House for Sale - Sold?

Well, after over a year on the market, we have finally received and accepted an offer on our house. We did this with very mixed emotions.

On one hand, we have prayed and prayed for our house to sell. It was beginning to feel more like a trap than a home. Every week I grouse about wanting to live in a city rather than such a rural area.

On the other hand, we designed and built this house ourselves. We thought we'd live here at least until all our children were grown. Carys was born actually IN this house. We'll be leaving behind a lot of really wonderful memories.

I think part of the difficulty is also that we're not leaving this house to go somewhere wonderful. In fact, we don't know yet exactly where we're going.

Of course, it's not a done deal yet. The appraisal has to come back high enough for the buyers to borrow the money they need to purchase the house. Their house in NC also has to sell. They are closing on September 9. If all goes well, we are closing on September 14.

We left for our timeshare today. The boys will all go home late Sunday night. Landon no longer has the flexibility of homeschooling. He is dual enrolled at the College of Central Florida this semester, and he has class all week. They also have promotion boards at CAP Monday night. They will come back to Sarasota after CAP as Landon doesn't have classes on Tuesday and Greg is off as well. The two of them will head back home for the rest of week. Hopefully, Gerren will get to stay with us.

When we get home Saturday, we'll have two weeks to finish packing and have a moving sale. Then we'll have the weekend to move before a Tuesday closing. Now, I'm praying for Greg to have a job offer in St. Louis by the time we have to move! :)