On the market

We met with Michele, our real estate agent on Saturday at noon. From 5 a.m. - noon we cleaned like mad people!!!

I really like her. She's high-energy and she's from the area, so she knows the area well and knows what people are looking for and what they're willing to pay.

Originally, we thought about selling the house ourselves. So far, I'm glad we didn't do that. First of all, we would've priced our house at least $5K under her minimum asking price!

Secondly, we wouldn't have even realized the few simple, easy things we could do to spruce up the house. We've done most of them already and they make a big difference!

We're asking $124,900 for our house. I know it seems like a lot -- but there are lots of newer things that have been added/updated in the past 5 years. Trust me, if you had seen this place when I first met Todd.... well, ewwww.... the carpet was nasty -- they had large dogs and smoked several packs a day... the walls were a chalky gray... the ceiling was leaking and falling down. We've made lots of repairs. We've put a lot of time, energy and love into making the house look the best that we can get it to look. Yes, there are still some home improvement things that could be done -- new windows, refinishing the wood floors, new siding on the garage -- but our agent is confident that we're still OK in our price range.

In fact, she's already had two people ask her about it because they overheard her talking about it yesterday!

As my mom says, "It only takes ONE buyer..." And Michele was here this evening to take pictures of the house. She's motivated to get our house on the website and get people out here to walk through it. We're really excited about it!

Keep sending prayers and positive thoughts this way.

I miss you all already! - Tanya