Here is a window into what the last two days have been like for us.  Boxes everywhere and now a huge truck in front of the house.

Everything is coming together this week.  Last week we didn't know if or when the movers were coming and our house was still on the market waiting for the perfect people for it.  This week we have an accepted offer on our house and the movers are coming on Wednesday to pack us up. 

We have to be out to California by next Wedensday (at least that is what they are telling us at the moment, it could change) to beat our stuff to our new place.  The cross country drive may have to happen sooner and faster then we planned, but better that then the three or four weeks they were estimating for us last week!  We are leaving La Crosse on Friday to spend sometime with family on our way out of the midwest on Saturday.

A little over three weeks ago we received our first offer on the house.  It was disappointing and discouraging.  It didn't help we were away from La Crosse for a few days and supposed to be camping somewhere where our cell phones couldn't reach us.  Anyways, after things didn't go our way with that offer we opted to drop our price a bit.  Last Thursday morning as I was getting ready for work, it occured to me that we hadn't had any showings with the new price.  Joel and I also were discouraged by the news that the housing market was not improving.  But all that would change with a message from Josh.  Someone wanted to see the house on Thursday and Friday.  Friday's showing went so well we had an ok offer by Friday night.  Saturday we countered and the buyers accepted our terms with a closing date of September 17!  Now we can just wait and hope that the home inspection goes well and everything else falls into place as we leave town for our new home in Sacramento, California.

Hopefully, things will continue to go well this week.  Our next challenge is making sure that everything the movers won't move either is gotten rid of or fits in the car.

The weather was gorgeous this morning.  We got up around 5:15 a.m. and on the river by 5:50 a.m. I had to be to work by 8:30 a.m and Joel had to log on and do a bit of work as well otherwise I think we would have spent the rest of the day out there. 

We have kayaked more in the last month then we did all last summer.  We now have three boats and last week we got a trailer which we can leave all the kayaks on and pull into the car port to store.  We can be ready to go in less the 10 minutes and loading is a snap as well.  I keep forgetting to take photos of it, otherwise I'd share those too. 

Yes, our house is for sale!  This spring we had been busily prepping to put it in on the market in early June.  We are very pleased with the results of our hard work in May.  And surprise, surprise, I am doing a reasonable job keeping it clean and ready for showing. 

Take a look at our virtual tour and feel free to pass on the link to anyone who might be interested or contact Josh Neumann, our realtor.  The virtual tour has lots of great photos of the inside and the outside of the house.  Take a look!