Jeb Mortier, Laurie Mortier, Jordan Mortier, Aubrey Mortier & Amberly Mortier's personal website

We got a call today (Friday) from our realtor and said we got an offer on our house.  We came in at 2:30 for a meeting with our realtor and by the time we walked out his office, our house was good as sold.  Later in the afternoon, our realtor called back and said the buyers signed the paperwork and it is a done-deal -- our house is SOLD!

It is such good news and an answered prayer.  It even sold very close to our asking price.  We had to counter the offer, but in the end, everything turned out and everyone was happy.

It really hasn't sink in yet that my house is sold.  It is weird how this is such good news and we've been waiting and praying for our house to sell for just over 5 months now, but yet I can't sleep.  Memories were suddenly rushing through my mind.  Well, we did make that house our "home" for 5 years and all my 3 children came home to that house.  It is a lovely first house for us.  We did put a lot of work, sweat, blood and love into that house.  It does have sentimental value to us.  But still, it is a house -- physical.

Oh... they also wanted all my window treatments.  I guess it won't bother me as much but, the window treatments have some special value to me.  They were all custom-made from the Philippines, by Mrs. Susan Igloria (one of our church members in the Philippines).  I personally hand-picked each fabric and color scheme for every room (picturing everything in my mind, even though I have not seen the house yet), and picked out the design for each curtain.  *sigh*  I know the chances of finding the exact measurements, number of windows and such for our next house is slim, but still...  At least Mrs. Igloria's curtain legacy to me still lives on with the new owners of our house.  And that the new owners liked it, which means we did a good job at picking and making the window treatments! :)

Anyway, now the big task at hand is finding a new place for us in Illinois.  It takes 6 weeks for the whole process to take effect.  So mid-April is the end of the sale of our house.  We pray that God will direct us to that perfect house for us, and that like the last house we have, it will bring us so many wonderful memories yet to come.