Nomads

So we are between homes now.  We have several generous friends, who while they are out of town vacationing, allowing us to house sit for them.  And really it is allow as they would normally have no one.

Our move out was quite complicated with one thing after another, not enough storage in the pods, getting another storage space locally and running out of room st 1:30 am in it, and having to wait until the next day to be able to rent another space and a U-haul to finish.  The new owners had scheduled workers to come in and clean carpets etc, and were concerned we would be in the way.  We scurried to have everything in the garage and out of the house as we waited for U-haul to open, meanwhile trying to clean the house as we have never left a house dirty before this.  We notified our Realtor of the issue and that we couldn't do anything else before 9 am, and instead of trying to soothe things over, she sent us a bunch of nasty text saying we were trespassing, and that we could have the police called on us, to make us vacate the house. REALLY- we were trying to make things reasonable, not a turmoil.And what did she want us to do, when there was no where open, and we had no more space? I was really feeling let down by our Realtor at the end.  Most of what was left was either garbage or things of little matter, and it would have been easy to walk away at that moment and say fine clean it up your self, but we aren't those kind of people. Ultimately we did not clean well, since they had hired people to come in clean, paint and do the carpets.  I just gave up.  We'd been working 2 days straight, and had only slept for 3 hours in between because we couldn't do anything else. I left a couple big room carpets behind, because we had decided to not go back in, while waiting for them. We left a couple pieces of furniture as well, but I just didn't care anymore.
This was probably the worst move out experience of my life, that's for sure.

Meanwhile this week,  we are staying at a friends house not far from where our new house will be about a 10 minute drive. My husband gets to experience a shorter drive for work, and our daughter is with us visiting from London.  I know- why didn't she stay for the Olympics? I would most definitely stayed but she was homesick.  She and I are spending a lot of time at the Y's, the one I work at and the 2 close to here, going to various classes. I"m hoping to make a connection or two as well so  can maybe get on their sub list or enhance teaching program. A little sun time down at the park on the water. Got her bike working yesterday so she should be able to stretch her legs a little too.  She's full of lots of go go go, while I'm craving for a day of nothing, but lounging, since the few weeks before we moved were filled with packing, and various other things regarding the move.  She missed all the hard moving adventure, arriving 2 days later.  But we'll get her back as she will be here when we have to unload all that storage and pods.

Well that's what has been happening  the last few weeks.  Hope your summer is going well.  More to come next week.

Our search is finally over! New home in our very near future.

If you have read my blog over the last two years, you're aware we've been involved in the housing market.  We finally sold our house just 2 days after relisting it back at the end of May.  Where we had it on the market for 14 months prior with no offers , took it off for 6 months re-listed with a new agent, and it went so fast that it sold, in two days with a second offer coming in right behind the first one.
   We've sifted through a lot of crap out there.  Homes where the holes in the walls, dirt and grunge on the walls and floor is hard to get past and these people are asking top dollar. ReallY????? I would be ashamed to put something like that on the market. In fact I would have been ashamed to live in a home like that, so I guess that explains everything.  You don't have to have a lot of money but some elbow grease goes a long way.  We were so tired of searching and making offers. 















We actually made or attempted to make 7 offers before this home.  So number 8 was the right home. Finally this little gem popped, it had been on the market and the buyer backed out so they re-listed, I never even it saw it the first time it was listed in May. At the time I wasn't specifically looking in this area, but more in general area of it.

This is a  small view of the back covered porch and patio, you can't really see that the view that is a wooded reserve except for reflection in the window shows a bit.  There's a lovely fire ring built into the patio.  Which i look forward to sitting with friends and sharing a glass of wine with in the evenings.  I love the inside of the house, but this backyard really made it for me. Its not huge, but gives the impression because of the reserve behind the home. Its pretty simple to care for. I'm in love with the covered porch/deck . When my husband was in the Air force, our townhouse had a covered patio, which was so delightful all year long,  It didn't rain much where we lived, but it was definitely hot and sunny and the cover was incredible.  I love having trees in the yard and wildlife, despite the deers eating all my flowers and shrubs.  I don't mind the bunnies too much having a munch if they don't eat everything. I'm so accustomed to the seeing deer and bunnies in my yard, I will definitely miss them if some new creatures don't venture up now and then to the yard in this home.
It already feels like home, so I hope our buying efforts all go smoothly.

This is a view of the front. It has a great covered front porch and sits in a cul-de- sac with about 8-10 other homes.  I'm hoping that neighbors are nice, and we can get to a know a few of them. I plan on staying here for a long time.
Moving can be exciting, but its such a huge amount of work.  I'm looking forward to moving all my hanging flowers, and baskets over to this house.