June 13, 2006 - Thank God I paid attention!
For the past several days, it seems that everyone I talked to (and it
seems I've talked to everyone) asked if we'd sold our house yet. Over
and over, I admitted that we hadn't actually shown the house since the
end of April. 6.5 weeks ago, to be exact. That would be depressing, but
for this: we've been very busy with other obligations, and haven't been
prepared to show the house for quite some time.
Yesterday
morning, with my teenager (gulp) on a 4-H trip and my husband at work,
darling daughter and I put our heads together for a special girls-only
planning session. We decided what we could reasonably accomplish in a
day's time, and came up with a pretty long list. I said to her, "I have
a feeling the realtor will call today and ask to show the house. And
we're SO not ready for that!"
We worked, gave each other back
rubs, and worked some more. The littles helped wherever they could. We
didn't get the dogs bathed and groomed, but we covered nearly
everything else on our list. That felt pretty good.
And then, midafternoon, the phone rang.
We
had just over two hours to get the house totally spuff (Armstrong
past-tense of "spiff") and be out of here. OH -- guess that feeling was
the Holy Spirit. Woo-hoo! So we skipped afternoon naps and kicked it
into high gear. This place looked as spiffy as it could look. And
supper was in the crockpot; we were good to go.
We didn't go
far... we sat in a neighbor's driveway until they turned into our
driveway so we'd know what time they arrived. Then we did a couple of
errands down the road and waited for them to leave. After 45 minutes,
they left and we were able to come home.
Supper sure did smell
good when we walked in the door. Loren got home a little after we did,
and he called the realtor to see how the showing had gone. The realtor
seems hopeful... said it went well, and that supper smelled great. LOL
So... we'll see what comes of it. Maybe we'll get an offer. Either way, I'm glad I paid attention yesterday morning.
Toby
is supposed to come home tonight. I'm so excited! I can handle
loosening apron strings, no problem. But it was a bit much to say
goodbye to him the morning of his 13th birthday so he could judge
livestock on the other side of the state. It'll be great to have him
back.
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