[Magdalen] trying to sell my house

[Marion Thompson]

LOL.  I'm not sure that I *am* downsizing, other than parting with lots 
of books!  Others may think I am, but I'm hedging my bets until I know 
where I'm going to end up and what it will look like and I haven't 
parted with anything major at this time.  Sentiment aside, I would love 
to say goodbye to my mother's solid mahogany dresser with its big mirror 
and also my great-grandfather's solid mahogany dresser and take IKEA by 
storm.  THAT would be downsizing!

I have lots of horse books written by Monica Edwards, Marguerite Henry, 
and the Pullein-Thompsons et al., and practical ones, too, but I have 
yet to run into a young person who is horse-mad like I was/am.  They're 
all packed up.

Keep the prayer wheeel turning!

Marion, a pilgrim

On 5/6/2015 5:55 AM, Judy Fleener wrote:
> Realtors can be unyielding.  Fortunately ours has visited our house in the
> last week and is delighted to see its condition.  There are renters there
> who would love to buy the house.  They are keeping it looking ready to
> show.  Our realtor has been encouraging this spring.  Saint Joseph is
> buried in the yard and we pray for a sale.  And we appreciate the prayers
> coming from this list.
>
> Marion, Downsizing is not fun.  You will be in my prayers this week and
> next and as long as you need them.
> Judy
>
> On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 12:27 AM, H Angus <hangus at ctcn.net> wrote:
>
>> Such a hard thing to do. You're in my prayers, Marion and Suzie.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Molly Wolf" <lupa at kos.net>
>> To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 5, 2015 11:28:45 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] trying to sell my house
>>
>> It's hard enough to sell a house, and harder still to do a massive
>> downsize WITH renovations, and then with all the emotional load... May you
>> come through these murky turbulent waters into a  pool of clarity and peace.
>>
>> Hugs,
>> Molly
>>
>> The man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no
>> other way. -- Mark Twain
>>
>>> On May 5, 2015, at 10:36 PM, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>> Thanks, Suzie.  You're quite right about the deeper griefs.  Boy oh boy.
>>>
>>> Marion, a pilgrim
>>>
>>>> On 5/5/2015 9:27 PM, Suzie Buchanan wrote:
>>>> Marion -
>>>> You have been much in my prayers.  I grieve the loss of a house.  You
>> carry
>>>> so much more, and deeper, griefs through all of this craziness you face.
>>>>
>>>> love and blessings
>>>> Susan
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 9:23 PM, Marion Thompson <
>> marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Nightmare central up here.  The house is turned inside out and upside
>> down
>>>>> with the painter plastering and painting and moving about in a handyman
>>>>> way, but with still much to do.  We extended the process by a week,
>> but I'm
>>>>> not confident.  This Friday is 'Coming soon' sign and next Friday 'For
>>>>> Sale'.  Jim is coming tomorrow to help for a couple of days, especially
>>>>> with moving some big furniture into the pod to satisfy the agent (!)
>> but is
>>>>> unavailable next week.
>>>>>
>>>>> People keep viewing the pod, now holding lots of book cases and lots of
>>>>> stuff from the garage as a very temporary storage, whereas I know it
>> will
>>>>> vanish for many months or who knows how long.  So where do I keep the
>> boxes
>>>>> I need to keep close at hand?  And what of the mountain of boxes and
>>>>> pictures that Jim has taken to a locked shed at his place?
>>>>>
>>>>> I took 11 x 1.3cu ft boxes down to the Trinity Book Sale, being mainly
>>>>> much of my theology, not all, but much.  Dangerously close to tears as
>> they
>>>>> offloaded them -- complaining all the way that they weren't in 1 cu ft
>>>>> boxes.  The main fellow did remember to thank me almost as an
>> afterthought.
>>>>> Anyway, good luck to us all!
>>>>>
>>>>> Marion, a pilgrim
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 5/5/2015 8:20 PM, Judy Fleener wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> waiting fir that to happen here....Judy
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 8:08 PM, Suzie Buchanan <
>> buchanan.suzie at gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>   I'm one of the in-good-company here at the Pub who are either
>> selling or
>>>>>>> buying or trying to do one of those things.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> We moved from New Hampshire to Virginia late last August, and finally
>>>>>>> today
>>>>>>> I was able to accept an offer on the house I've been trying to sell
>> up
>>>>>>> there.  It really seems to help to have some snow melted away!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have a very definite grief about this - - I have loved my "tree
>> house"
>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>> New Hampshire so much.  But I am in no financial position to be able
>> to
>>>>>>> afford to keep a home up there while making a home here in
>> Virginia.  So
>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>> am very happy about selling this house, even while I'm very sad
>> about it.
>>>>>>> So please pray - that the home inspection and buyer financing both
>> go ok,
>>>>>>> so we can be cleared to move to closing on July 10.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> blessings
>>>>>>> suzie
>>
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