I met with the movers today in order to get an estimate, and heard from the mortgage company that they are now awaiting the appraisal and we will be at closing around November 10.  I may keep the date of the 24th as the actual  moving date as I will be off work that day through the Thanksgiving weekend.  It is important for me to get out of this house as soon as possible so that the flooring company can install new carpeting through the three bedrooms.  Hopefully, that new look will help sell the house FAST.  The thought of two house payments per month can get me close to panic!

As we move belongings, pieces that I want to use in my future store will go in the downstairs rooms and my actually living pieces will be placed upstairs.  The good part of this will be that from the beginning I will be able to put things in place so that I will have a better idea of what and how much I will need to acquire to ultimately display my beautiful merchandise in the best manner possible.

One of the first orders of business will be to fill out the appropriate forms and get on the zoning commission's agenda to see if the city will consider my request for rezoning of the property to a commercial status.  If we can get that done early, that will be a big load off my mind!

My adventure actually began October, 2014 when the idea for a business came to me overnight.  After a few false starts at finding a location, in about three weeks I will be moving into the future home of Feminine Mystique, a big old Victorian home built in 1894.

This was the first house I looked at after I decided the most inexpensive way to operate my business would be to use a large home for the business AND my residence.  I got scared after the inspection showed several things that might need improvement, even though I should have expected that outcome.  There are also challenges to overcome as zoning will have to be changed and the house will have to be made commercially feasible.  It all seemed to daunting!

I have decided to take the challenge with the first order of business  being the purchase of the home and moving in.  I will be physically setting up the business at the same time and working on the rezoning, etc. also.  It will be exciting!