We've also been busy as well! We found our next house and while it was a struggle to negotiate we got it! Brad found it online and it looked amazing and just a little beyond our reach until Brad the master negotiator stepped in and made it happen. We decided to take a look at it cause it had just the right combination of yard, garage and house for us. It's just on the other side of town from us too! 7 km's away. Rowyn will end up having to be bused to school but we're ok with that. We'll be living on a dead end street and we'll be the last house so we have the entire court to ourselves! Next door to us are some chickens and a really loud rooster. We're so pleased! We have to do a lot of cosmetic updates (can you say 90's with the paint and wallpaper!) but we'll get Rowyn settled and slowly bring it into this century. We bought this house before we had even thought about listing ours. So now we were faced with the dilemma of owning two houses and paying the mortgage on both! We hustled and busted our butts and got everything into tip top shape in about 4 days - including painting walls, A LOT of trim, the garage doors and fixing little things that we've left over the years. I was dreading the cleaning part and poor Khaos had to go to Grandma's house each day in case there were showings. We didn't have to do that for too many days. After only 48 hours we were presented with an offer of list plus! We took it and now we have a nice sold sign on our lawn. Whoohoo!!! Packing here we come (trying not to over stress that part but hey - you know me!). Rowyn knows we're moving and says she doesn't want to move. We took her with us while looking at the houses so she's seen the new house twice and her new room. I hope she'll warm up to the idea once the boxes start coming out and we start emptying the house out.
Rowyn and Brad made a special Mother's day breakfast in bed for me. Rowyn said to me "I have a surprise for you Mum, but don't look behind the drapes. I have to water it every day for you but you can't know what it is". She was SO excited to bring me breakfast in bed and I loved it! And loved the little seedling my chic had planted as well (that's still living by the way!)
Only full on house shot I managed to take. Not sure why I didn't get a better one! More to come soon anyway and I'll sharpen my photography skills.
Theatre in action!
No photography skills needed here.... She's beautiful all on her own. Taken tonight when we arrived home from her school play.
And this pic was taken on the way home tonight and just about sums up how I feel.
