Pending

So it finally happened: we have a pending offer. It's still early and a lot has to fall into place but I have high hopes. 

And it's ironic that the people who saw the house when I was unable to do my major pre-showing cleaning are the ones that gave an offer. Here I've been thinking about the phrase "after all you can do" meaning I work my tail off and the Lord will magnify my efforts, when it's really sometimes you can't do the crazy amounts that you think you need to do and the Lord will still make sure everything will be okay. I give much credit to my mother in law and Rebekah.

I also give credit to this sign. Apparently there's been much made out of the fact that we don't have a designated TV space in the living room. So Don made a little sticky note sign and stuck it to my piano. I figure if you're going to do it, well, go big or go home. 

And so, if all goes well, our days in the Columbus house are numbered. I do love this house. Even with all the problems, struggles, and quirks. 

I screenshot the following pictures from the realtor website. Just so we can always remember. 

This makes our kitchen look really long. I won't lie, it is really long - but this makes it look REALLY long. 

Living room. I loved the arch, and I love the ceiling treatment. 

Also love the window.

Another view of the kitchen. Those cabinets though! They have spoiled me for all future cabinets. 

Ou wash room / mud room / storage room, etc. 

Spare bath. One of the things I dislike about this room is how small the sink area is. Someday Rebekah is going to want counter space. This house doesn't offer that. 

Master. What a ceiling. You can vaguely see the road lights behind the first trey. That's a rather cool ambiance thing and will be missed. 

Master bathroom. I thought I'd love the tiles. But turns out I hate cleaning grout lines. I still love the lack of shower door though. I may never go back. Those things are awful to clean. 

3rd bedroom. Love the window, love the ceiling vault. 

Rebekah's bedroom. Aww... sweet Olaf will be always remembered. I had to take everything else away and apparently forgot Olaf and her blanket. Mistakes are good sometimes, right?

The office / formal dinning area. Still impressed that it cleaned up so well. 

Makes me never want to get the other stuff back out. 

Our view:

Back of the house.

I decided to put both houses side by side for future reference. They do look quite a bit alike, don't they?

I've had my concerns about the new house. However, when I get concerned the Lord helps me come back down. This last weekend we learned the other builder we were considering started pulling contracts. The people who told us this are now on the waiting list for phase 2 in our neighborhood. They also told us what they are paying for the same house we are building. We spent a little extra to get a lot with a water view. They are paying a lot more than we. Prices have increased that much. Right down the road from us, realtor.com has a house listed for 60k over what we are buying ours for. Scary that things have increased that much since we purchased. We have been greatly blessed.