We're on the Market!

As of today at noon, our house is officially on the real estate market. Now we have to keep everything in 'show' condition and be ready for prospective buyers to come in at a moment's notice. The house has never looked better. We've spent the past 1-2 years getting it ready and now the time has come.
Here's a link with lots of pictures:
If it doesn't go directly to the site, you may have to copy and paste.

http://www.johnlscott.com/propertydetail.aspx?GroupID=85933054&ListingID=200001334&Sort=0

Staging our House

The papers have been signed to sell our house and nowadays that means a stager comes in and re-organizes the entire house. Our home is now supposed to look like a model home with nothing personal visible. What a distressing ordeal it was for us! After a couple of hours, the stager left and we were so distraught we couldn't even eat dinner. We had no idea this process would be so unsettling. I have lived in this house more than half my life and most all my adult life - far too long, it seems. We even discussed if we should be moving at all, but we know this is the time for us and waiting will just make it harder.
On the bright side, we were walking around the property yesterday and finally saw some real signs of spring. Our daffodils are now in full bloom and our native woodland wild flower - trillium - even appeared for us yesterday.

April?

April is a generally a great month, but it sure doesn't seem like April this year.
It usually means the weather will start improving, but not this year. Our first daffodil barely had its yellow head unveiled yesterday and it got snowed on today. It was just reported on the news that March was the coldest March on record - it was more like a typical February. Today proved that when we woke to more snow. Hopefully, this is the last of it for this year.

Regardless of the weather, April for us always starts off with Mark's birthday - yes, he was born on April Fool's Day and he is 22 years old today - in case you are reading this, Mark ...Happy Birthday!

Today is also the day our grandkids returned home after visiting for a few days. We had a great visit with them, as always. A trip to the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle was the high point of this visit for them.

Our new driveway was supposed to be poured last week, but got rained out. They are going to try again tomorrow.

Our house is scheduled to go on the market later this month - life may never be the same for us. The stager shows up next week as we get ready for the listing.

More news as it happens.....