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Christmas Cards, Letters, or Pictures: Which Represents You as a Couple?

Our first Christmas as a married couple, which would have been December 1995, I started the tradition of sending out Christmas cards for both Wayne and I. Back then I picked cards with funny or clever pictures, wrote a short, quick note to the recipients, and mailed them. Christmas 1999 marked the first time I attempted a Christmas letter, which I’d previously never had much respect for. Most of the ones we received painted an entirely too rosy picture of friends and family living entirely too perfect lives. We knew the letters meant well but were stretching things a bit. … Continue reading →

Murphy, Mr. Meow, and Tabby’s Dream House

Photo by Srgjan Spasik As you may have read me mention before, we’re moving. This has posed a variety of problems, from getting the pets out of the picture to showing issues. But it’s also generating some happy excitement as well. We haven’t even sold our current house yet, but that’s not stopping us from dreaming about all we hope for our new one. And when I say “we,” I do mean the entire Team Pryor clan. Murphy Dreams Of… A large fenced-in backyard. One with trees full of lots of squirrels (and maybe an opossum or two) for chasing, … Continue reading →

The Problem of Selling a House with Pets: Showings

Previously I talked about some of the problems of selling a house with pets, and the difficulty we had getting them out of the picture (literally), but lately we’ve experienced some other snags. Evacuating the House Murph is a 65 pound bluetick coonhound with a deep, loud bark. He’s shy of men, but is generally friendly towards women and children. He’s never showed signs of aggression towards a human, but many people are afraid of him, mainly due to his size. We don’t want to take any chances –-either scaring away potential buyers or having someone either intentionally or unintentionally … Continue reading →

The Pets Blog Week in Review for Jul 16-22

Did you notice a skip in coverage of the Pets Blog Week in Review? That’s because last week was my big vacation (I’ll be writing about that more this week) with Murphy and Wayne. Thus I wasn’t around to post last Monday for the week before. But vacation’s over so it’s back to the grindstone. Looks like Aimee covered a lot of interesting topics. (And I even snuck a few in myself.) Here’s what we covered on: Monday, July 16 We swam with kangaroos and author/publisher/pet rescuer Dindy Robinson in Part I of my interview with her. Aimee kicked off … Continue reading →

Selling a House with Pets: Getting Them Out of the Picture

Photo by Georgios M. W. I wrote about the problem of selling a house with pets, not realizing the chaos that would ensue once our house was market ready. Our agent is doing exactly what we want: marketing our house, which includes placing it in the MLS and on the web with pictures of the inside along with a virtual tour. Well, let me tell you, both the pictures and the virtual tour turned out fantastic, but we had to jump through some major hurdles to get those results. I’m not talking about the decluttering and staging process. I thought … Continue reading →