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For Sale by Owner: How to Sell Your Own House Part II
In last week’s installment about How to Sell Your Own House, I talked about how to get your house ready to go on the market. This section is all about how to actually put it on the market.If you sign with a realtor and agree to pay them 3% of your house’s selling price, they offer a full range of services, including photographing, marketing, holding open houses, connecting with other agents, and listing your house on the MLS. If you opt to sell your house yourself, you have to undertake all these components on your own. Here are my recommendations:… Read More- Get a professional photographer: Although professional photography is
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Equal Distribution of Chores
I apologize for not having a more romantic topic on Valentine’s Day, but according to this NYTimes article, equally distributing household responsibilities is romantic!Matt and I try to divide our chores evenly. We divide the weekly and monthly chores into two different groups (#1 and #2) and then we alternate who does them each week/month. Then we have chores that are specific to us every week.
Now that we moved into a new house, it’s time to make up new lists to reflect our new environment.
Weekly #1
- Clean entire kitchen (counters, sinks, refrigerator, microwave, floor, windows)
- Mop bathroom floors
- Shake out rugs from kitchen and bathrooms
- Wipe
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Henry’s First Birthday
The little Henry Jones is coming up on the one-year mark (February 28). I’ve been planning his party over at 2000 Dollar Wedding. I’m trying not to fall into the trap of go-all-crazy-and-then-take-lots-of-pictures-for-the-whole-internet-to-ooh-and-ahh-at-and-pin. But I am seizing this milestone as an opportunity to flex my creativity in fun ways (I’m making my first pinata! and we’re having a gourmet grilled-cheese bar!) and as a chance to create a fun party for Henry (we’ll be in our backyard with balls and dogs!) and as a chance to bring together friends and family.… Read MoreI love birthdays. The author of Living Passages for the Whole Family: Celebrating Rites of Passage from Birth
