by Julie Hall | Aug 21, 2014 | Family History, Lessons Learned from Seniors, The Estate Lady Blog
Go ahead and get your tissue box now; I have mine on my lap as I write this. Let me tell you a beautiful story. An 80-year-old mother knew her health was failing, but she didn’t tell her children how bad it was really getting. Her 82-year-old husband was...
by Julie Hall | Aug 15, 2014 | Dealing with Stuff, Simplify stuff now, The Estate Lady Blog
Downsizing may be in vogue, but the very sound of the word can make one cringe, including me, and I help people with it every day! Funny thing how we humans accumulate so much. We hardly notice how out of hand out accumulations have become until we stop, look around,...
by Julie Hall | Aug 7, 2014 | Care for Yourself, Simplify stuff now, The Estate Lady Blog
My garden is demonstrating a last-ditch effort to produce anything fruitful due to the heat, and regrettably, a bug infestation that has taken place as well. I fought valiantly, but eventually the bugs won. A little while ago, I was in the garden picking dozens of...
by Julie Hall | Jul 31, 2014 | Dealing with Stuff, Protect your Parents, The Estate Lady Blog
Everyone is trying to pinch pennies. But I wouldn’t be doing my job if I didn’t send up a warning to be extra careful if something is “free.” A “free” something will almost always lead to strings attached or something expensive...
by Julie Hall | Jul 25, 2014 | Estate Finds, Plan Ahead, The Estate Lady Blog
One thing I have learned from cleaning out estates all these years is that many people have “skeletons” that need to be dealt with prior to their passing. In the land of the forgotten (attics, boxes in the back of the closet, locked trunks, hidden in barns...
