Not for Sale

The "FOR SALE" sign that has been in

front of our home since July is now gone.

The flyers that sat on 

our dining room table since July are now in the

garbage.

The private showings are O.V.E.R!

And I could not be more relieved!!!!

We had an offer on the home, but we backed out
after they had they asked us to replace every window in the home.
and after that we decided to take it off the market.....

Because snow has begun to fall, and leaving the home evrytime
some potential buyer wants to see it is no longer feasible with two little kiddos.

Here is my "for sale" story:

Imagine this:

try keeping your home in tip top "show quality" shape,

while also trying to potty train a 22 months old boy..

keep a 3 months old chubby baby belly full...

have dinner on the table....

babies down for naps....

etc.....

oh and just as you are about to get the 2nd baby 

down for their nap, the phone rings and wakes them up...

you have a showing in one hour.

Count down starts NOW,

and you still haven't cleaned up lunch,

or folded the laundry....

you race to get all the lose ends tied,

throw the clean unfolded clothes into a box and under the bed...

change all the babies diapers 

(because you obviously didn't have time to focus on the potty training thing),
put the dirty dishes under the sink, because you forgot
to unload the dishwasher this morning,
wipe the bathroom counter,
clean breakfast off the booster seat,

get the dogs on leashes, baby #1 in stroller, and baby #2 in his baby sling.
 and walk out the door just in time for the 1 pm showing.

It begins to rain, yet you are sweating  like a whore in church pushing the stroller
and carrying your own little space heater (aka baby#2),
The dogs are driving you crazy because they can't keep out
of the way of the stroller wheels....

2 pm rolls around and the babies are about to lose their minds because their 

nap was cut short, and you get a call that goes like this,

"this is sally from centralized showings, and the 1 pm showing at your house has been rescheduled for 6 pm tonight"

"Oh Really?"....."that was an hour ago"...."and you have no clue how much
work I have gone thru to make it possible for those "A holes"
to see the house at their preferred time....and that was all for nothing?"

To make matters worse, they have rescheduled to come back during dinner time,
and the babies will definitely be a wreck by then, since nap time was cut short
for the 1st cancelled showing.

I did this scenario and others similar to it for months,
with a one month old and a one and a half year old....
Luckily my good friend would allow us to come
to her house anytime she was home....

Selling a home with young kids at home is hard!
And I love this home...so we are going to hold onto it for
now!

PS their were about 50 families that looked at the home.....
yep, multiply this story by 50!