I’m sorry to have left everyone on a cliffhanger. The sellers ended up decided not to conduct the “interviews” with the potential buyers, and we were surprised on a Friday afternoon with the news that our offer had been accepted.

We are so excited. The kids are going to have their own rooms! I’m going to have space in the basement for a treadmill! We don’t have to leave our neighborhood and can still walk back and forth to our favorite businesses and the elementary school!

The house is not perfect. There is no mudroom. The garage is definitely a downgrade from our current garage. My husband spends a lot of time fretting about the garage situation. I spend a lot of time thinking about all the stuff I’m going to get rid of before we move. And how we will actually have space for me to start buying books for myself again! And I will no longer share a bathroom with my children!

Now that this is real and happening I’ve started the final push on my house history project. I’ve been researching the history of our current house off and on for at least a decade, and I am very close to completing it. Of course, the research is the easy part–it’s the synthesizing and summarizing and writing that will be the hardest! But I am determined to create something to leave for the next owners.

So… between planning our upcoming Japan trip, purging and prepping for our big move, and completing this history project, I am feeling especially busy this spring. 2025 is going to be a big, busy year for our family.