We're getting there...

As you probably know from my previous post, we are getting our home ready to sell. This market is not the best time to be selling, but we are totally trusting in God about it, but I must admit...it hasn't been easy. We found a home that we truly fell in love with. It's a new house, but we're not sure if the builder would be willing to sell it to us with a contingency...that we sell our home within a certain period of time. Most people would think it's a crazy idea, but we have complete trust that this is God-lead. If God wants us to have that house, He will sell ours in that time period. We're walking out in total faith.

In the mean time, a Realtor came to our home, gave us the price we should begin with, and then told us they'd be back Monday afternoon to snap photos for the listing. We have been going CRAZY trying to de-clutter, clean and paint for tomorrow. What I want to know is:

"WHERE DID ALL THIS STUFF COME FROM AND WHY IS IT IN MY HOUSE?!?!?!?"

Seriously...we have way too much stuff. We've made several trips to the dump and have given away a ton of stuff. Ah...the urge to purge! I can't even begin to tell you how good awesome it feels to be rid of the clutter and junk. We took many of our own family photos down (as suggested by the Realtor) as well as a few decorative items.Most of the painting jobs have been simple touch-ups, but our kitchen was only half painted. It's been that way for almost a year now...yeah, pretty pathetic, huh? It just goes to show how busy life gets lazy we are. One project gets started and then something gets in the way and it's forgotten about.

Well, today we finished painting the kitchen. Yahoo!!! Now that it looks nice, we have to leave it...how sad though, huh? Here it is...what do you think?


A few of the other rooms we've completed are:

The dining room (we never did finish that fireplace...it looks so ugly!)...


...the music room (Dad's old bedroom in the in-law section of our home)...




...and the family room (Dad's old living room in the in-law section.


Once we're ready for things in the morning, I'll snap a few more photos. I can't wait to get this house listed. Now that our minds are pretty set on it and we're used to the idea, we are excited about the new changes that are around the corner...we think. It's all bittersweet!

Please pray for us and with us. Pray that the house would sell quickly and that the house we found will be available for us to purchase. If that house sells in the mean time, we have to start looking all over again and I know it'll be a BIG disappointment for us all, especially the kids.

Thanks and I'll keep you posted.