Change is in the Air

As Spring commences, change is in the air.

My life has been up and down for the past month or so

and I am finding strength in knowing that

"everything happens for a reason".

In my last post, I mentioned that we had a buyer for our house

and were moving back to Tennessee

at the beginning of April.

Well....after much distress over the sale of our house,

(the market is terrible for a seller right now)

we will actually be staying in Colorado.

 We took the sign out of the yard this weekend.

 Soooo....

I'm basically starting fresh.

It's Spring...time for renewal and time for change, right?

I'm in the process of trying to find a new place
to re-open my shop

(I am getting "stir crazy").

I've been known as the queen of side jobs around here, 

but I'm ready to slow it down and focus on one or two things max!

In the meantime,

I'm freshening up our home...

pulling out all of the boxes of goodies

(that I had already packed up for the move)

and making our home our own again.

 I've compiled a list of things that I plan

to change in our home, since we'll be staying a while.
(Next post!)

Happy Spring everyone!

And so it begins...

Our house is officially on the market now...
in the MLS, on the web, sign in the yard, etc.

We had one call that someone wanted to view it, but...
They never showed up!
I scrambled and cleaned,
left the house (stuck the dog in the pickup)
for 2 hours

all for nothing!

And so it begins...

Selling a house is so exhausting, as many of you know.
Everything has to remain spotless, de-personalized, and "unlived in"
until the right person comes along to buy it.
I'm hoping and praying
 that this will not be an extremely lengthy process.

I miss my things...
my clutter, my photographs,
my energy...

We received the flyers today...
the photograph they took of the front yard is terrible!
We definitely should've waited until AFTER we re-sodded the yard
and the angle is not good.
We're going to take another one!
(It's really hard to keep grass alive in Colorado!)

Here's the link on the web...
http://www.coloradohomefinder.com/idx/listings/911204/details.html

We are having to list the house $16,000 below what we owe on it...
OUCH!
There's no other way around it though..
the market is just really tough right now.
Great for buyers though!
I can't wait until I get to go hunting for our new home!

I was really hoping to be back in Tennessee before Fall.
There is nothing like a Tennessee Fall!

I love it!

In the meantime, I've had everything in my shop 40% off
for over a week now.
I was able to get rid of ALOT of things.
Now, I guess I'm sort of starting with a
clean slate
until we get the house sold.