Weekend

[ste_noni]

It was a fun weekend around here. Nothing very special, but still fun and relaxing.

Friday started out rather badly around here. By 10 am, I had cleaned up a substantial amount of baby poop off the carpet and made two trips back to the house after I'd left because I realized I'd forgotten something, and figured out that I had lost my debit card the day before. However, it all got taken care of and Ellie and I had a nice day shopping. We went to the Carter's outlet (thanks casperflea!) and ran some errands at Southpoint Mall and Target. (We have no Target in Sanford so that was extra special.)

Saturday, people were supposed to come look at the house. We spent the morning cleaning up and getting little stuff done that needed to be done. We left just before 3pm so they could look at the house and came back after an hour. They never showed! I'm still mad because the realtor called twice to say they would be there. Saturday was nice, however. Joe and I left Ellie with our neighbors and we went out for dinner. My birthday is Wednesday and this was sort of a birthday dinner. The food was pretty good and the atmosphere was nice. Then we took a bottle of wine back to the neighbors and hung out for a while. Ellie was *really* glad to see me, although she hadn't really been crying.

Sunday, we went to church with friends. We hadn't been to church in months and it was really nice. Ellie was really good - singing (sort of) during the singing parts and smiling, jumping and grabbing our friends during the talking parts. She made it almost to the end of mass, so I was happy. Although I'm not Catholic, one thing I really like about Catholics (as opposed to Protestants) is that I think they are much more tolerant of children in church. After church, we had awesome french toast at friends' house, walked their dogs and took Ellie for a walk. Then they all played with Ellie for a while and Joe and I watched A Series of Unfortunate Events. Sunday night, we grilled steaks and sausage in the front yard while Ellie tried to eat the grass. Also, Joe took Ellie and the dogs for a walk so I could have 20 minute rest/nap. It was wonderful.

All in all, it was a nice weekend. It was exactly the sort of weekend I kept wishing for last year while Joe was gone.

ION, I'm now convinced that we have to get a realtor. I don't mind paying one if I know I can't sell the house myself. Still, I sort of feel like I've failed. I think Sanford is just not the right market for what I tried to do - it's too small and there are only 3 or so realty companies competing. It's too easy for them to ignore us. Truthfully, we could afford to wait another month or so, but I'm not sure I want to just to prove a point - especially since I'm proving that point to myself. Getting the money (from the house sale) close to the time we leave would really help a lot. We have to pay almost $2,000 to ship our car to Puerto Rico and Joe wants to fix his motorcycle before we go. We have enough in savings to cover the mortgage for 3 months but we will start to rack up the credit cards if it goes any longer. I think I'd rather just accept the loss of the 6-7K (additional) we will have to pay a realtor and have this done. Still, I feel like I personally lost us that money.

Comments

[vwbug.livejournal.com]

It does sound like a nice weekend. Yay for that!

Don't be too hard on yourself about the house. You did what you could.

[ste-noni.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I'm more at peace about the whole thing now. I talked to a realtor and he made it sound like they do a lot to get buyers here. So, at least I feel like I'm paying for something. Hope you are feeling better!

[mearagrrl.livejournal.com]

Sounds like you've given it a try, and the realtor is the way to go in your location. Sucks, but at least you gave it a shot!

[ste-noni.livejournal.com]

I've got a guy coming over today so that should get the ball rolling. And, like you said, at least I tried.

[cindywrites.livejournal.com]

Stephanie, you can do anything, (I've seen it), that doesn't mean you have to do everything. I hope you can let it go, and enjoy the time and energy you would have had to devote to selling your house.

I have to tell you an amusing (to me, and hopefully to you) LJ misunderstanding: I was reading my Flist yesterday, and saw a post that read something along the lines of:

If Ellie giggles one more time, I am going to scream. Seriously, she's driving me around the bend.

Then it went on to say something about a crush not panning out, not that it seemed like it was going anywhere, anyhow.

I thought you'd been taken over by a baby-laughter-hating, adultery-seeking, pod-person grinch.

I blinked, and blinked and blinked again. Then I saw the user name, and that it wasn't your journal at all, and I don't think the Ellie in question was a baby, for that matter. But for a moment, I thought you'd cracked.

[ste-noni.livejournal.com]

That's a funny story! I only love it when my Ellie giggles. BTW, "Mommy gets an F minus" is now firmly ensconced in our lexicon around here. :)

[e-juliana.livejournal.com]

Don't kick yourself too hard about the house. It happens - and it's not a great market anyway.

[ste-noni.livejournal.com]

The realtor is coming over today. He already told me about all the stuff they do to sell homes here, so I feel a bit better.