What I’ve Learned — {Week 12}

Oops. It’s been a while, y’all. I’m bringing my series back from hibernation due to several requests from readers just like you. (That was a total NPR ripoff.) I also realized I have two week ten’s in the “What I’ve Learned” series, so I’ll skip editing and go straight into week twelve. As I sit here, pondering life, I’m drawn deep into a rushing cascade of thoughts which remind me of swirling rapids you’d find in the movie “Deliverance.”

1. Attorneys will keep you waiting until the last minute to let you know the amount of funds you need to wire for your home closing. I’m writing this on Tuesday. I closed yesterday. Wiring funds is the new “thing.” Cashiers checks are passé.

2. When you go to buy a sofa, the one you want is ALWAYS an eight week lead time.

3. Wear your Fitbit, or other fitness tracker, when sofa shopping. It’s not about testing the comfort of the sofa. It’s about the steps. Five furniture stores in six hours will give you enough steps for two days. Unfortunately, you still have to get your steps in the next day. There is no such thing as paying it forward in the steps department.

4. If you need to have a few things touched up on your house, the sub-contractors will ultimately mess something causing your builder lots of stress. Hello new cabinet doors overnighted just for my kitchen and bathroom.

5. If you talk to much about home design, your teen son will have a meltdown in the back seat of the car and beg you to discuss something different. Bring up the girls at his school and he’ll quickly change the conversation back to the design process.

What did you learn this week?