Beige, Glorious Beige!

I never thought I could get so excited about beige, but I could not be happier to see it all over our walls. As you can see from these before and after pictures, there were some interesting color choices in some of the rooms when we moved in. We've never been shy about painting, in fact we painted every room in our last house, some twice. But in our new house every room upstairs and our bedroom downstairs needed to be painted, so we decided to hire someone to do it. We got a good estimate and figured it was well worth it to save us the time and effort. Not to mention they could do it in two days, whereas it would have taken us months. They did it while I was in Denver, so I especially loved that I didn't have to deal with it at all!

Here's a small sampling:

Feeding time

Whew! I am surfacing again after surviving our move. The move went very well, and we're thrilled to be in our new house. We did have a little panic on closing day because there were some delays with the paperwork, and we were beginning to fret that we would not be able to close that day. That was super stressful because that was Thursday, July 3, meaning otherwise we wouldn't close until Monday, July 7, because of the holiday weekend (we had to be out of our old house July 6). Thankfully, we closed that day and were able to keep everything on schedule. Other than that, everything has gone very well. We have all the necessities unpacked, but there are still boxes everywhere, as there probably will be for months.

Our backyard has a Koi pond, so we're trying to learn the ins and outs of it before it turns into a green, murky mess and we kill the fish! Here's Dave doing our first feeding.

So far the dogs and Charlie have showed little interest in it, which we are very thankful about. We were afraid the dogs would develop a taste for sushi and jump in after the fish. But so far, so good!

home sweet home - UPDATED

***Updated 6/18*** We got the signed offer last night, so now we're officially under contract! Whoohoo! We'll do our inspection on Friday, and then the option period ends on Tuesday. At this point, we're the only ones who can back out for any reason.

It's been a long few weeks, but we have our new home! The first house we put an offer on last week did not pan out, and at the time we were feeling pretty discouraged. So we went back out to look at houses on Saturday and actually found two we loved. Today we put an offer on one and they accepted it this afternoon!! I'm so happy that they agreed to so quickly. Unfortunately, the husband is out of town, so he cannot sign the contract until tomorrow, so we're still holding our breath a little until then. But it sounds like they are just as happy that we're buying it as we are, because they had a previous offer fall through and they close on their new house at the end of the month. The best news is that we are able to close before we have to get out of our current house, so we can move directly into our new house and avoid doing any storage. Whoohoo!

We're so happy with the house. We can really picture our family living there for many years to come. Here's a sneak preview:


Thank you all for your prayers and support over the last few weeks. It's been quite a roller coaster, but it will soon be at an end in our new home. We can't wait for you all to come see it!

SOLD!

The sale of our house became final on Monday when we finalized the repairs we'd do for the buyer. Whoohoo! Of course it's never fun to put money into a house you're leaving, but we feel like it was very fair. Now the only thing left to do is the closing.

We have put an offer on a house in Flower Mound, and we're just waiting to hear back. Wish us luck!

Whew!

What a week it has been! Over the weekend we had 24 showings, and by Monday morning we had 5 offers on our house! We were (and still are) in shock at how quickly it happened. We've accepted an offer and are in the option period, so the buyer has until midnight Tuesday to change their mind. Her inspector came Wednesday, so now we're negotiating repairs that we'll make. Everything should be a done deal as long as we can all agree on that. We're set to close June 27, but we have possession until July 6.

We have spent a lot of time looking at houses, but unfortunately have not found our next home yet. There have been about 4-5 that fit our criteria exactly, yet they just don't seem right for one reason or another. So please say a little prayer that we will find our home soon!

We've somehow managed to even have a little fun during all this, so hopefully I'll get a chance to post some pictures soon, but for now, I'm just whipped!

House update

Here's a quick update on the house:
I've had a couple anonymous comments asking for more details on the house. (Remember I will not post anonymous comments.) I would prefer not to post details of the house here, but feel free to contact me directly and I'd be happy to chat with you more about it and send you the virtual tour. If you don't know how to get a hold of me, you can leave a comment with your email address and I can contact you without posting the comment so the whole world won't see your contact info. Otherwise have your Realtor do a search for 3 bedroom homes in the 75007 zip code and it will come up.

We feel like we have had a TON of showings already. Nine yesterday and three already this morning. Whew! The first people who looked at it actually submitted an offer, but they withdrew before we could even respond. No biggie, but it made for a roller coaster of a morning yesterday! We've been getting positive feedback, so hopefully that will turn into multiple offers. We're going out to start looking at houses today, so that should be fun!

On the market

I've been absent from the blogosphere for a while because we've been swamped getting our house ready to sell, and as of about 10:00 a.m. today, we are officially on the market. I had no idea how much work it would be to get the house ready but it looks great. Now we're just praying for God to provide us with a buyer and wonderful new home. We'll be looking in the Flower Mound area for something with a little more room for us to grow into in the future. We've been in this house for 5 1/2 years, which is longer than we thought we would be, but it's been a great house for us. I'll be a little sad to leave it, but I'm excited to see where we end up.

So if you know anyone looking for a 3 bedroom home in Carrollton, send them our way!