Oh my! I have been an absent Slice of Life participant! I’ve still been reading, though, just not writing. Today’s Slice will NOT be about the weather. It will NOT be about the 18″ of snow we cleared last week NOR the 3-4 ” of slush hanging around tonight. NO, it will NOT be about the giant frozen puddles we will all skate on tomorrow.
Today’s Slice WILL be about losing my beloved hydrangea border. We are in the process of selling our lovely house, home for 22 years. I’ve cleaned, tossed, organized, reorganized and visualized. Yesterday the Stager visited. I said, “Be brutal. Be blunt. Tell me the truth.”
We poked our heads into the downstairs bath. She looked down at her shoes. I knew the truth before she – reluctantly, to her credit- nodded, “I think you need to take down the border.”
“I knew it,” I whined,”too many hydrangea.”
To make matters worse, she advised that I lose the floral border I love in the family room. “What if they only have blue furniture?”
Looks like I’ll be dragging the bucket of hot water and vinegar and the ladder into the bathroom 
this weekend and I’ll watch the blossoms 
curl onto the floor. Hope it’s worth it!
Jan 18, 2011 @ 21:16:21
It’s hard to let go of the look of the room when you have so many memories tied to it. But, it is time to say good bye to borders. It will be worth it.
Jan 19, 2011 @ 06:20:02
Oh, yes! It’s all about letting go!