Waiting!

UGH!  Selling this house is becoming one big massive HEADACHE!  We haven't had anymore showings.  I don't know if the market is just slow or what!  We've dropped our price twice so far and really don't want to have to drop it much more.  This is so frustrating!  School will start here in a month, but doesn't start in Wisconsin for two months.  We really don't want to have to start the kids in school here because it would make for a super long school year for them since Wisconsin is on a different schedule.  :(  We had hoped to be moved by now.  Our best case scenario would be to get an offer in the next couple of weeks, so, we could still move before school starts in Wisconsin and maybe not have to enroll them here.  I am trying to be patient and tell myself that things will fall into place, but it's hard to stay positive sometimes.

Just Checking In

I'm beginning to think I should change the title of this blog to Ready...Set...Wait!  We've had one showing since our house was listed 9 weeks ago!  The showing went well, but the couple is split on which house is their favorite. Their move depends on whether or not the husband gets a job he interviewed for.  We should know something one way or the other on Wednesday.  The realtor is hoping that nicer weather will produce more showings...I hope so too! :)  We know that the right buyer will come along...eventually!  We just have to be patient!

State of Affairs

So, our house has been on the market for a month.  Not one single showing!  I know the market is slow, but geez I thought we'd at least have some interest in the property.  The realtor says it is just a slow time right now. :(  I know the right person will come along...eventually! :)  

I have been keeping an eye on the real estate listings up north since we came back from our trip.  Unfortunately, there just isn't alot available in our price range.  We are almost to the point where we are ready to write an offer on one of the places we saw during our visit.  Of course it will be contingent on inspections and selling our house.   Hopefully, the seller isn't in a terrible hurry to sell and will be willing to wait until we sell our house.  If not, I guess we will have to resume our house hunting! :(  I'm trying not to stress about the timeline of selling our house, but with summer fast approaching it's kind of hard not too!

Back from Wisconsin!

We had a great trip up north!  Unfortunately, the house hunting wasn't that great. :(  You wouldn't believe the state of some of the houses we looked at!  We found one place that looks promising and our realtor is going to get more info for us about utilities, etc.    The house that we liked is the only house we saw that I could potentially see myself living in.  We may have to continue searching depending on what our realtor comes back to us with.  The housing prices are crazy up there, so, that limits our selection big time.  Hopefully we'll find something...worse case scenario is that we may have to rent for a year.  Right now, I am more concerned about selling our house!!  :o

A New Lawn Decoration

So, our lawn is sporting a new decoration...a For Sale sign!  Our house is officially on the market!  It really makes this move seem more real now!  We are gearing up for a trip up north to check out the area and look at some houses.  It should be an interesting couple of months.

I am THOROUGHLY convinced that moving will be a piece of cake compared to the process of readying our house to be put on the market! :)  I organized my top kitchen cabinets this morning and will hopefully get to the bottom cabinets later today.  My to-do list seems to be getting longer instead of shorter!  We have three days until the realtors come!  Is it time for panic mode yet? :o

HAPPY CLEANING, ORGANIZING, SORTING...

Moving

So, now that we have had a chance to look over the relocation proposal I guess I can say that we are officially moving.  Of course if won't be "technically" official until he signs the paperwork, but that should be within the next few days!  The last week has been a bit of a blur....

• contacted realtors (local and in Wisconsin)
• started organizing and purging (I refuse to box up and move things that we no longer want or need)
• started boxing things up that we don't really need right now 
• started "depersonalizing" the house (putting pictures away, etc.)

We've only got about a week and a half until the realtor comes to check out our house!!  It makes me tired just thinking about all the things that need to be done before then! :o  I know it will all get done...eventually.

Happy Moving Preparing!