If you are a lucky family to get a Sunday return, lucky you! For most, you will get your home back today. What a wonderful feeling to sleep in your own bed, wander around your own kitchen, and wake to a familiar view. But the first hours at home can create havoc without the right attitude. It pays to remember that you rented your home out to people who enjoyed it and likely moved a few things and changed the location of a few things to make it their own. Breathe. And t

If you are like me, you are in the thick of wondering WHY on earth you do this rental thing. This is the hard part...the last few strokes to the end. But don't lose your game face. Your house may look at bit "Storm Before the Calm"...with sheets and towels stacked in the living room, bedding folded on the dining room chairs until the morning you actually move out, etc...But you WILL get there! Here are things to remember in these last (slightly terrifying) days: -