Homes for sale

   Bonjour to all of you! it's now officially spring and the much talked about upswing in the housing market can start any minute now. Anyone who has a home for sale knows of that which I speak. Don't move if you don't have to! If only I could take my own advice. We now have 2 homes on the market. Yea, kinda dumb, I know. The city home me and da boyz moved out of in October 2010 is still forsale. We are on our 2nd realtor. Apparently the whole thing needs be beige inside and for $1500 the realtor has a crew to do it. While I am sure this crew is well worth the money and time, I don't have that lying around just now.
   Yesterday we saw my recently retired parents for lunch. I said to my unsuspecting Dad, "Mom said you would paint the old house for me." As he recovered from choking a little on his lobster-feast, he said he could prolly do that. I told him Mom would help him. Volunteering others is a skill I learned growing up, I was generally the one being "volunteered." I said they can do whatever the heck they wanted, just send the bill, as long as it's not over about $500.
   So this wasn't enough for me and my new groom to take on. No, we thrive on instability and chaos. We listed the country lake cabin/house with a realtor. Apparently there are crazy big-city folks who are still buying real estate - especially weekend homes in the country. When I told my Dad that I suspected realtors of saying things like this to get your house listed, he likened them to car salesmen.
   We have looked at some other houses. I'm only asking that it have more living space and some people nearby for me to play with. The rest can be negotiated. I'm concluding that in the off chance some city-slicker offers us a king's ransom for the cabin, we can then find a place to our liking as there are loads for sale at the moment...afterall, it IS officially spring.