All Consuming

That is how I feel right now, that putting our house on the market and selling it has consumed every fiber of my being, every thought I have, it has been all consuming every waking minute for the past week. And it should not be like that. This was something we CHOSE to do, not something we have to do. Stressing about showings, price points, keeping the house clean, pictures, listings, looking at lots vs houses, building in a neighborhood vs getting land. AHHH! It is enough to drive me crazy (and I think it has).

Last week was not a good week. After what seemed like months of getting the house ready for sale (de-cluttering, cleaning, patching, painting, etc), our realtor finally got our pictures and listing up on line. And it was HORRIBLE! The pictures were the worst I have ever seen. I had carefully scheduled the day he took pictures, my cleaning lady came in the morning, no kids or dog were home all day and he came in the afternoon. Everything was spotless. I just did not take into account he would take a picture of my shower door or Peyton's stuffed bookcase or my bathrobe on the back of the door. I became a PITA to him and asked if we could have a professional photographer come out. So he came out this morning. Almost put myself into labor yesterday cleaning. I will never complain about my cleaning lady not being thorough, she is worth her weight in gold.

Then I had a long talk with our realtor about next steps and how we can get the most exposure as possible for our house. We have a challenge in that we have one of the biggest and most expensive homes in our neighborhood. In our price range, there are homes available in two nicer neighborhoods. So the challenge is getting people to see our house because I really believe, once they see it, they will like it. And we did not pull the listing price out of thin air, we had an appraisal done when we refinanced in June. But it is a high number for our neighborhood and our house looks deceivingly small from the outside.So that is what we are working against.

So after stressing last week and basically being a miserable person, I just have to LET IT GO! Trust that God has a plan and everything will work out, timing wise, price wise, finding a lot, building, etc (if that is what we are meant to do). Once the new pictures and revised listing are up (of course I had to tweak that too), it is somewhat out of my hands.

And maybe, just maybe, I can start to think about this sweet baby girl that we will be meeting in less than 8 weeks instead of the spots on my hardwood floors or the toys all over my house.

I think Peyton knew I needed a laugh, he dumped out all Ryan's clothes from his hamper, put the hamper on his head and ran up and down the hallway. Love that kid!

Then of course, Ashley had to do it too.

We had some ice on Friday and Saturday morning took both kids out to play in it. Ashley is like me, she was not crazy about being cold or wet, but Peyton loved it.

This will be a better week, I just know it :-)