Update on the House

Well, the housing market died right when we listed our house. Maybe that thunderstorm was an omen...

And since I am so superstitious, I have been resisting the urge to disinter St. Joseph. The-who-what-now, you ask?

Yes, you see, supposedly burying a statue of St. Joseph will make your home sell faster. You can buy St. Joseph House-Selling kits, which I did several years ago when I was selling my condo. It's hard to say if St. Joseph or a robust market was more responsible for the sale, but I'm not one to ask questions.

That particular St. Joseph was subsequently dug up and had been hanging out on a shelf in Elias's room until a couple weeks ago when I buried him upside-down in the vegetable garden next to the playhouse. Then I read an article about it on Snopes (it's hilarious, by the way) and decided St. Joseph might perfer a different position. So I unearthed him and put him horizontal but face-down in the same location. Now I worry that someone will come make an offer on the playhouse but not the rest of our property, so I'm toying with the idea of putting him in the front yard.

But I realize I can't rely on a plastic saint to sell my house (especially when I'm not Catholic--I figure he might hold that against me), so we have also lowered our asking price and have held several open houses. We do have a few people who seem interested and another open house this weekend. In the meantime, we wait...