YIPEE! Our house sold!!!

The first picture is a picture of me pointing to the 'sold' sign in front of our new home. There is also one on the front of the picket fence. It is sold to 'us!' :o) Sorry the pictures are not close ups. Our house is the first one on the left corner as you come into 'The Meadows' housing development. Neil picked the corner house as that lot is slightly bigger and we only have one neighbor behind us and one on the right. Those two neighbors are both police officers and have patrol cars. We feel so safe!

The next picture is a view of Mt. Ranier from the front of our house by the dining room window. Our home is in Orting, WA. It's about half an hour south of where we presently live.

The last picture is of me 'celebrating' that our home is 'sold!'

Our home selling was the best birthday present ever! Our home was on the market a week shy of 4 months. Whew! I am so excited because I won't have to climb stairs any more! It is getting harder on my knees and hips carrying Kirsten up and down those stairs! This will be so much better having a rambler. Our new home is a rambler. We are moving from 2,060 sq. ft. to 1,440. It's about 620 sq. ft. smaller but we're okay with that. It's just Kirsten and dad and I. Our new home is a 3-bedroom, 2-bath home. So we still have room for family and other guests to come and visit us! :o) Kirsten will have a new home to explore and get used to and have fun!

The house is almost complete. They are finishing up on the inside. Next week they install the appliances and carpet. We had them add AC too. Yes, air conditioning! I don't care if we only use it for 2 months out of the year. It's nice to have! When we get settled, we will take pictures!

The first two houses on the corner (ours being the one on the left)in the development have a white picket fence. It only wraps 2/3rds around the front yard. Since they offered a 6% buyers bonus, we are having them enclose the front yard with a gate. Between our home and our neighbor, we are having them put a six foot wooden fence with a gate. I told them I have grandchildren and I need the yard fenced so my grandchildren are safe. One thing I did NOT tell them, it keeps other people and pets from cutting the corner across our yard! :o) The developer liked the idea of the enclosed fence and gate across the front as it will look nice and compliment that corner. I certainly agree with that! :o)

Our new address as of Oct. 1st will be:
601 Balmer Street SW
Orting, WA. 98360



We will move the last weekend of the month. The buyers for our home close on Sept. 30th and take possession of our home by 9pm the same day. We will have everything out of our house by Sept. 28th. We sign the papers for our new home Oct. 1st. Wahoo!