OK Harryshoe time for me to chime in too. I do buy from big box stores but I purchase the majority of my roses from nurseries. We have opened up our own pharmacy to try to have the small personal feeling of a home town pharmacy like in the old days. When we were younger and our kids were younger we only used our local independent pharmacist and that is what persuaded my husband to go into that profession. Everyday we are asked if we match Wally World and yes sometimes we do just because the drug is cheap and can afford to buuut.... we know full well they are not getting the same kind of service at Wally World that we do our best to provide. Anyway to get off my soapbox.... I hope more and more people consider using local businesses whether it be grocery store, pharmacy, nursery, or whatever. Anyway everyone have a great spring and summer and I look forward to seeing everyones beauties, Judy

Thanks for asking, Jroot. It went okay, but not nearly as well as I thought it might. I think I sold one brug, people just don't know what they are! Some tomatoes, but mostly hostas and echineceas. Met some nice neighborhood people though, and it did pay for all the bags of compost and potting soil that I bought. I guess I am more of a plant fanatic than my neighbors, although when people wanted to chat, I did tell everyone who would listen about my political tomato, the Rouge D'Irak. I sold a few of those because people were interested and aghast! Many people did ask if I do this every year, and plan to come back. So that's good!!!

Unless I just zoned out & missed them, there are no photos of the bathrooms either. Maybe sellers didn't want their kitchens & baths splashed on the internet, or maybe they figured their buyers wouldn't want the exposure either...or maybe sellers don't go into the kitchen! It seems to me that the glorious location & views are the most important features. People who can buy a property for more than $20 million can make any changes they want to the house! (but it is a beautiful house).

Good point Bruce regarding the anticipation of buyers asking for an allowance to do things. I will bring this up to DH. Most of the upstairs has been detail cleaned. I have a few more little things to finish. As I re-read the posts above, shellac keeps coming up. I need to paint the side of the cabinets next to the stove where the years of crud had built up. It's cleaned, but I think the sealer will help. I don't know about the rest of the lower cupboards. I hope that the lower drawers and cabinets smell better after I used the Pinesol on them. I'll be going over today. The drawers look like they have always been covered. But still that old wood smell is present. I might mix up a bleach solution today and wipe things down if they still smell. The uppers are painted inside, but someone years ago toweled on some sort of adhesive and glued down thick card stock type shelf liner. Who glues down shelf liner. Its curling at the edges, and I've made a mess of it trying to get it out. I'm going to buy some of the nice shelf liner for the uppers and cover it up. I have fresh coffee grounds to place in the cupboards - someone suggested that for odor control. The outside of the house has been washed. The small flower beds have been stripped and mulched. Looks tidy. Termite guy has finished the job. Do people leave the refrigerator running while the house is being shown. Its an older small fridge but its been well cleaned, thought still has an odor inside. I could use bleach water to wipe down that too. Dishwasher has been sanitized with a fair amount of bleach this last cycle. I used a bleach containing Cascade liquid too. But I did pour in about a cup of chlorine bleach in the pre-wash and ran it on "pots and pans". The rinse water was spotless. I made an error on calling the siding steel. Its aluminum. Needs painting very badly, but I believe its in good shape otherwise.