Suzie The Foodie

Food Writer, Photographer and Product Reviewer

Follow Suzie the Foodie

Facebooktwitterpinterestinstagramby feather
  • Home
  • Contact
  • Recipes
  • Product Reviews
  • Older Posts
  • Instant Pot
You are here: Home / coconut / The truth about selling a house and going coconuts

The truth about selling a house and going coconuts

June 25, 2014 by Suzie the Foodie 9 Comments

When you start to have over +10 home showings and feel like you are living more in your car than your home, you can start going a little… crazy. Soon anything other than house-selling activities are deceptively fun-sounding and tempting. You forget about how soul-sucking it already is, living your life to impress other people with where you live. Escapism is key but potentially dangerous.

When you get the opportunity to get out and go “skanking” (see Reg above) at a concert with punk ska band “Reel Big Fish” it is hard to say no.


Doesn’t the sax player (right) look like Ragnar (left) from Vikings? 

Home showing has driven me to a kind of escapist-extremist-madness. Wearing a “Cute as a Cupcake” t-shirt to the worst area of Halifax with a cookie necklace on my? Probably not a great idea but it was fun.

Another thing you should know is planning what to eat when selling a home is next to impossible. You have no idea if there will be showings or not and when there are, you can not really cook before-hand because it impacts how the house smells and you really do not need anymore work making the kitchen pristine.

I finally got out to get groceries and I saw a young Thai coconut. I thought, heck, that would make a fun quick video for my blog! Me opening a coconut on camera and getting to drink REAL coconut water straight from the coconut? I thought it was genius.

It ended up being an epic battle which you can watch in my video. Not just because it was so bloody hard (literally) but because the phone rang, the batteries died… Sigh.

I hope you enjoy the video. The first two snippets of music are from Reel Big Fish and warning, there is lots of profanity! Thanks to Reg for helping me with the song selection. He is the king of punk music.

Yup, I feel like I am going a tad bit crazy. It is really hard to keep a foodie life going and well, just a life in general when you are selling a home. It took two days of bed rest for me to recover from the concert and my hands still hurt from “Whack a Coconut”. Still? I would not trade it. If life was just about selling the house, I really would lose my mind.

You always have to throw a little bit of adventure into life or you will go batshit coconuts.

Print Friendly, PDF & Email
Share

Filed Under: coconut, tutorial, video

Comments

  1. Debra She Who Seeks says

    June 25, 2014 at 6:42 pm

    This is your BEST foodie video yet, Suzie! Oh, how I laughed! (“with” you, of course, not “at” you!) Love the soundtrack — Reg picked very appropriate music (and “skanking”? LOL!) I must tell you that when we were in Tahiti, we enjoyed drinking coconut milk right out of the coconut a couple of times. The vendors simply give the top of the coconut 3 whacks with a lethal-looking super-sharp machete and voila! A little lid is created, they open it and stick in a straw and off you go. You just need more practice, my girl!

    Reply
    • Suzie Ridler says

      June 26, 2014 at 3:44 pm

      Oh Debra, thank you! You’re awesome and yes, so glad you laughed with me. 🙂 I watched all these little tiny skinny women on YouTube open a coconut no problem and when I couldn’t, I freaked out. A machete would definitely help!

      Reply
  2. The Happy Whisk says

    June 25, 2014 at 11:31 pm

    You make the best videos for sure. So funny. Sorry you had a rough go,
    all the way around. Not being able to cook in my house, I don’t know.
    I don’t think I could do it. Food out makes me too sick.

    Reply
    • Suzie Ridler says

      June 26, 2014 at 3:44 pm

      Thank you so much! Well, it added drama to the video and made it fun so that’s good. Oh we have been starving lately because we never have food in but then we don’t want to have food out… It’s nuts.

      Reply
  3. Laura says

    June 25, 2014 at 11:36 pm

    I totally get the whole house selling thing. It is sooo frustrating! I wish you the best of luck and a quick sell. I close on mine in six days. Finally!!! 🙂
    blessings
    ~*~

    Reply
    • Suzie Ridler says

      June 26, 2014 at 3:45 pm

      Thank you Laura and congrats on closing in just a few days, that is awesome! Oh I can’t wait to get to that point.

      Reply
  4. Sylvia Ragis says

    June 26, 2014 at 12:43 am

    Great video, great music! See, you should have a machete in your kitchen tools collection, Suzie, as per Debra’s post. Getting it in a kitchen drawer might be a problem, but you could always hang it on the wall. Perhaps not while selling your house. And guests might be a tad nervous if you ask them if they enjoyed their meal with the machete gleaming over your shoulder. Hmmm. Or are coconuts (and talk of machetes) going in the been there, done that, not going there again file?

    I hope you sell your house soon and get some normality back in your life. Still, because of all this you probably enjoyed more outings with your sweetie than you would otherwise have done, even if Mr. Wallet took a bit of a beating. You’re very lucky to have all this time to spend with Reg right now.

    Reply
  5. Sylvia Ragis says

    June 26, 2014 at 12:48 am

    And, FYI, my one and only battle with a coconut involved a hammer and screwdriver and was for the entertainment of my offspring. It certainly was entertaining (just not for me), and was educational as well, since they probably learned a few new words that they had never heard before, at least not from their parental units.

    Reply
    • Suzie Ridler says

      June 26, 2014 at 3:47 pm

      So glad you enjoyed the video Sylvia! Yes, I must invest in a machete, it is now clear as day to me. Yes, I’ll wait until I am on the west coast and not selling, LOL. Reg has been a real trooper during this time, taking us out and cleaning the house with me. He’s awesome. Oh no! You had to go through that with a coconut too and with a hammer and screwdriver? Good grief!!!

      Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Product Review: President’s Choice Ascolana Fried Olives Stuffed with Cheese

Product Review: President’s Choice Ascolana Fried Olives Stuffed with Cheese

Sweet! First 2022 Holiday President's Choice Insider's Report product review is up! Olives and cheese? Yes please!

Search Suzie the Foodie

I Am Alive!

I Am Alive!

It has been over a decade and my time as Suzie The Foodie is over! Thanks for all the love and support and remember, do not NOT feed the trolls. ~ Suzie The Foodie

Save $25 On A Magical Butter Kit!

Save $25 On A Magical Butter Kit!

Not only can you save $25 on a Magical Butter Kit with this coupon you help support me and my site when you purchase one!

Want a big discount on your purchase? Use the coupon code "SUZIE” when you check out!

Instant Pot Spicy Peanut Soup with Sweet Potato And Kale

Instant Pot Spicy Peanut Soup with Sweet Potato And Kale

Super fast and delicious soup made in the Instant Pot and saved my bacon!

My WordPress Guru

Special thanks to my WordPress Guru and long-time friend Mike D. Without your help, this website would not have been possible.

Copyright © 2023 · Metro Pro Theme on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in