Friday, July 11, 2008

Five on Friday

1) Yes, we did sell our current house already. We've heard the explanation of the Pittsburgh housing market as "we weren't at the party, so we don't have the hangover". In other words, there was no housing bubble to burst. We actually sold it to the first couple to see it after it was listed. How are we going to say good-bye to our "baby house?"

2) When we were originally attempting For Sale by Owner, I wrote a listing I was thought described it perfectly. Then at my neighbor's suggestion, I re-read the book "Freakonomics". Turns out, the terms "comfortable", "charming", "spacious", and "great neighborhood" are correlated with LOWER sales prices. So our "Comfortable, Comfortable, and Spacious Home in Great Neighborhood" quickly became "Classic Red Brick Cape Cod".

3) We went with The Whites to the Children's Museum the other day. Here's the group posing in Mr. Roger's neighborhood. Although it looks like only Susan had fun from the picture, the girls had a blast.


4) Mali keeps telling us that her birthday is coming up. "In a couple of days". Or 11 months.

5) Boxes, boxes everywhere. Need I say more? But...here is a glimpse of our new home, complete with a fenced-in back yard!

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Trent is VERY impressed with your backyard! we love you!

mh said...

Congrats! The new house looks great! Now, you just need a dog. :) (See my blog for inspiration.) :)

Suz said...

i was really just trying not to drop anyone as i think i was holding 3 kids at the time of the picture! haha

your house looks so awesome!! the yard will be so fun for the kids! maybe we can come and visit sometime :) i still can't believe you are leaving--we are going to miss you guys!

Anonymous said...

both your old and your new homes are lovely.

best wishes on your move - i can empathize what you're going through, more than most, i suppose!

perhaps we can meet up again sometime.

Anonymous said...

The new house looks amazing and the girls look so big. I had a great time with you guys this summer and i miss you all like crazy you really are my family.
I hope everythings good. Tell everyone i say hey.

love you guys
ashley