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| All moved in - January 2006! Long gone is Josh's favorite sports car, the Nissan Z |
We just met with our realtor this past week and got our list of "to-do's" of things needing to be done to the house in order to hopefully sell - replace some appliances, paint, etc. None of which was too surprising to us as unless things stopped working it was just a cost we decided to do without spending money on over the years. But now, of course, they must be done :) We are lucky to have support of family who are willing to come over and help us get this list accomplished on what we have in our mind as limited time, since we would like to list the house in March. In the perfect world, I'd love to sell, buy, move, all by summer, in order to be settled by the time the boys begin school again in late July. Cautiously optimistic...we really hope with all the work and money we're about to put in that we're able to sell, and for the general amount we'd like in order to afford a bigger home.
It's definitely a bittersweet time. While excited to have more roaming room, there's a lot of things I will miss about our house that has been an awesome starter home the last ten years. For starters, there's the obvious memories - bringing both the boys into the world here and where Lily spent most of her life.Being a block away from my best friend, walking distance to a great eating plaza, NO scorpions (huge plus!), nice neighbors....its really been a pleasant experience. I totally wouldn't move if we had an extra 1,000 feet :(
Fairly recently I bought plant seeds, as I thought I would finally break ground on something I've been wanting to do for a while, which is try my hand at gardening. In previous posts I mentioned that one of Lily's favorite places was our garden area, to lay under the shade of our rose bushes and drink from our fountain. I tied that memory in with making my flower/plant garden and bought a garden flag to place inside, in her memory -
We have it up for now, but it saddens me a bit that we'll have to take it down and wait until we get into our new house to start the garden process all over again. Depending of course on when that happens and how motivated we are, it could be awhile. I was looking forward to having a little blooming flower and plant oasis for Lily, or at least try.
The boys are excited to move, always have been thrilled over the idea. To them, the most important part is having stairs. In that respect it's nice that they're anxious, because I hope that means they will actively help keep the house clean! Definitely one of the reasons I hope we're able to sell fast is so I don't have to worry about trying to keep the house tidy at all times while we still live in it.
I knew at the end of 2015 that this year was going to be big...I just felt it. How wonderful it would be if all goes our way!
