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Show SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 24, 1929 Community 7 Domestic Blitz By Dixie Brunner Selling a house is a traumatic experience The trauma Im speaking of isnt the kind you get from leavfaming the warm, Walton-is- h ily memories youve experienced in the house - those will follow you no matter where you move. (Unfortunately, the bad ones go also. Ive repeatedly tried to forget the time I had my over and burned tacos so badly we had to evacuate). in-la- Neither am I addressing the trauma one sometimes experiences when leaving the security of familiar digs and moving into the unfamiliar. The trauma Im writing about is the most intense of the moving experience: Preparing The House For Sale! and prepare supper. Wouldnt it when a breadcrumb from 'the be nice to have some sort of toast he wa s eating fell off on the house-sellin- g floor. hiatus? When you finally get everyMom, dont you think youre looks house and your thing done, taking this house selling busiexactly the way youve always ness a little too seriously? dreamed it being, you contact a Why do you say that? Hey! to The realtor list the property. Get your fingers off the window, real estate agent documents de- youll leave prints. tails of the house, noting what Thats what I mean, Mom. physical items will be included Youre walking around with a in the sale of the house. Some dust rag in one hand and allT people are disappointed to dis- purpose cleaner in the other. cover most standardized listing Besides, it was embarrassing contracts dont accept annoying when you made us strip to our spouses or children. birthday suits before you let us Once your property is listed, in the house. Dont you think the fun begins. You have to be youre being neurotic? The trauma of selling a house prepared to show your home to short-liveWhen th right a moments is at potential buyers, notice. Its difficult keeping a buyer comes along, its all forhouse at a gotten. You can then pack your is status. Its a special challenge memories, (alongwithyourdust for families. Kids dont under- i ag and cleaner) and stand the importance of keeping move on to your next house. their abode so sterile brain surgery could be performed there. Oh you have someone wanting to look at the house in an hour? Seller as,ks realtor po- Continued from Page 5 Issue statements that an litely. Sure, no problem, 2 oclock would be fine. She hangs investment in an IRA is protected because the IRS has apup. Hit the deck everybody, proved a particular trustee or someones coming over to look at custodian. While many investment offers the house! George, you dust upstairs; Sarah, wash the windows; are legitimate, the BBB advises and Mike, pick up everything consumers to carefully examine i ! - American Legion Oration winners American Legion Post 69 Commander RichardJacobson (I) presents winner's certificates to the winners of the American Legion oaration contest on the US Constitution. Winning first place and $5Q was Spencer Mosdell (r), while Melanie Dalton (c) won the second prize of $25. Photo by Carol Sullivan. Make sure your baby sleeps safely crib sides. If you choose to sleep in the in died have infants their sleep. Sleeping can be dangerous for same bed as baby, avoid soft babies. To reduce the risk, it is sleep surfaces, and do not use important to ensure that all ba- alcohol or drugs that make it bies sleep in a safe place. To difficult to wake up. More babies die of SIDS durkeep your baby safe while sleeping, follow these guidelines: ing the winter months, but no Baby should not be left alone one knows exactly why. To reon adult or twin beds, waterbeds duce the risk of SIDS for your or sofas. baby in the winter and all year Keep plastic wrappings out round: of babys crib. Place baby on her back for No cords from drapes, blinds, sleeping. or toys should be near babys crib. Baby should be kept warm, Use a firm mattress in babys but not too warm. Babies only crib. Remove soft bedding, need one thin blanket in a room bumpers, canopies, or toys from that is about 70 degrees. the crib while the baby is sleeping. If baby seems sick, call your doctor. The mattress should fit zone Create a smoke-fre- e snugly in the crib, no more than two fingers should be able to fit See BABY, Page 8 each one before committing to between the mattress and the anything. Check with your state securities regulator to make sure the investment and the person selling it are registered. Phone So far this winter 17 Utah d. Health Alert: Researchers have determined that selling a house is the number one cause of hypertensiion in adults. Im kidding, but only a little. Selling a house is prime cause for high anxiety. A homeowner feels so and vulnerable when selling a house. Youre openingyour for the own personal living-spac- e general public to gawk at, inspect, criticize and, you for a large sum. It takes a strong person not to flinch when every Tom, Dick and Harry comes through your home passing judgement on whether they thinkyou shouldve painted your house blue three years ago. It all begins when you make the decision to sell. If youre like many, your house, while not the Hilton, probably looks adequate at this point. But then, you beself-conscio- clean-on-comma- nd all-purpo- se us hope,-purchas- IRA , e thats not bolted down and throw it in the shower and pull the curtain! If your kids are anything like mine, they reserved the same emotions for house cleaningthat numbers for your state securities regulators can be found in they do for eating liver. Why do we have to put all our the blue pages of the phone book. gin to examine your home baseball cards away? They arent If you have a question or comthe through plaint about IRA investment eyes of the imagined buyer. We part of the house. I know honey, but potential opportun ities call your BBB, the are talking about a person whos should be able to FTC the Senot beyond opening a drawer or. home-buyeHeaven forbid, checkings closet. walk across a floor without slip- curities and Exchange Commission or the You realize you have your work ping on Bret Saberhagen. ever-scrutinizi- 1 . Kanab or Orderville? You Decide! Orderville! ng BEAUTIFUL VIEWS!! in Large home on prestigious Red Hollow area. Large family & rec room, study, , rs You tackle the house from in- side out, fillingnail holes, cleaning, painting the walls, cleaning, sweeping the garage, cleaning, buffing the floors to a shine.. .and, did I mention cleaning? Your house would make Mr. Clean green with envy. The other challenge is that you have to maintain it in this perpetually sterile state while the rest of your life continues; it doesnt stop just because you have a For Sale sign in your yard. Even though the realtors are bringing a couple over at 6 ' p.m., you have to get back from work, clean the house, take one kid to soccer, the other to piano see-yours- elf cul-de-s- (202-FTC-HEL- You have to feel sorry for kids cut out for you. in all this moving business. Its hard not to get in trouble when mom and dad are so hyper over the houses appearance. 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