We decided to put our house on the market so for the past few weeks we have started packing up our things and toys, and moving them to a storage.  We have been working on the yard on our own, cleaning up and replacing the mulch.  We finally decided to have the interior painting done which started last week.  It was quite stressful as we had to move things to the center of the room and dealt with the mess throughout the process.  We also had to stay out late as the painters sometimes worked until 7-8pm.  The painting job finally finished on Friday (total of five days), but we could not put things back in place yet as we were leaving town.  While we were gone, the realtor arranged to have the exterior power-washed and have a handyman repairing a few things in the house. 

    When we returned from New Mexico, we finally put things back in place after the painting.  The realtors came to the house yesterday to accessorize the house while we moved out most of the knick knack into the storage or into the garage.  We also had to finish up the yard work.  I removed all the old mulch in the front yard and replaced with new ones.  I also potted some new geraniums.  A housekeeper came in this morning to clean up the house and made it spotless.  The photographer arrived afterward and took photos of our finished work. 

    We now still have a little bit more clean up to do on the sides of the house, but we hope that the majority of the work has been completed.  The house will go on the market starting next week, and we will have an open house next weekend.  We will have to live on a different routine during the entire week; will see how we manage it then.  We have posted before and after photos of our house.  If we are not able to sell the house, at least we have given it a new look.