Thursday, May 26, 2016

With the house under contract, we needed a break while we waited for our closing date.  To avoid the crazy Memorial Day weekend traffic, we left the Sawnee campground a day early, put the coach into storage and headed out in our toad.  Joani made a lot of calls to find a storage facility with a vacancy (it was amazing just how difficult that was).  It was just outside the Cumming, GA, city limits, so the drive in the coach was only 12.2 miles (76.735.6 total).

We drove the FIT another 240 miles to Lebanon, TN, to visit with the Parriott clan.  After a long weekend, I drove my mom and Joani (in mom's plush Maxima) up to Iowa to visit relatives.  We rolled into Story City, IA, in time for their annual Scandinavian Days Festival.

We had the chance to see Macy in a dance recital, eat at one of our favorite BBQ spots with the Osmundson clan and have some homemade ice cream at Sweet Treats in Jewell.  It was so great to see everyone.

This time the corn was planted and already knee-high, unlike three years ago when the fields were too wet to plant.  It was one of those rare times when we were able to extend our visit for a full ten days on the farm.

Sunday, May 15, 2016

Our house had been on the market two days when our realtor, Tricia, held an open house for local agents to see the property in hopes of creating a buzz.  One agent brought a client by 15 minutes after the open house ended. A man from Portland, Oregon, wanted to relocate to the Atlanta area and our house fit the bill.  We had an offer.

We countered on the following Monday and everyone agreed and signed on Tuesday.  Since everything went well we considered it sold today!

He has no house to sell and wants a fast closing and so do we!  He liked our library and wants it as is and he liked the remote control curtains.  Hooray for books and technology, we can hit the road again!  

Friday, May 13, 2016

There were still quite a few things to finish, but Tricia wanted to get the house listed in time for a big open house weekend. She said it would be clear it was a work in progress and that it would not deter any prospective buyers. We consented and up went the sign. It was officially listed today!

I can't remember when the lawn looked better.

St. Joseph had a place of honor between the sign and the flowers.

Below is a sampling of the shots Tricia used for the sales flyer.  The laundry room and garage still needed work.

The books are what remained after everyone we knew picked out what they wanted!