Mom

Mom settled on her new house on Monday.  Her new home is 3 miles away from my sister.  Perfect for her, as my sister will be able to check in on her daily.

I went to visit the new house yesterday.  Very cute!  It's a one story rambler.  Very open floor plan, with living room, kitchen, dining room, 3 bedrooms and 2 baths.  Smaller yard that the old house, so it should be less of a hassle for her.  I don't know that the trees are as grown up as the trees at her old house.  Two of the trees in the old house were well over 200 years old.  But, there is a big tree in the front yard of the new house.  Even better, there is a Crape Myrtle tree.  She's always wanted a crape myrtle tree in the yard.  Her mother had a collection of Crape Myrtles in her yard when she was growing up, so there is some nostalgia involved in owning a house with at least one Crape Myrtle.  Lo and Behold, her house has not one, but two Crape Myrtle trees in front.  Her next door neighbor also has two Crape Myrtle trees!

She will be moving into this house in two weeks.  Yesterday, we went to Lowe's and bought a washer and dryer and ordered blinds for the windows.  With the way her luck seems to be running, the washer and dryer were in stock.  The person who will measure for the blinds will be in this morning, and the washer and dryer will be delivered at the same time.  Hopefully, the blinds will be in before she has moved in.  It will make her more comfortable in her new home!

If you remember my last post, the old house went on the market a couple of weeks ago.

Her house was subjected to a bidding war, and she accepted a final contract on her house 36 hours after she put the house up for sale.  Even better, in this market, the house sold $10,000 above her asking price.   No closing date has been listed yet, but if the deal does fall through, he agent told her not to worry, he should be able to get another offer on the house fairly fast.

Mom is both very excited and very worried about the move.  I hope that all goes well for her in her new house.  I hope she gets along well with her new neighbors and settles in to her new neighborhood soon.

I timed the drive down to her new house yesterday.  It is 3 hours down there, through some pretty horrendous traffic around DC. 

However, this is about Mom and what's best for her.  I'm still young enough that I can do that kind of driving.  I am exhausted the next day, but at least she will be in a location where one of us can look after her.

Slowly but surely, I am coming to accept this move as I realize that it really is all about Mom.

Nice kitchen!