Handy Household Tips
- Bypass Automated Phone Systems! If you need to talk to a human and your patience is running out, when you want to talk to an operator NOW, try searching www.gethuman.com. This free database provides ‘cheat codes for some of the most frequently dialed customer service numbers.
- Mothball Makeover – If you’ve weeded out the summer clothes and are planning to store them away, take your leftover soap slivers and place them in a vented plastic bag to store those clothes as a substitute for Mothballs. Not only will this keep moths away, but your clothes will smell fresh and clean when you pull them back out next spring.
How do you plan to spend the next few weeks of Autumn? Will it involve raking leaves and cleaning gutters? Touching up with a painting project you weren’t able to fit in with a busy summer, will you be cuddling up in a blanket watching your local high school or college football team make scores, or will you take a scenic drive to see all the fall colors? Will you curl up with a good book in front of the fireplace with a glass of wine? I spent yesterday afternoon with friends touring the Sherman Hills area, here in Des Moines. It was a wonderful opportunity to see the inside of historic homes and visit with friends as we walked up and down the hills, breathing in the fresh air and taking in the changing fall colors. What’s your idea of a perfect fall weekend? I’d like to hear your comments?
As the air turns crisp and the leaves present their dazzling display of extraordinary color, it is easy to get caught up in this season of change. The days ahead will be filled with pumpkin patches, sweater weather, fall festivals and hot apple cider!
How will we spend out days? Hurried and hassled? Worried and worn out? Let us borrow an early page from November and remember to slow down and give thanks to the people in our lives who make a difference, the little things along the way that make us smile, and this incredible time of year filled with color and beauty.
Go for a walk with your family or friends. Find those first early leaves as they fall. Discover the laugh-out-loud fun of apple picking or pumpkin carving.
However you choose to celebrate the season, know that I am here when you need me. Knowing the tricks necessary to help people find the right home and solve their real estate riddles is more than my job, it is my treat!
As always, you can contact me at www.virginia@realestateconcepts.net or call me at 515/577-2412 with any of your real estate needs.
