Next week is a busy one too, including a Thursday trip to Milwaukee to participate in this Federalist Society conference on "The Legacy of the Rehnquist Court" (where I am a speaker, even though I'm not listed on that webpage).
Much as I'd like to take it easy this weekend, I've got to keep working on the project of getting the house ready to put on the market. I've gotten through the most difficult parts. Look how clean the basement is now:
But getting the obvious junk piles cleared only means that the smaller things become perceptible. Maybe I need to think up strategies for not getting swallowed up in housework. Like: don't do anything that has to do with moving as opposed to showing. Or maybe: pick one room a day and do everything and be done with it. But those rules won't work. The first one fritters away time in oversubtle line-drawing. And the second fails because I don't have enough days left. Yeah, yeah, I know. Stop talking about it. Stop thinking about it. Do it!
But first, I have to read the newspaper.
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Ever watch Sell this House on Sunday afternoons? (A&E?)
When you think that you have the room ready to go, then you know you need to take out half of what is left and put it in storage or otherwise dispose of it.
It's a fun show.
Haven't seen it, but I need a list of rules like that.
Good tips.
Plus potpourri (preferably that smells like a food--apple pie or something). I'm not kidding.
We moved this summer and after many fits and starts and wasted days I found the practice of one room a day worked best. The attic was the worst, but by sticking with it for two straight days it was finally emptied and that felt good.
OhioAnne is right, those shows have all sorts of tips you'd never think about. Your house will look sterile to you, but much more appealing to the ave. buyer.
Your clean basement reminds me of where the Partridge Family practiced.
I'm with RIA: baked bread on the counter.
Good for you to be able to write a "big check".
CB: It's not as though students can't conceive of judicial review without reading Marbury. There are many entry points. Some conlawprofs don't even teach Marbury -- and are adamant about leaving it out!
Ann,
A "big check" to the realtor? Uh, don't they get paid at closing? Or is it different up in Wisconsin when you sell a huge house?
Pete: I have a contingency based on the sale of my house, which required me to put up a refundable 5%.
That is, it has to do with the purchase of the new place, not the sale of the house.
Ann,
Ah, that makes sense now. Sorry to be so ignorant.
As a veteran of far too many moves, what kills you is the little things that look harmless until you start collecting them. They take longer than big things. Kitchens are the real stinkers to pack.
So what happened to the awsome Sun Clock?
The awesome sun clock is hanging over the workbench right now.
Patirck - you're exactly, right. It's those little things that kill you. You think, oh I just have a few little things left. And, five hours of diligent work later, you STILL just have a few little things left.
Since I have no particular inclination to visit Milwaukee this time of year, will you give us a summary of your remarks either before or after the conference?
I have a saw blade clock hanging over mine. It's good, but not as bitchin' as the sun clock.
Geoduck,
I'll take that as a compliment, but I don't think I'm anywhere near the depth of knowledge and experience needed for that. You're right, it's something that'd be fun and interesting to me, but I'd be lying if I said I had the knowledge and the temperament to do it right now.
That doesn't mean I'm not going to criticize those who do it badly, on the other hand. ;)
Well, it's something that would be interesting in the future, but I hope it's something I'd only do if I was sure I could do the job well. Being a prof is a responsibility to the next generation, which is why I'm so contemptuous of those who (in my view) cross the line into outright indoctrination. It's one thing for, say, Randy Barnett, who I respect a great deal, and generally agree with, to write an academic paper saying "look, the ninth amendment protects unenumerated rights, and here's why", and quite another to be telling your students "look, the ninth amendment protects unenumerated rights, period." I wouldn't want to be the token conservative blowhard on the faculty is what I guess I'm saying. ;)
Plus, as you say, it's nice when it's an interest more thana career. I've really tried to take most of february "off", or at least, to change pace a little and focus on other things, which is harcer when you're deeply enmeshed in it every day.
The libraries are pretty enticing though...
..., but I need a list of rules like that.
Here is just such a list, and a very good one too: http://www.ired.com/news/hejl/declutter.htm
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