On the Market...again

We have done it again! We put our house on the market. Our most recent journey began during Christmas vacation. We decided to do some home improvements after we had our house on the market the first time. We wanted to do the floors (that is another story, lets just say that the "nickle and dime" was 12oo more than we had budgeted!) So we had the carpet's professionally cleaned and we did some painting.

We have this interestin "architectural niche" in the bathroom and needless to say, Darrel nor I can reach into it (which explains the amount of dust!). Little did we know Maggie was such a Michaelangelo! She crawled right up into that spot and painted her heart out! So the painting continued and we loved the way the bathroom turned out! So we painted Maggie's bathroom and an accent wall in our master bedroom. By the time we finished we were very pleased with our work and we admired professional house painters a whole lot more.

Next thing we knew we were talking with our friend Angie J and we were ready to give it another go! Angie has been incredible! She has truly been a blessing indeed!

For now we wait! We have had several showings already and Angie has done more advertising and footwork than anyother realtor we have had. I was anxious at first. It is hard to have people walk through your home and judge it. Right now we are resting in the fact that God is in control. There is truly nothing else we can do beyond the "decluttering". It doesn't matter how many HGTV shows we see, how many little projects we try, ultimately God must prepare the hearts of the new owners.

My oldest sister just listed her house as well and she said it best. When the new owner's walk in I want them to feel the presence of the Holy Spirit, to know there is something different about this house, a since of the joy and love that we have experienced here!