Wonderful Whirlwind

Its been months in the making.  Its been a step of faith.  Its been lists, lists, and more lists.

Its been joyful too.  And wonderful that we get to do this.

My mom was here with us the end of last week.

We finished off all the the very last little tasks... We iced the cake, if you will.

We cleaned, raked, swept, and Mike painted a floor.  We vacuumed, and steamed floors, and bought a valance that we'd lost in packing; we ate, and washed and Windex'ed.  And ran kids here and there, and painted more trim.

And we stopped to play ball and we laughed because we were getting punchy.

Then on Friday afternoon, we walked away.  One whole hour before the bus stop (write it down- I'm rarely early), we locked up the house and drove away.  Our house was on the market!!!  Woah, it felt sorta like a wedding day... the feeling of 'I've never done this before, but I'm taking the plunge'.

 We got Peter.  We got milkshakes.  And we drove to the river.  And we napped.... all but Maw.

There had been some build up.  We'd had a post in our front yard for a few weeks.  I was so thankful... and told HIM so, over and over... that with all the bad weather, snow, and rain we've had this winter, we had a week of sunshine leading up to listing our house.  We "listed" on Wed and had "delayed showings" til Friday at 5pm.  I was a mix of excited and relaxed (these two below with their foot therapy helped...), hopeful and trying to curb my expectations.

There were 3 showings on Friday night, 2 on Saturday, and an open house planned for Sunday.  That felt good but I was also preparing myself to be able to go a longer haul.

By 7pm, we had a call that there were 2 offers.  (!!!)

We talked it over, talked with our realtor, worked it out, and by 10:30pm we were "under contract" with one of them!!!.

Unbelieveable!!!

Mike and I kept squealing in disbelief.  Mike was pumped too!

It's all felt surreal in some ways, yet in others, its just felt like we could soak in God's care for us.  What a gift!

Saturday am, I read psalm 126... perfect, fitting, & profound.
It is not lost on me that this season is different that it has been.  I am oh so thankful.
My eyes want to see it.  To see what He has for us here too.  To not be lost in the rush.

When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion,

    we were like those who dream.

 

Then our mouth was filled with laughter,

    and our tongue with shouts of joy;

then they said among the nations,

    “The Lord has done great things for them.”

 

The Lord has done great things for us;

    we are glad.

Restore our fortunes, O Lord,

    like streams in the Negeb!

 

Those who sow in tears

    shall reap with shouts of joy!

 

He who goes out weeping,

    bearing the seed for sowing,

shall come home with shouts of joy,

    bringing his sheaves with him.

So, so great to come home to this!!!