Selling a house is hard.

We have never sold a house. We are still in our "starter" house that we bought when Jethro was just 3. So this is a completely new process for us.

This evening we had a husband and wife team of appraiser/realtor (a family from our church) come and give us a complimentary walkthrough and verbal appraisal that we can use as a jumping off point. It went better than we had expected. We still have a lot of cosmetic work to do, but altogether we are not doing to badly. Of course, we also have the option of contracting with this realtor for selling the house. But it's so overwhelming. We are not even sure how to go about choosing a realtor in the first place. We have a few other names that have been referred to us. But we do have a good jumping off point thanks to this realtor and we are grateful for that. Halfway through the appraisal walkthrough the power went out due to the transformer blowing up next door to us. Made it fun to check out the closets with no lights.

Other than that, the day was busy with spending lunch with my friend and her sweet little baby girl, going to the bank on my own to inquire about a loan, looking at carpet and then the appraisal.

I'll be much happier when this part is over.