First Week on the Market

We have "survived" the first week of the house being on the market. There has been a lot of "acitivity" and "interest" but no offers yet. We have had about 12 or 13 "showings" and an open house that drew in 26 additional buyers. Apparently there was one open house-er that was not currently working with an agent, but was "very interested." (Maybe it was the fact that the house "smells like garbage" is what she liked the best...) :) We asked Sandy not to work as a dual agent, so she referred her to another agent and she thinks that we should be expecting an offer from her after she gets her financing in order. We are hopeful, but we're trying not to get too excited until we actually see an offer (and see what it is...)

We asked our realtor if any of our nosy neighbors came through the open house. She said that the only neighbor (that fessed up to being a neighbor, anyways) that came through was Rosemary. Rosemary and Tom are the older couple that live next door to us. They are really not the busy-body types. Apparently one of Rosemary's friends is looking to buy in our subdivision. How cute! I hope SHE buys it - then she can live right next door to Rosemary and they can have coffee together every day (I've got it all worked out!) -- Hey, but only if she pays a good price - no deals, even for friends of Rosemary! :)

All of the action on the house is certainly a good thing, but we are hoping that weekends in the future will be a little less "active." Between all of the hours that we had to be out of the house and the hours of grading that I brought home, it was not a very restful weekend, but productive, nonetheless. And I think amidst it all, Ellie still had a great birthday weekend (thanks to all of you - thank you for coming out to help her celebrate!)

Frank is going house hunting in Omaha tomorrow night - really, just looking at some of the houses that we've been admiring online. We'll see what they look like in person... a full report to follow!

Have a great week!