Love this house!!!
It seems like we have this thing with moving and having to move every four to five years. Don't know what it is about us but it happens---almost like clock work. We moved here to Utah almost four years ago. And when we moved here, I thought that this home would be our home for MANY years!!! Not to be so. Maybe we move because it is habit. Maybe we move because we need to start over gain. Maybe we move because the spirit prompts us to move and we feel like we had better act. Whatever the reason; we are what you would call "adventurers". I don't know if that is a real word but it is better than "nomads".
The process of moving is not new to us but yet each time I wonder how this will all turn out in the end. I worry and stew over all the hassle of selling a home and buying a new one. I love my house here and I love my neighborhood. I love my ward and the schools here. So---why are we moving? Because Michael is driving to Provo to work and that is about 2 1/2 hours of driving each time. We decided that we needed to get Brynna settled into a high school before she gets too far into the high school scene. It has been a really hard decision to come to since we have really enjoyed it here and we were comfortable here. But here we are going through this whole process again. I have dreaded it and have lost much sleep over worrying about all of the things that needed to be done to get the house ready to sell. I have painted all the rooms back to a neutral color---not something that I have enjoyed. We met with our realtor this week and the sign will be in the yard by this weekend. It is just painful to go through each phase of moving. I don't think it has ever been an easy thing to do but there has certainly been easier moves than others. I am hoping that our last move was the worst case scenario that we will ever have to have in a moving experience. It can only be better this time---right?
It is just heart breaking when you find out what you can sell your house for today. We bought our home when prices were high and now we will have to sell really low because of the down housing market. We are hoping that we can make up for some of that in the house we buy. They say that it is a buyers market but I am having a hard time finding a house like mine within a price range that we can afford.
Then you have to make sure that your home is SPOTLESS everyday and all day. We can't find anything because it is either in a box or shoved in some cupboard just to have it put away. Our home suddenly becomes just a house and not our own as we paint and start packing things up. It is emotionally draining and physically draining with all the work you have to put into getting it ready to sell. Oh the joys of it all and this is just the beginning.
Then there is the searching and looking for hours online at the houses available. I have been driving around and looking at houses and areas and high schools. After awhile everything starts looking the same and you wish you could just transplant your current house to your new location. Oh if it could just be that easy!!!
So---the photographer came and took pictures today of the house and we should be up and running by Saturday. And that is when all the fun begins with realtors calling to let you know that they have someone who wants to see your house today. It is such a roller coaster ride but there must be some sense of fun in it---we keep doing it don't we?
So wish us luck---we need it!!! Pray for us that we can make this whole adventure work out. Pray that I don't have too many melt downs when people choose the other house over ours. I just wish that I could have a house that I could fold up and take with me wherever I go. I guess they have those---they are called "tents". I think I will pass on that and keep looking for my next castle!!!!
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