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TWO WEEKS AGO WE OFFICIALLY MOVED THE LAST OF OUR BELONGINGS OUT OF OUR OLD HOUSE.... AND WE TURNED THE KEYS OVER TO OUR VERSION OF THE SHERK BROTHERS...... OH YOU ALL REMEMBER WHO THE SHERK BROTHERS ARE.... THE CONTRACTORS WHO DROVE THE CADILLAC IN "THE MONEY PIT" WHENEVER ASKED HOW LONG THE REPAIRS WERE GOING TO TAKE THE HOMEOWNERS GOT THE SAME ANSWER "TWO WEEKS" IT TOOK MONTHS..... I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT IN OUR CASE THIS IS NOT THE CASE!! THEY CAME THROUGH LIKE GANGBUSTERS..... GUTTING THE INSIDE FROM TOP TO BOTTOM.... BEING VACANT FOR ALMOST A YEAR AND A HALF IT NEEDED A LOT OF LOVING CARE.... THE OUTSIDE NEEDED A FACE LIFT SO IT WAS FRESHLY PAINTED NOT CRAZY ABOUT HOW THOSE NEWLY PAINTED SHUTTERS CAME I WILL SHOW YOU WHY AT THE END AND PLEASE GIVE ME YOUR OPINION... THE ROOF WAS FIXED....NEW GUTTERS WERE INSTALLED... BACK DECK GOT A BRAND NEW SET OF STAIRS... TECHNICALLY NOT FINISHED YET...THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE IN JUST TWO SHORT WEEKS IS...

OUR LITTLE COUNTRY HOME UP ON THE HILL...... 26 YEARS OF MEMORIES.....THE HOME WHERE THE DAUGHTER GREW UP AND WHERE WE GAVE A HOME TO SEVEN WONDERFUL ANIMALS..... WELL.....MAYBE SIX...."SPRITE" THE GOLDEN RETRIEVER WAS A BIT OF A HANDFUL.... 25 ANNIVERSARIES..... 75 BIRTHDAYS.... BUT AFTER LOCKING HER UP AND MOVING ON UP BACK IN AUGUST OF LAST YEAR IT'S GOTTEN TO BE TIME TO PASS HER ALONG TO ANOTHER FAMILY..... WE WERE TOLD BY MANY THAT IN THIS ECONOMY IT'S BEST TO JUST SELL IT "AS IS".....THAT MEANS A RED...WHITE...AND BLUE... BATHROOM FROM THE 80'S......I LIKE FLAGS WHAT CAN I SAY... CARPET THAT HAS AT LEAST BEEN DOWN SINCE DOG NUMBER FIVE CAME ALONG..... A WALL IN THE BOSS' DEN THAT ACTUALLY HAD "FAUX BRICK" PANELING ON THE WALLS.... NO.....WE.....WITH A GOOD CONSCIOUS.....COULDN'T SELL IT "AS IS" NO ONE WANTS TO TURN THEIR HOUSE OVER TO THE EVER POPULAR HOUSE FLIPPER....UNLESS OF COURSE IT'S JEFF LEWIS... USING I...

LET ME MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THERE IS A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A "FOOTBALL WIDOW" AND A "FOOTBALL WIFE".... I ENJOYED BEING A FOOTBALL WIDOW AND ALWAYS LOOKED FORWARD TO THE FALL WHEN ON WEEKENDS I COULD SNEAK OUT OF THE HOUSE AND SPEND HOURS AWAY HAVING LUNCH WITH A FRIEND OR BETTER YET SPEND HOURS IN TJMAXX..... I NEVER FELT SORRY FOR THE FACT THAT THE BOSS PLANTS HIS BUTT IN FRONT OF THE T.V. ALL DAY ON SUNDAYS DURING FOOTBALL SEASON...IN CASE YOU HAVE A HUSBAND WHO DOES THE SAME THING AND THIS BOTHERS YOU.......DON'T THINK TWICE ABOUT BEING IGNORED FOR THE NY GIANTS OR THE MIAMI DOLPHINS.... I WILL NOW TAKE YOU THROUGH THE DAY AS A FOOTBALL WIFE..... IT ALL STARTED WHEN THE BOSS WANTED TO BUY "ONE" TICKET TO SEE THE GIANTS PLAY THE FALCONS.... UNABLE TO GET SUITABLE SEATS IT WENT FROM CHEAP SEATS FOR A  SEASON......TO CLUB LEVEL SEATS AND A SIGNED THREE YEAR CONTRACT.... THE MOST EXPENSIVE TICKET TO SEE THE GIANTS.... I COULD HAV...