Sold!

Note: This post is tardy and should have been posted late May. No wifi at the lake and utter exhaustion are my excuses!

SOLD--This is the one word we had hoped to see and hear for quite some time! One gazillion showings later, we got three offers in one day. That's right, T.H.R.E.E. Did I mention they were all equally terrible? Talk about a sucker punch. It was like they all got together and talked about it! Luckily, our realtor, Casey Jones, had nerves of steel and he flat out rejected all three offers. He told the agents that if they were serious, we would consider better offers the next day. So, the highest of the three came up a little and we received that first thing the next day. I was worried because it was still pretty darn low. At the end of the day, after sweating and fretting about how we would counter, our lowest offer came up $95,000 to our asking price! Thank.You.Lord. What a happy blessing. After accepting their offer, we realized that closing was in less than a month. GASP!!!!! Our poor realtor. We had him showing us houses all over the greater Little Rock area. Insert realtor wisdom here...he gave us great advice. He told us he was afraid we were going to buy a house because we were pinched for time and not because we loved the house. He suggested we find an apartment to rent temporarily and take our time looking. So, with a little sense talked into us, one 22-foot truck full of stuff sold at auction, three trips with a trailer hauled off to the lake, one trip for Our House donations, one trip to Dress for Success, five storage units and dozens of Goodwill drop offs later, we settled into the lake house, for a summer of relaxation and patience. More on relaxing and patience in a future post!

John trying out a recliner at Kroger!  We were feeling desperate and wondered if the good people at the grocery store would notice if we temporarily took up residence in the furniture section.

Selling stuff!

Such a lovely sign.