You know the story: Cheerios are scattered on the kitchen counter, shoes are piled in the entryway, and fall activities (is it your turn to bring snacks for the soccer team?) are in full swing. Amid the happy chaos of back-to-school season, many parents wonder if their current home is meeting their busy family's needs—and if now is the right time to move.
Even experienced homeowners can find themselves feeling new homeowner anxiety, regretting their new home purchase—sometimes even before moving in. It’s called homebuyer’s remorse, and here’s how you can avoid it.
Simple organization techniques can make a world of difference, especially as school kicks into high gear and the holidays rapidly approach. Read more for our tips on how to make tweaks to improve your new Woodside home.
Aside from the love between the people inside of it, what does a healthy home look, feel and sound like? Here are some of our thoughts.
Happy New Year!
Okay, so perhaps not quite the greeting the civilians out there might be expecting in September.
But if you just finished serving a summer-long tour of duty strategizing camp routes and schedules, running deep intel ops on potential babysitter’s burner social accounts, mediating truces for multiple pint-sized skirmishes over remote control jurisdiction, preparing enough snacks daily to feel as if you were running a chow hall for a small army, and packing backpacks with a mind-boggling assortment of school supplies that would make a Tetris champ weep?
Well, after all that those “first day of school” pics sure can feel like a ball dropping in your own personal Times Square, the echo of some YouTube personality’s voice replacing “Auld Lang Syne” in the background. (Maybe all “auld acquaintances” shouldn’t be forgotten, but the streamer who helped your child swap dreams of becoming an astronaut for a plan to stream Minecraft cave-building for a living could be an exception.)
