Home is Where We Are

We're back in Seattle, after spending three weeks in San Diego.

Did I explain all this before? Well, we're selling our house and that process is a pain, especially the keeping the house spotless part, because with a two year old, there's no such thing as spotless. Everything is spotful. So since Jason is so busy with his business down in San Diego, we decided we would take an extended vaca and visit his parents.

Jason's parents generously put all of us up in their golf course condo and it was a great time. Charlie and his Bubbe spent many hours searching for golf balls, counting numbered paper plates, and searching for the moon. Jase got tons of work down and I took advantage of the built-in babysitter and got a massage, my nails done, and my hair cut by my favorite stylist ever, Kati.

The trip down there confirmed what we suspected - Jason's business has legs, and we need to be down there sooner rather than later if we want to see this through. I think we decided that we do. But selling our house is going slowly. I had a long talk with my mom over all the options we have and we both concluded that there's no easy answer. Do we keep the house empty and up for sale, and rent a small apartment in SoCal until we sell? Do we try to find a renter and hope they treat our house like we've treated the houses we've rented in the past? Do we just stay here and have Jason fly back and forth?

Well, whatever way we do it, we'll make it work. The whole subject is boring and throws me into cold sweats, so let's talk about how smart Charlie is for a minute.

Charlie knows the alphabet. Backwards. He's also into joking with me. I will point to the letter "l" and ask him to tell me what it is. He looks at me sideways with that twinkle, and says, "i"! And then he cracks up. And we do it again and again and again. Then he says, "Silly Mommy!" He also likes to tell me he's a big, big BOY! He's just so cute - I can hardly stand it.

I'm gonna try to fix the photo section and get that linked - wish me luck!