After a LOT of prep work, cleaning, decluttering, more cleaning, some long-ago-started projected being completed, and then more cleaning, we finally listed the NoVA home for sale!

It’s definitely a mixed feeling, since we really do love this home, and can only hope that the next owners will enjoy and appreciate it as much as we have.  That said, checking off “Sell House” on the to-do list will also be a very welcome closure, meaning that we can truly free our minds for the other thousand or so steps that still have to be completed.

Probably the biggest downer of the preparation process was deleting all of the Home Improvement tasks from the list we’ve built over the past few years.  There were some really cool projects that would have been a blast to plan, work on, and enjoy.  I guess that’s the way things go, though – you’ve got to make plans, but be ready to adapt when reality intervenes.  As is often said, “Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans” (–John Lennon)

We’ve made so much progress on this adventure in just a few short months, but there is a lot to be done between now and move-in.  I’ve had quite a few posts on our progress, which wasn’t intended when we decided to blog the project.  The original intent was to provide more insight into the tips, tools, and other things we’ve learned/created that helped us make the move to the beach a possibility.  There are a number of posts queued up, and I promise that will more more of the focus from here on out.

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