What could be better?

Ok here is a very special blogger, and dare I say friend, Peach Blossom, or as I know her simply PB...

What could be better? A house that has been sitting on the market for six months, a reeeeeally enthusiastic emcee, a speed-dating event (for the HOUSE) and a 70's theme party. I see disco balls., and I'm guessing that the BeeGees will be popping up at any minute.

This clever olio (I do crossword puzzles) is the newest TLC entry in its Saturday night home improvement lineup. I guess the flipping thing is wearing thin. I think I've seen almost all of the TLC flip episodes as I struggle to decide about remodeling my house, so a new angle is probably a good idea. But I'm not at all sure about THIS angle.

I sympathize with everyone who is in a house-for-sale swamp. I'm definitely seeing the effects of the soft market on my street. Yesterday as I saw a cleaning crew entering a neighboring house, I realized that the house is now a short-term rental. That's the first one on my little cul-de-sac, where most homes are second or third places for people who live elsewhere, but are kept unoccupied. The new rental was on the sales market for a very long time, and finally sold north of a million, but I remember when it was just a regular home with only one master bedroom and no debt. It's been remodeled twice since the death of the lovely owner I knew well, and it has been vacant most of the time. I guess that spells i-n-v-e-s-t-m-e-n-t p-r-o-p-e-r-t-y and therefore desperation in a down market.

I thought The Learning Channel was supposed to promote ideas that might appeal to everyday people, but would the average seller go for the speed-dating plan, which includes staging, an open house, and then an overnight trial by someone who might want to hold a theme party to see how the house handles it? I don't know. Then again, I always have the option of remodeling and getting into the game too. Disco. Luau. Masquerade. Toga. The possibilities abound.