Finally, the end

Fingers crossed, in 10 days we will have sold our house in Ashland. This is definitely not a bitter-sweet situation for us. No sweet that is. After almost 4 months on the market (a second time), renters that didn't want to show our house, a gigantic price cut - we finally got an offer. It is funny, I would have thought, the house that we brought our children home from the hospital to would cause me to have some sentimental feelings, but after one last trip to Ashland to pick up the remnants of our things - there we only feelings of stress, bitterness and frustration. It was such a dream to buy the house, envision changes, holidays, family events there. But really (although there were some really fantastic moments in that house) we are just glad to see it go. We are glad we don't have to commute 45 minutes each way to jobs (one for Mike that really sucked at the end), we don't have to worry about where the kids will play (since the yard wasn't flat), we won't have to worry about finding renters to cover a mortgage and crazy high taxes (Ashland loves taxes). We can finally move on, make roots in our new town, make new memories that won't be attached to a bitter string that has been holding us back. So, come October 15th, hopefully we will sign good bye to Ashland. (All that being said, boy is Ashland a super cute little town - I wish we were leaving with happier thoughts).