Realty update

The phone's been ringing off the wall, well actually the counter.  Yesterday we were waiting to hear if that last offer was accepted or rejected.  Our eldest daughter called in the morning...no...we still haven't heard anything (I'm not sure who is more antsy...her or us???)  Then the realtor called and said the offer was rejected and she was coming down so we could do up a written offer and she would present it to the owners tomorrow afternoon.  In the middle of writing the offer our daughter called back, so I told her I'd call her later.  The realtor left but had left her briefcase downstairs, so I called her.  She called back after making arrangements for her husband to stop in today and pick it up.

Our daughter was down this morning to pick some blueberries, zucchini and some beans. Then the realtor's husband came and got the briefcase.  Still haven't heard anything....waiting....then the phone rings and the realtor congratulates us on getting the house...the owners even threw in a couple of extras into the contract for us!!!!!  Yeah!!!!  We've got 48 hours to list our house for sale so she's coming down tomorrow afternoon to do that paperwork.  Now we've got to start clearing out  junk and start packing....what did we get ourselves into????  :)   :)   :)

On again, Off again

Buying and selling real estate is so confusing and frustrating!!!! Yesterday, just when we decide we should make an offer on this house, I get a call from the realtor and she tells me they just got an offer on the house, and the buyers countered, so now we wait and see what happens. 

Got another call this morning and the deal fell through, yeah!!!,  then a couple hours later I get a call that the couple who put the offer on want to go back for another look..booooo..so now we're waiting to see what happens.  If they reject then we get to make an offer....sure hope they don't get it and we'll be able to sell our place and buy it!!

I Knew we Shouldn't Go!!

In the past few months we've been toying with the idea to move into a rancher in a gated community.  We looked at a couple but they weren't satisfactory mostly because of the fact that we have a truck and trailer and there was no place to park the truck.  Not only that that there weren't very many ranchers in gated communities built...it's much more advantageous to build a two or three story...you can get a lot more units on the same amount of land.  A couple days ago the realtor sent me 5 or 6 listings of ranchers with RV parking but not in a gated community.  Most of them were 30 to 40 years old and I'd rather stay in my 40some year old house where I know all the little problems and quirks.

BUT....there was one that was 11 years old, it was a two story with an in-ground basement.  Everything you needed was on the main floor and there was an elevator if you wanted to avoid the stairs to go to the games room in the basement.  It even had a couple of craft rooms and a canning room for all the jams, jellies, fruit and beans I can...so that was right up my alley.  Today we went to see it.  It was immaculate and there was only a couple of things that my "dream home" would have that this didn't!!!  Now we have to decide if we can clean 48 years of junk out of here and do some repairs to get this place on the market...AND I'D RATHER BE CAMPING!!!!  I knew we shouldn't have gone!!

Happy/Sad

We've been up at Cultus Lake in our trailer the past 4 nights.  Our daughter and 3 of the grand kids were there in their trailer as well, then our son-in-law came up after work on Friday so we sat around the campfire and made smores.  We weren't supposed to come home till Tuesday but something came up and we had to come home.  I was really disappointed about leaving early but when we got home I found out that one of my aunts passed away yesterday, so now I'm glad I could be home to support my uncle and cousin.  It was strange because as we were driving home I had thought about the time my aunt showed me what a kohlrabi was and gave me one out of her garden.  I planted some for several years...then I get home and find out she's passed away!!!

Our oldest grand daughter wasn't camping this time because she's in Halifax with the Langley Ukulele Ensemble playing in a military tattoo.  Our daughter has been getting pictures and videos from them and posting them on FaceBook....check it out!

While at Cultus we also got to spend a couple of days with my cousin J....we had such a good visit!!!

Happy Canada Day

Happy Canada Day everyone...hope you all had fun and managed okay in the heat!!  As for me, I spent the day working with my sister and cleaning up a bunch of stuff at my Mother's house...It'll be nice to sell it and finally settle her estate.  We worked there yesterday as well but in the late afternoon I came home and had a cold shower and hubby and I went to our son and daughter-in-law's for a bar-b-qued salmon dinner...it was to celebrate our birthdays.  Our son got himself a little greenhouse so we had a fresh salad made from lettuce he grew.  He's really enjoying the greenhouse and my Mom would have been so proud of him....one thing she always wanted and never managed to get was a greenhouse!!!

The other thing our son and daughter-in-law did this winter was re-vamp their furnace and put in a heat pump.  Their house was so nice and cool!!!  At our house we almost always get a lovely breeze so with the skylights and doors open it's quite pleasant, but yesterday the breeze was non-existent so now I wish I had a heat pump!!!