Well, it's official - we've sold our house. (I know the deal isn't actually done yet, but I choose to believe that everything will go as planned.) It's a darned good thing too. I didn't relish the thought of two mortgages (neither of them being attached to a vacation home). Bleh.
The buyers don't want our nice, stainless steel fridge (they must have looked inside!), but they wanted me to include the curtains. Weird. They could have sold the fridge and bought all new curtains. Still, I don't mind leaving any curtain that I didn't make...the laundry room curtain, the boy's curtain, and the girls' curtains are all moving with us to Maryland!(...where I hope they will each fit a window...I didn't measure.)
I've been pretty high-strung lately, so let's all hope that cutting out the weekly open houses will help.
So, lately....
Jonny asked who gets the goats if Grandma and Grandpa die. I think he wants to call dibs.
Annika told a chubby teenager at the park that she didn't think he was fat, just pleasantly plump....and then bawled when I told her that she did just call him fat. I don't even know how to anticipate the crazy things she says - much less prevent them. I've never known such an accidentally rude but truly kind person. It's a strange combination.
Tony is on vacation without us. ("Working" in Hawaii.) He says he doesn't even want to go to the beach. I don't know if that's a lie designed to make me feel better?...if so, it isn't working.
I think I need to plan myself a vacation for when he gets back. Maybe a road trip....with a van full of kids....across the whole dang country. Oh, I can already feel the relaxing eye twitch setting in.
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Yay for selling your house! Annika makes me laugh. I love the phrase "pleasantly plump" from Anne of Green Gables. When I was a kid, there was a time when I wished I was pleasantly plump.
ReplyDeleteOh, and I noticed you forgot the author of Holes on your sidebar. It's Louis Sachar.
Oh, Lia... I can feel your stress just reading this. I truly hope the sale goes through so you can't quit worrying about your house. :o)
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the road trip. I remember last year sometimes I looked forward to the road trips because then at least the most mischeivious kids were contained into one spot. When are you going to travel? What route are you taking? Maybe we can meet you somewhere along the way. I'll be in WA the last week or so of July. Will you still be there?
Congratulations! But I bet it is all the homemade curtains those buyers really want. They are soo cute! And Jonny should probably get the goats... It's part of his name, right?
ReplyDeleteYou sold your house!!! I am so thrilled for you. And relieved. It will go through. Right? And if not, you will at least have their earnest money to help with the mortgage.
ReplyDeleteWonderful news about your house. I hope whoever gets it loves it. You are going to have a grand adventure across country. Deep breath. Love you.
ReplyDeleteYou're so funny. I'm going to miss you. So happy that you got your house sold, though. When are you taking off?
ReplyDeleteHooray! What a RELIEF!
ReplyDeleteWell, I would want the curtains too...AND I'd take the fridge. How weird that they don't want the fridge??? Congrats on selling the house. What a relief! Let us know when you'll be getting into town...we'd love to see you this summer! Good luck with the eye twitch...that's one long drive. :)
ReplyDeleteCongrats on selling the house, but I'm sure your mom and dad are going to miss you being so close...of course they understand with all the moving they've done, but still...As for Annika, it gets better...I have one of those, and somewhere around 7 or 8, it clicked for him, and now he's figured out how to express that kind caring side without being accidentally rude...good luck with the move...i've been there several times!!! So glad you don't have to worry about the house...
ReplyDeleteYou write great blogs. Do you find it therapuetic or does it increase the tic? I wrote a story abt our move from So.California to WA in 1977...7 children,2 cats, a gerbil (or guinea pig??),a Uhaul pulling a VW, and a station wagon. People reading it today would probably think it was fiction. Keep your fans posted and I'll remember you in my prayers.
ReplyDeletehmmm. how tall is your fridge? Maybe we can buy it from you. Although, it probably be easier to sell it to someone in your area...
ReplyDeleteCongratulations. This post just cracked me up. I can't decide whether I'm sad for the "plump" boy or whether I think it's funny that she'd have made such a comment given her intentions.
ReplyDeleteAnyhow, maybe you could quickly sew some straightjackets and mouthcovers (I think there's a word for those, but for the life of me I can't think of it).