Our house, which I wrote about here, is now for sale. Actually, we put it on the market on April 19 and we signed a contract with a buyer on April 28. I was very glad to be finished with the constant cleaning that accompanied showing the house. Plus, we have been potty-training. One day we had several people show up quite suddenly and I only had time to change my shirt. The one I was wearing said "Naturel Jenius." I failed to check the boys' room so after the home tour I looked to see what was on their floor. Just a pair of dirty Lightening McQueen underwear. Other than that the room looked pretty good.
We also found a house to rent in Tuscaloosa. Have I mentioned that we are moving? Brian will be working at The University of Alabama. I made five trips to T-town to try to find a family-friendly rental house. We found one with a fenced yard and a fortress in the back leftover from when the owner's two boys were young. They said you can hear the band practice from where we will live. Plus, the next day the owners met us half-way between here and there so we could sign their lease.Then they invited us to have dinner with them and we spent an hour getting to know our new landlords. Makes me feel a little better about paying X in rent since we are giving it to a pretty nice couple.
Oh, and the night we met them to sign their lease we were surprised by the home-inspector's arrival about 10 minutes before we needed to leave. Then the prospective buyers showed up. I was very glad I had cleaned the kitchen that day. So we left and I felt like I was in one of those dreams from when you are little where you show up at kindergarten in your underwear. Several strangers were in my house and I wasn't there to watch them or host them. I didn't know what to say when we left either. Make yourself at home? Don't touch anything? It looks better when I know you are coming? Anyway, they seemed nice and nothing was missing when I got back.
We thought we would have until August 1 to be in Starkville but the buyer requested for us to be gone by June 15. Brian will do a little work from home (in Tuscaloosa) and commute a few days every week until the beginning of August. Then he will have a couple of weeks off before starting his new job. My due date is August 16 and his first day at work at UA is August 17.
2 comments:
Congrats! You should have the baby on August 15th..It's only the greatest day and it's MY birthday! Have you found out what you are having yet? We just moved into the house I have wanted for two years now. God is good and definately has a time for everything! We will miss ya'll, but we're happy for you too.
Glad the Lord is opening and closing doors for you quickly (the closing part being the house-selling.) Loved your comment about not knowing what to say as you left your home with strangers in it. :) Love you girlie.
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