The Craze Begins!

Whew, the last couple of weeks have flown by! Hubby and I have both been crazy busy at work so we haven't done much to get ready for the move. Of course the new condo is furnished so that simplifies things a bit... or does it?

Well, sure, it simplifies things as far as the actual move goes. We don't really have to move all that much stuff. Clothes, personal belongings and kitchen stuff is about it really. We do, however, have a house full of furniture that we knew we'd have to deal with eventually. The plan was to leave the house "staged" with all the furniture until it sells. Great idea, huh? We thought so.

Our lease on the new condo starts on December 14... less than ten days from now. We had decided to stay in the house through Christmas though because heathen son, heathen daughter (it's an affectionate term), wonderful son-in-law and most beautiful grandbaby are all coming to spend the night Christmas Eve. We even bought a new "skinny" Christmas tree that will fit a lot better in the new condo. We're all set.









Sticking around the house for awhile after our lease started would be fine. Heathen son will be home from college on break and we're busy at work anyway. Not a big deal... or so we thought.

We've had a lot of showings on the house and everyone seemed to love it (seriously.. what's not to love?) but the offers weren't just pouring in. We did get an offer last week while we were away at the beach for Thanksgiving but it was a contingency offer. We decided not to accept that. We didn't want to risk it not going through knowing other realtors would be hesitant to show the house with a contingency contract in place.

The couple who made that offer came back to see the house for a second time yesterday but another couple came for the first time - and they made an offer right away with a very quick closing date (only a month away!). Woo-hoo! While I feel a little bad for the couple who made the contingency offer for missing out on the house, I couldn't be happier that we got an offer we could accept and we won't be faced with having double house payments. What a relief!

Now for the fun part. (Yeah, that's it... the FUN part!) Since our closing date is just days after Christmas, we'll have to get moving fast as soon as Christmas is over. Looks like heathen son will get to live in the condo downtown with us until school starts again in mid-January. He's going to love that, I'm sure. And, in the meantime, you can visit Craigslist.org to see all the really great furniture we've posted for sale! Whew... fun, fun, fun. :)

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