Empty Rooms and Walls: It will be an easy move!

August 15, 2011 by Heather Lucier Stanley 1 Comment

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Our former house has at least two empty rooms, one empty closet and an empty entry hall. The walls are bare almost everywhere. At this point, most of the items still remaining are: 1) items our buyer bought or 2) items we are keeping and our close date is not until September 1st.

NOTE: We started leasing back our house on our buyer’s close date, August 9th, and have paid the new owner rent through September 9th. After we close on September 1st, we will have 9 days to move our things to our new home and clean our old home for the new owner. We’ll also use those 9 days at our new house to hire a locksmith, call AT&T to drop a new phone line in Alan’s office, order plantation shutters and a sofabed and ottoman, have the grout sealed, have installed a counter depth refrigerator, a stackable washer and dryer, and a security system.

September 1st – September 9th will be 9 days well spent and these days will be packed – but not with unpacking (ha, ha). I am proud of downsizing and proper planning. One of my personal mottos is: Be Proactive, not Reactive.

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About Heather Lucier Stanley

Heather Lucier Stanley grew up in Central Massachusetts and lived in New England until she started studying at the University of Michigan where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing and Literature. In her early 20s, she moved to San Antonio, Texas and started studying business and accounting. In her late 20s, she became a Certified Public Accountant. She has held many varied and interesting business and volunteer positions: public accountant, internal auditor, systems implementer, project manager, business analyst, tax preparer and Austin Skiers board member. While traveling 35% for a position she held, she earned her Master of Information Systems (MIS) at the University of Phoenix. She is enthusiastic about learning and trying new things. A few of her passions are personal development, fitness, snow skiing, and travel. She is outgoing and real. She feels that success is easy to attain if the individual defines what success means to her and then has a plan to achieve her individual success. No two definitions of success are the same because each of us is unique and has something original to share with the world.
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One Response to “Empty Rooms and Walls: It will be an easy move!”

  1. Charles Anderson August 15, 2011 at 11:50 am

    Is it irony? — while I’m reading about your efforts to “right size”, selling unnecessary items and your goal of minimalism, I see an advert for the Lincoln Summer Sales Event?