Your home staging checklist:

Are all countertops clean and clear?
Have you removed unnecessary furniture throughout the house?
Is the refrigerator free of children's art and magnets? Check the bathrooms
Are the surfaces clean and clear?
Are shower curtains clean and hung properly?
Is the flooring clean and fresh?
Are towels neatly hung? Check the walls
Is paint and wallpaper fresh and clean?
Are the walls free from cracks and holes?
Is there anything on the walls that need to be removed? Check the floors
Is the carpet clean and free from stains?
Are hard surface floors clean and free from stains? Check the windows
Are all the windows clean?
Are draperies and blinds clean? Pet check
Remove any signs that this is a pet's home. Check the aroma
Air out the home prior to showings. Set the mood prior to showings
Open draperies and blinds.
Turn on the radio to a soft music station, set the volume low.
If you have time, bake a batch of cookies or muffins to create a warm, welcoming aroma.

Thursday, December 31, 2009

Shameful. How could someone do this? http://ping.fm/Giwdz
Free clear clothes hangers (regular and skirt style) at Stein Mart, 7710 N. Academy in CO Springs. Time to organize your closet? I can help.
What will matter most when you look back at 2010 a year from now? Make that happen, beginning now!

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

"Americans have 1.5 billion pairs of unworn shoes lying in their closets." Donate: http://ping.fm/D5QJk

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Tips for family finances - save on groceries, phone services, more: http://ping.fm/1Ckup

Monday, December 28, 2009

Saturday, December 26, 2009

What do you find most difficult post-holiday? We removed a crunchy tree tonight. Why don't the decorations ever fit back in the same box?

Friday, December 25, 2009

Hoping you received the best gift of all this Christmas Day - the one made possible by a babe born in a manger centuries ago.

Thursday, December 24, 2009

Over the pass and through the town, to Aunt Martha's house we go...time to share dinner and gifts with family. Hope you're with loved ones.

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

To whomever ordered up a White Christmas - could you please retract that now? We're good on the white stuff! Thank you and Merry Christmas.

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Snowflakes are falling, & I can hear "White Christmas." Or maybe my ears are ringing from all the noise at the supermarket. Merry Christmas!

Monday, December 21, 2009

Tired of your Christmas traditions? Read this, then visit my719moms.com: http://ping.fm/9Qvon

Sunday, December 20, 2009

Creating new Christmas traditions: KOAA at 5:30 and 6:30am Monday. Look for link and check out additional resources and blog: my719moms.com.

Saturday, December 19, 2009

Tune in to KOAA between 5:30 and 7am Monday for my segment on creating new Christmas traditions with your family.

Friday, December 18, 2009

Do you realize that in about 40 years, we'll have thousands of old ladies running around with tattoos? Rap music will be the Golden Oldies!
Money can't buy happiness -- but somehow it's more comfortable to cry in a Corvette than in a Yugo.
If you don't have a sense of humor, you probably don't have any sense at all. Go laugh with your kids (or borrow some) today.
Live conference call w/author Kathy Peel-earn money as a Family Manager Coach: http://ping.fm/QWqgH

Thursday, December 17, 2009

A good time to keep your mouth shut is when you're in deep water.
Why is it that at class reunions you feel younger than everyone else looks?

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

I totally take back all those times I didn't want to nap when I was younger.
No one ever says 'it's only a game' when their team is winning.

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

"Reform" does not equate to saddling my children with debt, in my opinion. Leave it as is until there is a BETTER solution!

Saturday, December 12, 2009

There are worse things than getting a call for a wrong number at 4A.M. Like this: it could be a right number. Thank God for your blessings.
There are no new sins; the old ones just get more publicity. New Tigerism?

Friday, December 11, 2009

How come it takes so little time for a child who is afraid of the dark to become a teenager who wants to stay out all night?
Another hacker is at work on Facebook. Don't they have anything better (productive) to do?

Thursday, December 10, 2009

If you can't find it when you need it, do you really have it, or does it(s clutter) have you? Visit thecluttercutters.net for specials.

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

We're glad to be home from KC and DIA in this blustery storm! Pray for the homeless persons and animals that are outside tonight!

Saturday, December 5, 2009

Make a memory this weekend. Read Christmas books each night, sip cocoa w/cinnamon stir sticks, dance to holiday music in front of fireplace.

Thursday, December 3, 2009

Looking forward to date: we gave each other the Christmas gift of tickets to the McBride/Adkins concert instead of something we didn't need.

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

This morning, I filed all papers in "to be filed" file. (It didn't take as long as I feared.) I feel invincible now. Watch out, paperwork!

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