Well, the sun is shining, the snow is all melted and gone, and the weather is warming up. We hear the birds singing, we feed them daily, and all the patio furniture is now back out on the deck and waiting for outdoor meals, gatherings, and fun. Yes, spring has finally sprung here in the 'burgh!
And today, while walking Sassy around the neighborhood, I discovered she's got worms. SIGH. Which means my mom's dog also has worms, and so do the 2 cats most likely. Ain't life grand? So now we get to go to the vet and ask for some medicine...oh joy of all joys.
We're waiting around for the landlord to bring more people over to see the house today. This is the second time in a week. It's rather disruptive, however, because we have to corral the two dogs and the two mom's and hit the highway, wasting time. It's a pain in the patoot but it has to be done. If somebody likes the house, we may have to move sooner than we planned, but at the moment, we have nowhere else to go really. This whole house moving thing is so fun. It's all going to hit the fan at one time, you all realize that, don't you?? That's just how we roll.
Pete is currently working on our wedding video. He's got it started, and so far it's pretty cool. I think he's finished about 5 minutes' worth of still photos, music and video footage edited together at this point. Only 12 million more to go!! hehehe Look for it around Xmas time! Nah, I'm joking...it might be done by July 18th, for our first anniversary. We'll see.
We just returned from our long weekend in Rochester NY to take Florence to see her house there. It's going up for sale soon, and she wanted to see it to have some closure to that part of her life. Now she's feeling much happier, and calmer, and she's wanting to plan a birthday party for herself---she'll be 90 in September. So, that's the next project on the horizon.
But now we have a full-blown busy spring and summer ahead. In two weeks I'll be driving my mom up to Michigan to visit with my nephews during their spring break from school. I'll also be celebrating my birthday and Laurie's while I'm there. Her daughter Ember has one too on April 12th, so she'll get spoiled a little bit as well. Should be a fun week away. Trouble is, arranging things around Florence without Nathan here makes for a rather awkward situation.
See, during our Rochester trip, Nathan also moved there, to start his new life on his own. He graduated college in December, and has been working delivering pizzas at Pizza Hut to save money--he gets great tips--and now he's transferred his job to another Pizza Hut in Rochester and he'll be the "care taker" at Florence's house until it's put on the market and sold. Then he plans to move in with Sybil and Justin (his sister and brother-in-law) who live nearby.
So, without Nathan here in Pittsburgh, we're kinda limited on what we can do with Florence when we go away. The new plan is my mom stays with her while we're gone. But when she and I go to Michigan, only Pete remains. He said he could arrange to work from home that week, so he can be here with her all day. But then he also has rehearsals in the evening for his upcoming play "Jesus Christ Superstar." He will be playing King Herrod, and he's looking forward to it. But, leaving Florence alone for 3-4 hours per evening is a bit risky. So, we're not sure what we're going to do. The only idea I've got is to either hire a nurse to come in and sit with her for a few hours, or ask one of our friends to stop by and visit with her during the evenings while he's gone.
Anyway, so everybody's keeping busy around here, I have cleaned this house from head to toe and it is spotless and spiffy, so it had BETTER stay that way, so these new potential buyers who keep coming to view it will eventually make an offer. Our landlord, Ray, actually offered to let us stay another year if we want to, but frankly I can't wait to move to a bigger house. I've already been decorating the big house on Sutter Road in my mind, but we haven't gotten to the point yet where we can make a full-blown offer. We're ALMOST THERE though. Our credit reports are now spiffy and cleaned up, our ducks are almost all in a row, and once that is finished, our financial advisor is going to help us make a budget and a realistic offer on the house. I just hope it doesn't sell to someone else before we reach that point.
Well, so that's the scoop for now. Soon I'll have the trip to Michigan, then in May, I am taking the mom's to Ocean City with my friend Barbara for the SpringFest arts and crafts show on Mother's Day weekend, and then the following weekend Pete and I will be going to Rochester again for the graduation ceremony for Sybil and Justin at their college. Then, at the end of May, we're going on our annual camping trip. BUT...while all this traveling is going on, we will also be making an offer on the house, and who knows if that will suddenly change everything.
So, stay tuned, Hoch family fans, and I'll update you as things progress.
I think we'll need to start planning a house warming party too!! Yay!!
Love, Rebecca
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