SOLD! And we're homeless come July 15th!:)

17 days on the market, and we sold our house! Last Sunday night, our Realtor came over with an offer sheet and an hour later, the deal was done. We are happy with the price we got and the possession - we have until July 15th to find a new place. I'm a little nervous about that, but it should be achievable. We're looking at 4 houses in Panorama tomorrow, so I'm crossing my fingers that at least one of them at least becomes a possibility, if not a clear cut winner! What a relief to be done with showings. My house is a disaster today. To be honest, I can hardly stand it because I'm so used to everything being clean and put away, but I'm not doing anything about it. We were in Edmonton for Easter weekend, so I'm kind of taking today off to catch up again after being gone all weekend.

What to say about my children . . . nothing hugely new to report. Adam is getting some more molars, which he's actually been handling really well up until this past weekend in Edmonton. He had a bit of a rough day on Sunday. In general, though, he is handling it very well and is becoming lower and lower maintenance all the time. He wanders and wanders, gets mad when something doesn't work out and eventually moves on, wanders some more. He still gets a bit mad at Lynsey, but this continues to get better as he gets older. I really wonder about his musical abilities - when he was playing with the piano at Brian's parents' house, it almost sounded at times like he was really trying to make music! He wasn't just banging away mindlessly, but one note at a time often! So cute! I'll be keeping an eye on that:). Lynsey is Lynsey - she is such a sweet, sensitive little girl. If she is trying to get your attention to show you something and you don't notice right away, it is not unusual for her to go upstairs to her room to cry in disappointment. Heartbreaking! She gets so excited about things and wants you to share in her excitement, and if your reaction isn't exactly what she was hoping for it just devastates her. I hope life doesn't jade her and steal that quality from her, but I do hope she builds her self-confidence to the point where she's more assertive and doesn't let other peoples' reactions affect her so much. I know she's only three, but this is a quality that she's inherited from me and I know the ups and downs of having a sensitive spirit!

I've been taking a photography course for a few weeks now and I LOVE it! I am learning so much about how to use my camera! I was getting so frustrated with the auto setting, and hopefully with all my new knowledge, I will never have to use it again:). I have a lot of pictures this post because of all my experimentation - hopefully you will see them get progressively better over the next several weeks!

Cleaning, more cleaning . . .

Well, the last week and a half has been filled with cleaning and showings and more cleaning and more showings . . . hoping this is over soon! We have an open house this weekend, so I'm hoping that a bunch of people that want to see the house come then. I'm trying not to get discouraged that we haven't gotten an offer yet, but it's hard. Our realtor seems to think we are doing well so I shouldn't be discouraged, and I am trying to listen since he's the professional. Praying for at least an offer sometime soon!

The kids are doing well! Adam has been pretty happy, and has even started playing with Lynsey a bit more the last little while! There has been more and more giggling on his part when Lynsey has tried to engage him in running games, so I'm hoping this is a sign of things to come. He just learned to open and close closet doors, so he was doing that a lot today. When the doorbell rings, he makes a "da-dong" sound that seems to be mimicking the doorbell! I'm hoping this means he has an ear for music . . . time will tell:). Lynsey is just becoming a pre-schooler - no other way to say it! She counts everything, wants to draw things (although she wants us to help her because she doesn't know how and doesn't want to try for some reason) and is trying to work out more and more letter sounds etc. She has some teenage attitude sometimes as well, especially with me. Daddy can do no wrong, but when I tell her to eat her spaghetti, watch out! I am going to have to really be purposeful about not overreacting to her defiance and just being firm and consistent - hopefully it's just a phase.

Just over a month until my race in Canmore! My last run was 6K in 36:07, so my goal of doing it in 35 minutes remains achievable. I think the hills in Canmore will be a bit worse than what I'm running here, but I'm hoping raceday adrenaline can make up for that. It's supposed to snow again tonight (grrr!!) so I'm not sure if I'll be able to run outside this week, but I'm upping the intensity on my elliptical all the time to try and prepare me for the hills. It's hard work, but I like working towards a goal! And I'm slowly losing more weight still - down about another pound or two in the last few months. Slowly but surely I'll make it back to my pre-wedding weight:).