[Wo]man, does it take a lot of work to put your house on the market! I've moved before, certainly, but I've never done this. Thanks to the necessity of acting quickly, I haven't slept six hours running since maybe last Thursday. Whew. But now the POD's two-thirds stuffed, the basement's empty, and every room but my bedroom and study is uncluttered to the point of being entirely devoid of personality. Which is, from what I understand, exactly how it should be, so the buyers can come in and imagine their stuff in my spaces. The Wee C's been a trouper, letting her things hide away for awhile, although I've not been suprised to find her crawling into my bed in the night, her psyche no doubt subconsciously rocked by all this action. And of course I'd never have made it this far without Brotherman's help ~ the fella was a power-washin' fool last weekend! Now the house is in the MLS, the sign is in the yard, and the open house is set for Sunday afternoon. So we're off to hang with Mom, kitties in tow, and crossing fingers to return to dueling offers.
So, not too much knitting this week. A shawl row or two while C splashed in the tub at best, a sock round before bed if I had the stamina. But I finished the first Sockapal2za sock last Friday, before the madness began in earnest:
Click here to see it modeled.
Now I've even made it past the ribbing and through the first pattern repeat on Number Two ~
I'll keep my fingers crossed for your open house too... the sooner it sells, the sooner you can relax a bit in it again before you move.
Posted by: barbara | 16 July 2005 at 04:45 PM
eesh - lots o' stress with selling a house! Lovely sock, even lovlier model ;)
Posted by: sara | 16 July 2005 at 07:41 PM
What is it with boys and their pressure washers?? :) Good luck!!
Posted by: Ann | 16 July 2005 at 11:40 PM
Good luck - my fingers are crossed it sells quickly for you. Putting a house on the market and all the tidying that comes with it is a HUGE pain.
Posted by: Anne | 17 July 2005 at 09:36 AM
We were talking the other night about how when we sold our other house our realtor (a dear family friend) would "sweep" through the house any day she was going to show it, cleaning it up further than we had. I remember finding the flour cannister inside the oven, and the spices in my CAR, as she endeavored to remove any kind of "decorating" item at all.
And David was 20 months old, making it all the trickier!
Hopefully by now -- Sunday evening -- you've got good news about competing offers, and you don't have to go through this again!!!
Can't wait to hear!
Posted by: MaryB in Richmond | 17 July 2005 at 06:15 PM
Great looking sock! Best of luck with the house-selling. Good for C being such a trooper!
Posted by: alison | 18 July 2005 at 08:13 PM
Gorgeous sock! Good luck with the house...
Posted by: Ashley | 19 July 2005 at 09:47 AM
I love this sock -- the colour! Yum! Good luck with all the house stuff.
Posted by: alison | 19 July 2005 at 12:06 PM
I'm tired just thinking about it... But what fun the unpacking will be!! Lots of luck and love sent your way.
Posted by: Rachael | 19 July 2005 at 10:47 PM
We also are in the process of selling our house. The thought of cleaning out 32 years of accumulations is frightening. I wonder what started knitting projects I will find in in my attic!
Good lluck, to both of us!
Posted by: knitting maven | 22 July 2005 at 08:27 AM