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The Status of Things

At this time, right now, our house has been listed for 3.5 months with no active offers. I'm getting impatient. This journey began nearly a year ago when I went back to work at the same time that Dylan's flying schedule became really busy. Managing kids and life and work for all those weeks by myself made me nearly crack. Really. Fall of 2016 was not the easiest season of my life, but it was a necessary one. We slowly starting fixing things up, cleaning out closets and getting organized. After about six months, we finally felt ready to put the house on the market. Way out here in the boonies, the real estate market is quite different than closer into town. The inventory is high, the prices are low...and the interest is also low. We knew that and fully expected that selling this house would be a lengthy process. In the meantime, we've visited several potential houses to buy. Most of those have been a hard pass, but a few have felt right. I had heard from so many people t...