Is today the day?

Well, we got home in time to have one offer presented to us. It was a much better offer than our realtor thought it would be (good news!), but still lower than we wanted (unfortunate)..... so the counter offer was given. The lady was waiting in the car, and the realtor was waiting on our front step. They were serious, and we seriously considered the offer. After we countered it took the buyers all of about 15 seconds to come in and accept. The one thing Chris and I didn't want was a possesion date of more than 30 days, or to wait for an inspection. We thought that these things would just postpone the actual day of moving forward. Well, her requested date of possesion was October 15 - only 5 weeks away, plus she had an inspection scheduled for tomorrow. TOMORROW! Great. So, once that was taken care of.... we celebrated with a beer! The buyer was actually interested in a few of our items to purchase on the side. She didn't buy much, but it was a good sign that she really wanted this place. Apparently she looked at over 30 homes over the weekend. She was living out of province and was starting a job in Edmonton soon. A good sign for us, and a great deal for her!
Well, we tried to sleep, but morning came soon, and the home inspector was due here at 11am. 10:30 he showed up and started outside. He was very careful not to miss anything, and wrote everything down. EVERYTHING. Chris had a really hard time with this guy walking around looking at our home, writing down little things that aren't perfect and could be different. He actually had to leave for a while it was so over-whelming! He ended up taking the boys to the park for a while, and I stayed here answering questions and trying my best to listen in to their conversation! After an hour or so, the buyer came by to see how things were going. She wanted to see what was wrong, etc. She was leaving on a flight back to her home province around 6pm. Well, the inspection continued and went on and on. Around 4:30 they finally decided to leave. They had heard enough. And I had had enough of people looking around our home. Just buy it or leave I thought. The buyer ended up having 2 issues about our home and asked for some money back. After calling Chris and talking it over, it was decided that we would counter that. It was done and accepted. What? Yes Accepted. We have officially sold our home.

Please understand we are the very most excited that 4 people could be. We are also very very overwhelmed! There are so many more things to be done, but the major item now has a tick beside it. I promise to write more tomorrow, let you know where I am looking to book a flight to, and give more detail as to what we plan to do in Central America. (I've been told that some people have the impression that we are going to sit on the beach until our $$ runs out, Not True! - But I'll explain later!)

For now, Thanks for reading, and we'll be in touch soon. The farewell Party will be soon, and we can't wait to see you all before we head out!

Ciao for Now!