Monday, November 11, 2019

Weekend Highlights

We had a really nice long weekend up north at my parents. It was nice to get away after a busy/stressful period of preparing our house to list. Here are the highlights from our time at the lake!

- I'll start with the big news - we accepted an offer on our house last night! We were really happy with the offer and if everything goes well, we will close on the sale of our house on 12/17. I'm glad we will likely only own 2 homes for a little over a month. I'm crossing my fingers and toes that we don't get much/any snow so Phil doesn't have to shovel 2 corner lots!! Fingers crossed the inspection and appraisal go smoothly!

- Seeing Paul play with toys from my childhood. He had so much fun playing with this box of trucks that belonged to my brothers.


 - I also got to see Paul learn some new things or show off things he had learned at school. It turns out he knows more than we realize. My mom pulled out this box of magnetic letters/numbers while we were there. He picked up the letter O, turned to my mom, and said, "owl!" He picked out several other letters and numbers that he learned in school and showed off some of his Spanish skills. I ordered some magnetic letters for our house since he really enjoyed playing with the letters at my parents.


- As usual, my mom totally spoiled us with delicious food. Egg bake, homemade soups, homemade cookies, spaghetti with homemade sauce, etc. We ate very well! We also enjoyed one meal out on Saturday night. Paul is still at a good age for eating out so he did very well. He loves looking around and waving at people.

- My mom watched Paul on Saturday and Sunday morning so I could go back to bed and get a little more sleep. He was up early both days so I was very grateful that she was happy (thrilled, really) to watch him as I did not sleep well up at the lake so needed some extra sleep. This also gave her a chance to hold him and read to him. When Phil and I were around, he was very clingy and would not sit on her lap. I think the change over the last couple of weeks has been hard on Paul (for example, we've moved his crib to 3 different places in his room as we prepared to go on the market and all his toys were packed away). He's been extra clingy in general. He's got more change ahead of him since we move into the new house a week from Friday but hopefully he adapts to the new house quickly.

We couldn't have asked for a better weekend up north! Well, it could have been warmer - it snowed there on Saturday and the temps were in the teens to 20s. Burr! But coming home to an offer was the best way to cap off the weekend. What was the highlight of your weekend?

10 comments:

  1. Wooohooo for the offer. So glad it happened over the weekend. My weekend highlights was seeing a local production done by 6th-8th graders with my mom and Isla. It was super cute and then Isla won tickets to another performance next June. And the best was that Adeline took two bottles while we were gone! They were just 1 ounce each but she did it happily. I'm still at the stage of don't waste my milk so until all bottle attempts are like this, it's one ounce at a time for her ha.

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  2. Sometimes I like cold weekends up north because it helps me slow down a bit. I'm glad you got some extra sleep, with all the changes going on its important to get good rest! And hooray for not having multiple mortgages for too long!

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  3. Biggest, best, most wonderful news! I'm glad your weekend was terrific and restful and fun and even MORE SO that you came home to an offer! Three cheers, my friend. That is good news indeed. After a tough summer you deserved a really good bounce and this is it!
    Delighted!

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  4. YAY for an accepted offer and for a relaxing weekend with your parents! Paul is a little smarty! That's awesome he associated the O with Owl. We haven't really done a lot with letters but Olivia is really into stickers lately so I'm guessing she would enjoy playing with magnetic letters too. Maybe it would keep her out from underneath me when I'm in the kitchen if she had letters to play with on the fridge!

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  5. Congrats on the quick sale! That's fantastic news. Stay warm this weekend, we're getting it pretty cold here in Raleigh too.

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  6. Phew, the house sold! Bet that's a burden off your mind (and Phil's!!!)!

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  7. YAYYYYY! AN OFFER!!!!! That is the best news, Lisa!!! I am so, so thrilled for you guys. I'm sure that takes such a weight off your shoulders! I'll be crossing fingers and toes for a clean inspection, good appraisal, and NO SNOW.

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  8. It was so much fun to have Paul with us for those 3 days! He really impressed us with his knowledge of numbers & letters! It's so amazing how their little minds are just sponges. He kept hording the number 8 calling it "ocho". He thought capital B's were ochos, too, but darn they look pretty familiar! I enjoyed having breakfast with him each morning, as he really loves eggs!
    I wish the weather would have been warmer & sunnier, but we were warm and toasty in the house. We also loved playing Hand & Foot & International Rummy as we don't get to play them very often.
    I'm so excited to see your house over Thanksgiving! Lots of good things happening!

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  9. Oh, so glad to hear you had a wonderful weekend with your family and on top of that, AN OFFER. That's fantastic news. Seems like things are falling into place!!

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  10. That's wonderful that you accepted an offer! Yeah, shoveling two corner lots would be awful, haha! Hopefully that doesn't happen.

    That's great that Paul is learning so much, and Spanish too!

    It sounds like you ate really, really well at your mom's! How nice <3

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