The Surgery

Got the call yesterday - the surgery will be done on Monday. So much to organise before then!! I'll be in hospital for almost a week and at home for a month - not even allowed to drive :(
The pic on the right is what they are doing to my spine:

The Building and Pest Inspection

Apparently the house passed inspection, as we expected. It's only two years old and we kept up the regular termite inspections. No nasty ants found.

The Sister I Always Wanted

Having a little brother is nice and all but I did always want a sister too. So here she is, my new sister-in-law and fabulous mother to my niece Madison Rose. She's a wonderful addition to our little family group and I look forward to spending as much time with her as I can.

The Contract

So we signed a contract this morning. Now for the 14 day wait till it becomes unconditional. If all goes well settlement will be the 11th of January....

The Offers

Well it seems our agent has been working hard. We have two offers on the house now - both worth considering. We are waiting on one final couple who are still looking today but will know tomorrow whether they will put in an offer. After that we will most likely accept one and the scary stuff begins... So come this weekend we should have a tentative moving out date.

The Fourth Open Home

We're at the Adelaide airport now, waiting for our flight home. We've been away for the last few days so weren't around for the last open home. And last it probably will be. For some reason the fact that we turned down the previous offer of $496K didn't mean anything to our real estate agent as apparently this weekend she took an offer for $480K. Which means, not only is she wasting our time, she's wasting other people's too. We had to point out that we had repeatedly said we wouldn't look at anything under $500,000, that we didn't have to sell because I would be having surgery in December so we could always wait til next year and try again. I guess I'm annoyed because she was my choice and she doesn't seem to be listening to us.

On the positive front - here's a pic of my beautiful niece we went to visit.

The Third Open Home

We sat on the next door neighbours balcony and watched the proceedings. I couldn't help get excited when it seemed that the place was full of people at one stage. Apparently it was only 6 interested buyers but that seemed promising. But of course it wasn't. Everyone's budget was $450k. I don't even know why they are bothering looking at our house then. I just want to stand at the front door and remind people that it's not a theme park so if they can't afford it, don't come in.