We're Moving!

We're Moving!  I never thought I would say that!  I love the house that we live in.  It is the house Dave and I bought when we were engaged, the house we started our marriage and family in, the house we have gutted and remodeled, the house with all of our memories.  Our ultimate plan was to buy our neighbor's house, tear it down and just add on to our house.  The problem?  Our neighbors aren't moving even though they told us they were a few years ago. 

Dave and I have been looking at larger homes for the past few years every time one came on the market.  We wanted to see if it would be easier to buy a bigger home and update or just add on to our house.  Every time we looked at a a larger home, it just didn't seem feasible because too much construction would have to be done to make it work for us.  We would have had to tear down walls and convert bedrooms to make the house what we would want.  That was until 2 weeks ago.

Dave and I love where we live.  We love being close to Norton's and walking in the woods and gardens behind the art gallery.  Dave has always said he would love to have a house that backed up to Norton's.  A house came on the market 2 weeks ago that is around the corner from where we currently live and backs up to Norton's.  I was open to looking at the house but figured it was going to be like all the others we have looked at, just too much work.  I was wrong.

The house is perfect for us.  It has good space and just needs a little updating.  It all happened so fast for us.  The house came on the market on a Monday, we saw it that Wednesday, looked at it again on that Saturday and made an offer.  Our offer was countered last Sunday to which we countered again and it was accepted last Monday!  Whew! 

Our house goes on the market this week and it is bittersweet.  I'm excited, nervous and a little sad all at the same time.  But in the words of Bob Marley "Everything's gonna be alright".  :)