[Marilyn]

Paula, we are selling due to the taxes. Our county tax appraisal folks have gotten really carried away. They are over appraising properties and when we went to fight the apparisal, they discovered that our home is stone, not brick and said that next year our value would increase by $30,000. That will put our taxes even higher. So, even though we love our home, we are planning to sell and move to a home of similiar size (maybe a little smaller) in an older neighborhood with half the taxes. Our value is over $100 per square foot now, prior to the stone discovery. Older homes are valued at around $50- $65. We can save quite a bit by relocating. We will have to do some renovations when we move, but if we are careful where we buy and do this intellegently, we can come out ahead.

Our biggest task to get it ready to sell is to declutter. I'm trying to chip away at it, but really don't know how much will get done between now and the holidays.