"What's in this blog for me?" you ask.

“What’s in this blog for me?” you ask.

Just the fact that you’re reading this means you realize that something in your home is not meeting a need that you currently have or anticipate needing.  You are interested in making your home's environment work better for you.  You are not adverse to rolling up your sleeves and getting to work on making your home a “forever home.”

You probably cannot afford to sell your home and move into one of those new retirement communities that offer all kinds of amenities.  And face it, you don’t want to move. You want to stay close to your family and the friendships that have grown over the years.

The act of making your home’s layout and function work better for you does not have to cost a lot of money or take a lot of time. [Note however that bathroom and kitchen makeovers are the most expensive and you’d definitely have to budget for those.] You don’t have to do complete makeovers with all new products. You don’t have to get rid of sentimental things just to make your home more accessible or user friendly.

Commercials bombard you: “Down size, right size. Start brand new. Buy now, pay later, No interest for x years.”  Professional decorators and kitchen/bathroom remodelers can and will help you “do over” your home. However; that will come at a significant cost to you.

No one else is offering to help you help yourself in quite the same manner that I am offering. Within these pages are check lists, list of things that could make your home work better for you. And face it you are the best judge of what will work for you.

Close your eyes think of that room in your home that bothers you the most. What’s one thing you could do to make it better? No, burning it is not an option. Still keeping those eyes closed? No, throwing everything out and starting new isn’t an option either.  Write down 2 or 3 things that you can do to make that room better. Done? When you are done with this section I want you to promise that you will do those two or three things.

So, if you’re going to have to do all the work, what’s this blog about? 

Each reader has a knowledge base of experience... Through trial and error each reader knows what does or doesn’t work for him/her.  Sometimes that knowledge was obtained at great expense and possibly physical pain.

Most of you reading this have learned that helping others is a way of sharing the knowledge, blessings and riches that each has received.  You have learned that you don’t have to know all the answers; you just have to know how to find them.  This writing is my attempt to help you find the answers.

[Mridu Parikh from Lifeisorganized.com is my heroine, check out her web site for steps in serious “take charge” order in your life. She is a serious catalyst to where I am at today.]

I have a check list of things to think about that might work for you and your home. A list of things that you might already have changed or need to plan to change. A starting point as it were.  This list will will help you assess where your home is today and features some things that experts suggest your retirement or ideal home contain. The choices or suggestions on this list are not absolutes, they are suggestions. 

Your day to day circumstances can change, thus your ideal home’s “necessary” needed features can change. This list will help enable you to take charge in implementing those needed changes in your home. Suggestions for additions to the list are welcome.

Everyone is unique: your life experiences, personal circumstance, physical limitations all play a role in what your expectations are in both the present and the future. No one knows you like you do. Strangers can offer advice, only you can determine if that advice is worth implementing.

The need for change is unavoidable. Change occurs with both time and age. Making the most of that change is up to you. It involves time, energy, work, determination, and sometimes money.

So are you ready to “get up off of that thing” and make your small corner of the world better?

Make an appointment with yourself. Set up a time in your busy week to get started.

Enlist help of family and friends if necessary.  Set up a co-op of skilled friends who’ll help each other.

Email or Call me if you want an unbiased viewpoint or you need more help getting started.

Together we’ve got this!