the balloon fairy

Date: 10 September 2006 23:28:16

am trying to sell my condo... today was the first time i advertised it in the local paper... so, to help with the grand opening i got helium balloons... white and red - to match the 'for sale by owner' sign.

it must have been quite a sight to see me with a huge bouquet of balloons, trying to get them untangled so i could tie them onto the signs... some of them i had to give up on (too tangled) it was pretty funny - hope to have provided LOADS of entertainment to passersby.

...no nibbles today, but i'm not discouraged - someone showed it yesterday to a delightful young girl who's looking to move out of her parent's house. i'll follow up later this week.

anyway, after the open house i thought "what shall i do with these balloons? can't save them... they'll deflate by next weekend... hmmmm." so i drove over to my nieces' house (three girls under the age of 8) and i tied some to the lamp post... some to the porch stair, some to the porch rail... and a few on an iron chair.

and then i sneaked away - i hope they see that the balloon fairy visited them this afternoon. i considered calling and asking if they've seen the balloon fairy around the neighborhood, but i wonder if they'll put 2 & 2 together by themselves...?

(i'm anticipating a slightly confused phone call from my sister at some point this evening... asking if i know anything about balloons in their front yard.)