sanity still intact but in tons of pain after cleaning out mom's garage in COLD weather.
- A great big thank you to the agents and TSA folks who were super helpful at DFW. Waiting out ATC to PHL.
- Anyone else clean compulsively before going on a trip? My thought is "if the plane goes down, don't want anyone going in my dirty house!"
Mom's House
Published on
Thursday, April 16, 2009
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Chris, Catherine and I just spent 10 days in PA trying to whip my mom's house into shape. We were *moderately* successful but will need to go back again to finish sometime in May or June. Until then, here's a recap of our time there, a la my Twitter updates...
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