Moving towards the Mountains

Well, I am just checking in with everyone. I did accept the job as Pharmacy Manager at the Walgreens in Dillon, CO. It should open in early January, so I still have a little time. Bruce went for a job interview today, and they offered him a job at City Market. He has two weeks to give an answer, so he'll probably wait just to be sure there aren't any other jobs available in the next few weeks. Our house has been on the market now for 2 weeks, and today we had our first showing. The realtor said it could be that people are waiting until after the elections to make any big decisions, so hopefully things will pick up. If the house sells, we do have some options in Dillon for single family homes. It will be significantly more expensive and a lot less house, but we knew that going into this whole adventure!! Being so close to our favorite ski resorts will be well worth the downsizing, and really, we don't need this much house for the two of us. We are going to have to buy a snowblower though:)

Scary

So today, the house is officially going on the market. We are going to put it up for 2 months, with pretty aggresive pricing. If nothing happens by middle of Dec., we'll take it off and start again in middle of Jan. Our last house sold so fast, we never really had to do much. This time, though, we are rearranging and repainting. Bruce is busy touching up the baseboards, and I have to paint my scrapbook room :( Our realtor said to leave the wall with the sponge paint and just paint the other 3 walls white. So it shouln't be too bad, although I'm not sure how many coats it will take. One good thing, he also said Bruce would need to "tone it down a bit" in the basement. So I gladly took down at least half his Michigan crap!!! One other important piece of info... ski season officially started today at A-Basin. We were going to go, but it is just one run and we have a lot to do around here.

What's Up

Since there is no snow yet, I don't have a whole lot of fun stuff to talk about. I can say that we are actively preparing our house to put it up for sale. We will meet with the realtor next week to see what our odds look like. The job in Dillon won't start for me until beginning of January, and Bruce is looking now to find a pharmacist position. He has applied at the Vail hospital, and will keep an eye out for any other possibilities. I have been offered the position of pharmacy manager at the Walgreens, and I have until 11-1 to give a definite answer. As long as Bruce can find something, even if it's not pharmacy, I will take it. Hopefully, we will be able to sell this house and at least make a little $ off of it. Bruce says I have to paint the scrapbook room. What do you think?-(See photo). Otherwise, we've been cleaning carpets, doing fall yard work, and thinking of all the little things that need fixed or straightened up. If we sell, we'll start looking to buy in the mountains. Otherwise, we'll have to rent something up there temporarily. I can't believe it's actually becoming a reality!! We have talked about moving to the mountains for so long and nothing ever came of it. So hopefully, things will work themselves out:)