House sold!

Wow am I ever behind on this blog! What a crazy couple of weeks it has been for us. But we are here, we are still (mostly) sane, and things are coming along for our move. We are booked to fly to Seattle next weekend for a house hunting trip. Finding a place to live is kind of a big thing hanging over our heads right now, so really hoping we find something quickly. The rental prices are pretty high in Bellevue, but we will probably still rent for the first 6 months to a year anyway, just because we want to get some familiarity with the area before buying. It's hard for us to get our heads around renting when we've been home owners for so long, but it's not the end of the world to throw some money away, right?:) Seems like the best way for us to go!

We sold our house yesterday! It went on the market last week Tuesday, and we were gone in Edmonton Wednesday night to Saturday night so we were able to get a lot of traffic through the house with only one cleaning. It was a lot of work getting the house ready. The weekend before was spent cleaning and de-cluttering and doing paint touch-ups. It was truly exhausting. We had an offer on Thursday night, but it was pretty low and they buyers didn't want to step up to the plate so we let them go. We got another offer on Sunday night but it was even lower, unfortunately. We stayed pretty firm and told them to come back if they wanted to start serious negotiations. Well, yesterday around supper time they came back with a more serious offer and we ended up at a reasonable place. So the house is sold pending financing and inspection, with a good possession date, too. Very thankful, but yesterday was such a heavy day that it was hard to take it all in and be happy about it. My niece was involved in a serious accident while at work and she got air lifted to a hospital here in Calgary. Her parents were on their way back from Saskatchewan so another sister and myself went to be with her in the hospital (her brother was able to be there too which was really good). She was pretty banged up, broken femur, but her mind was clear and she's going to be okay. Her coworker was killed. They were weed wacking in a ditch (they were highway maintenance workers) and were just getting into their truck to move on to the next place. A semi truck blew through a stop sign and hit a car, and both vehicles slid into her and her coworker as they were getting into the truck. I don't know exact details, but it seems like a miracle that she was okay. I feel so much grief for her coworker's family. It just doesn't seem fair, to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, and just like that, it's over for you. I feel guilty being happy that Shelby is okay, because it's not fair that her coworker is not. A lot of weird feelings about that, and to have the house sale kind of happening at the same time made for lots of weird emotions in me. I won't ramble on about it too much, it's just hard to feel like all the little things we are dealing with are super important when we were so close to losing a family member, and we know there is a family that is suffering from such intense grief right now. Hard not to get a little philosophical! In any case, we are happy it happened so quickly and we can now move on to the next thing, which as I mentioned before, is finding a place to live down there.

Adam is doing amazing at potty training! Last week Saturday, about a week in, something started clicking for him and it's just been getting steadily better. He figured out what he was supposed to do on the potty and he now has no problem releasing pee. He is even peeing on public toilets and other people's toilets without a potty seat. Quite amazing! Poop is another story, and he does not have that one yet - at all. I don't really know how to help him make that connection, but I figure he'll get it eventually. I just hope it doesn't take too long! I am pretty proud of our little bud:).