good gracious, i can barely lift my arms

As of today, our house is officially off the market.

Allelujah, Amen. Kids, go make a mess. Go nuts.

It was still on because the man we were buying the new house from was waiting for us to sell. But as interest rates (and monthly payments) were rising and our house was NOT SELLING, we realized that maybe we needed to walk away. It was a hard decision but we're feeling peaceful about deciding to stay here.

Anyway, we had rented out a storage unit to empty out the house a bit and stage it properly. So we had until today to empty the storage place and somehow manage to fit everything back into our house. So, being the responsible people we are, we picked up a van load and brought it home. Then on Sunday morning, while fixing the seat in the van, Husband hurt his back.

Perfect timing. I mean, Poor baby. (No, he actually really hurt himself and could barely walk. He wasn't faking. Really.)

So that meant that I had to empty the storage place. And get everything back into the house, clean out the attic and crawl space, and reorganize things. Me. Alone. Crud.

But, its done. And I can barely. move. My arms and legs are so sore, its ridiculous. Even with all my strength training and 'shredding' I apparently am still a huge wimp. But our house is back to normal (read: messy) and I'm feeling great after a good purge of all the unnecessary junk that was laying around here. I just love getting rid of stuff!

And my shop is back open! After closing it while we  pretended we were going to move but were actually just kidding were busy, its back in business. And things are flying out of the store! Apparently people were waiting for us to reopen or something. Who knew? Not everything is in there yet, but enjoy!!