Well, The Richardson Boarding House is officially closed for business. Okay...no we do not run a true boarding house but it has seemed like that for 6 years. From the moment we bought the home we've been the home of transition for friends and family who need temporary housing for months and even years. As soon as one family would move out there was another family waiting in the wings to move in..sometimes they overlapped and sometimes we got just enough lag-time to cleanup the livings spaces and move furniture around (our out) to make whatever accommodations were necessary for the comfort of our guests. We are fortunate to have a completed basement apartment to give as much privacy as possible to all of us.
Our most recent boarders was a family of four wonderful family members who stayed with us for 7 months in transition to their newly renovated home; they moved out last Wednesday. Rich & I then spent 3 days cleaning, moving furniture around and making room to relocate our daughter and her husband from their upstairs bedroom to the downstairs home (giving them about a 12 hour notice). The move went smoothly on Friday and then my husband and I were off again cleaning, moving furniture around in the 2 upstairs guest rooms to make way for our West Coast kids to arrive this past Sunday for Christmas. By Sunday noon we were too pooped for words but damn the house looked/looks great!
We've pulled the illusive 'vacancy' sign down and our home is full once again through Christmas. Except after the holidays we will leave the 'no vacancy' sign up for a long while.
Peace
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