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This week: The Sale of Sophy's House - The End Edited by: Sophurky  
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Hi, I'm Sophurky ~ your editor for this edition of the Comedy Newsletter. This week I'll conclude the saga of the sale of our house. I promise. This is the LAST you will hear about it. Unless we decide to move again, of course.  |
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The End of an Era
So I know you've all been wondering ... what happened in the ongoing sage of the sale of Sophy's house? Did it sell? Did we get piles of money for it and move into a palatial ranch with no stairs? Well, not exactly. I have good news and bad news.The good news is that the house is no longer for sale, YAY!  The bad news is, no one bought it and we are still living here. <sigh>
Here's what happened. We had hardly ANY people come through our house while it was on the market. We had four open houses in four months, and no more than two people/couples came for any of the open houses. In between open houses we had maybe three people come to see it. Which meant we had to keep our house spotlessly clean at all times in case some Realtor called with someone who wanted to come see it, something Mr. Sophy loved! (If you've read previous newsletters about the sale of our house over the summer, you will recall I suspected putting our house on the market was all just a ruse to get rid of a bunch of stuff when we de-cluttered before the move, and to keep the house clean at all times - a suspicion that grew and was finally confirmed.)
The final open house was on my birthday in August. I had high hopes for this open house because I figured the universe would give me the ultimate gift for my birthday - someone would make an offer on the house for a quick sale, for our asking price. Of course this was going to happen because it was my birthday for lordsakes! Mr. Sophy thought I was nuts. So we packed up the car with our laptops and dog to headed over to Panera, where we could sit outside with Daisy, enjoy the beautiful day, drink iced tea and enjoy a lovely salad. Our Realtor drove up as we were getting in the car - we said hello, said we felt good about today, and would talk to her about all the offers we were going to get when we came back in two hours.
As we were about to pull away, someone pulled up in front of our house ten minutes before the open house was due to begin. We thought that was a great sign, as previous open houses had one or two people coming arriving well after it started, and then no one else for the rest of the time. But these people were ten minutes early, so no doubt there would be a parade of people coming to look at our home over the next two hours. Because, remember, IT WAS MY BIRTHDAY! It was meant to be! We drove away, confident a sold sign would appear in our yard very soon.
We enjoyed our time at Panera, people fawned all over Daisy (who is quite adorable), and we discussed our options in terms of which of the houses we'd walked through would be best for us. We'd seen a few we loved (all over our price range), one in particular we really loved because it was on Labrador Lane and we have a Labrador (so of course it was meant to be even though it was WAY out of our price range), and several we hated (all within our price range but that were worse than our current house). So when our house sold later that day, we were going to need to hurry to decide whether to go over our heads financially and move to Labrador Lane, or settle for one of the lesser homes and hope we had the time and money to fix it up.
When we arrived home Deirdre was packing up her signs. We asked her how it went, and she admitted no one but the first people we'd seen came to the open house as we were leaving. We said, "Well, one is all we need. Did they like the house? Did they make an offer?"
Deirdre looked embarrassed when she replied, "Actually, they came to see me. She lives around the corner and is thinking about selling her house, saw my open house signs and came over to talk to me about it."
"So," I said, disappointment dawning on me, "they weren't even interested in our house? They just wanted to talk to you?"
"Well," said Deirdre, ever positive, "Perhaps once her house is on the market she might take a look at yours, we can't rule that out."
"So basically, our open house turned out to be a venue for her to come and discuss hiring you to sell her house, sometime later this year, and get advice on getting it ready to sell? Is that right?" I queried.
"Yes, well, sort of I guess, if you want to look at it that way," she replied, sheepishly.
How in the heck else were we supposed to look at it?!?
That was the moment we decided to have her take the sign out of our yard before she drove away, and take our house off the market. We'd passed our 90-day contract commitment with her, and decided that for now we'd find a way to make our current home work. You may recall I didn't want to move in the first place, so I'm thrilled with this decision! But I'm pretty sure as soon as the house gets messy again, or we start collecting more stuff, Mr. Sophy is going to put it on the market again! Hopefully, we'll use a different Realtor. |
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Here are some responses to my last newsletter "Comedy Newsletter (September 5, 2012)" about birthdays:
From Nixie🦊 
Hi Sophy!
The best humor is often found in true stories. I also had a memorable 30th birthday and planned on plugging the item number in the highlight box. Imagine my surprise when I saw it. Thanks!
I laughed when I read the cross-outs. We must be about the same age.
Thanks for a fun NL!
Thank you so much, glad you enjoyed it!
    
From LJPC - the tortoise 
Hey Sophy - awesome newsletter! I can just picture the embarrassing elevator ride to the site of the "surprise" party. I wonder what your hubby's going to do for you on your next 30th birthday. (I assume you have them every year like I do.  )
~ Laura
I'm pretty sure he's done trying to surprise me - it always ends up in heartbreak. Unless he throws me a party in a month other than August, he's screwed, lol.
From Joy 
I'm so glad I didn't read this NL in a public place, Sophy. What would people think hearing me laugh out loud!
With birthday parties, I love them, as long as they are for others. I'd rather forget mine, since no cake can hold so many candles, making the b'day, truly, a horror show.
Oh please next time read my newsletter in a public place - I'd be honored especially if you snorted coffee out your nose!
From Plume
Hi Sophy. Loved your newsletter.
Beyond a certain age, some of us would rather that St-Peter not be reminded about how old we are. I composed this birthday rant "Invalid Item" ,which was subsequently ignored.
Love this, thanks for sharing it! I featured it up there too. 
That's all for this month -- see you next time! And on behalf of the other regular Comedy Newsletter Editors, the King and Queen of Comedy - Robert Waltz  and Ẃeβ࿚ẂỉԎḈĥ  - remember to WRITE AND LAUGH ON! Sophurky |
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