Hello y'all! We're in the middle of summer and if you are in the Midwest you know how hot it gets, but I can't complain. We have had really nice temperatures for the past weeks and cooler temps during the night. I chuckle when Evergy messaged me 3 weeks ago telling me we were poised to have a 64% increase in our electric usage. But last week I received another message from them congratulating me for using less energy the week before. Well, that's because of the nicer temps we have had up until last week. But this week's forecast looks like it's going to be a scorcher and I felt it yesterday and today. It's like being in the hot oven getting out of church and into the parking lot. Whew! Oh well, this is Kansas, after all. So the order of the day this week would be stay indoors if possible.
Before school started JJ and I have been doing our morning walks up and down the hilly part of our neighborhood and I noticed two houses with for sale signs. One was only in the market for 3 days and it got sold, the other was only on the market for a week and it too got sold. I thought I must work on getting our house ready for the market but then Mike and I decided we'll hold off and wait until the end of the year before we put our house up for sale.
Well just this last week, I noticed another house just four houses down from our street had a for sale sign up and it had a sold sign on it. I didn't even notice that this house had a for sale sign in it and when I checked it out it was only listed for a couple of days and it got sold already. Another house on the same street further down on the corner had a contract pending on its sign. I know this house had been on the market for more than a month because JJ and I walk past it during our morning walks. I told Mike I'll go ahead and get our house ready for the market by October/November and he agrees. I believe we should do it before the Feds increase the interest rate again and besides that, the prices of housing have really almost doubled up which means we get more money for our house.
So since the forecast for the coming week is high temps, I'll work on the basement and get it ready for painting and also I have to gather the necessary documents for Mike and JJ's 13a visa applications. I have lots of copying to do and sorting these documents. I've printed the checklist of paperwork that needs to be submitted to the Philippine Consulate Office and found out I'd better start working on these now instead of later. Oh by the way, I do have a video where I talked about 13A visa for Mike and JJ and you can watch it here if you like:
Well, that's it for now my beautiful people. Y'all stay away from the heat, drink plenty of water, make sure you have water with you when you are out and about. May the Lord keep us in our comings and goings for in Him alone we live and breath. SHALOM!!
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