Smiling...

We got an offer on our house last night, and after just one counter offer, they accepted and will sign the contract today at 11:00am.  It was awesome.  I really have not stressed too much about selling until last week when Steven got his orders, and reality hit that it was only a month until he'd be starting his new job.  Besides keeping the house clean, there is really nothing to do besides pray pray pray.  We did lots of that :)

some of you know, but it's been really hard for Steven to swallow leaving Ft. Campbell.  This was his first and favorite duty station, where he fell in love with the Army, and where he dreamed of staying for most of his career.  It's been hard for him to see any silver lining (besides the beach) about going to Ft. Stewart....
......until last night.......
when the buyers gave us a full price offer!  They only asked us to purchase a 1 year home warranty, which is pretty standard, and they wanted us to pay 4% of their closing costs.  We countered back with an offer to pay only 3% of their closing costs and they accepted the offer!!  Also, our realtor offered to pay for the home warranty too...so really, we got the best possible deal we could imagine.  it has been amazing.  Steven said last night that he finally had a sense of peace about moving, and that maybe Stewart is what God has planned for us....thank you to eveyone for the prayers, we have felt them working! 

All you USAA folks...we highly recommend the Mover's Advantage Program they offer.  We've had exceptional service and follow up from them.  They worked diligently on making sure we had enough realtors to interview, and that the one we chose was doing their job to our standards.  It was great, and we'll definitely use them again.  Also, our realtor was Janet Head with Coldwell Banker, and I'd highly recommend her to any of you moving to the Clarksville area.  She tells it like it is, works hard, kept in great contact, always got follow-up on the showings, and made sure our home was listed on every "for sale" website possible.  In the end, she was the one who brought the buyer into our home (which realtors usually don't like to do because it puts them in a bad situation working for both the seller and buyer), and it SO FAR has worked out smoothly.  I'm trying not to get too excited...the home won't close until the end of March, so nothing is finalized until signatures.  Plus, we still have to get the inspection and appraisal done which could bring problems. 

Until then, I'm going to smile, have my coffee, and maybe not even make my bed today  :)