We did it. We sold our house. A lovely family with 6 children fell in love with our home.
We are so very relieved! Living (or not living) in a 4000 sq ft house part time while trying to sell it was a chore. Keeping it ready for showings caused us to develop a daily ritual. In fact, we have pretty much stopped cooking at the house altogether. I have been buying a lot of prepared foods and paper plates. Of course we are eating out more, too. Yuck. But now it's over.
On the day of the showing to this family, I had re-affirmed my commitment to selling this house. We staged the house as if we knew the people already. There were fresh baked chocolate chip cookies, a favorite game staged in the game room. A Disney movie played in the background. There were so many things I did that I don't want to post them here, but if you contact me I'll send you a list.
Our realtor, Alexis, is sending me a picture of our closing to upload. I hope to have it soon.
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Saturday, August 27, 2011
The Cabin is Delivered
Our home sale is about to close, but we will not be homeless. Our cabin was delivered on a hot August day with record breaking temperatures.
We're not sure about drinking the well water because we haven't had it tested yet, so I drove into Carney to pick up bottled water for everyone. Jeremy had his sons out helping but no one had packed water. The temperature was 103 F and the work of setting the cabin on the stemwall required patience.
After an hour, I realized the water bottles were sitting in the sun, so I moved them to the shade of the building. I didn't realize that Alan had been moving gravel into the area with the tractor. Within 2 minutes of setting the water in the shade, Alan drove over them. I heard an explosion of plastic and turned around to see him sheepishly say, "I thought it was trash."
I hate to doubt my husband, but a part of me believes the 10 year old boy inside wanted to see what happened when you drive over water bottles with a tractor.
Regardless, it was my fault for setting them there. Back to Carney for a case of water.
By 6:30, the building was secure. Jeremy and Joe (our carpenter) headed home. We headed back to Tulsa to pack.
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| The dirt pile Joe created when he built the stemwall for the house. |
We're not sure about drinking the well water because we haven't had it tested yet, so I drove into Carney to pick up bottled water for everyone. Jeremy had his sons out helping but no one had packed water. The temperature was 103 F and the work of setting the cabin on the stemwall required patience.
After an hour, I realized the water bottles were sitting in the sun, so I moved them to the shade of the building. I didn't realize that Alan had been moving gravel into the area with the tractor. Within 2 minutes of setting the water in the shade, Alan drove over them. I heard an explosion of plastic and turned around to see him sheepishly say, "I thought it was trash."
I hate to doubt my husband, but a part of me believes the 10 year old boy inside wanted to see what happened when you drive over water bottles with a tractor.
Regardless, it was my fault for setting them there. Back to Carney for a case of water.
By 6:30, the building was secure. Jeremy and Joe (our carpenter) headed home. We headed back to Tulsa to pack.
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