Once upon a time we had a house showing. And then in the next three days we showed the house to the same people again. These people were scheduled to see our house for a fourth showing.
Time to put on the charm.
So I cleaned the house spotless. I lit candles in a few different rooms. I baked cookies and put them out on the counter with cute little cocktail napkins.
And I made a playlist for the iPod. It was a playlist of some nice, relaxing piano music. Hymns, really. I figured if the couple recognized the hymns they’d appreciate them. And if they didn’t recognize the hymns they wouldn’t know the difference. But hymns were the nice, relaxing piano music I had on the iPod.
I removed every other song from the playlist so the hymns could shuffle at a low volume.
The boys and I left the spotless house with soft music playing, we loaded up in the car, and we drove around.
The potential home owners came and looked. Forty-five minutes later they left.
When I came back in the house with the boys, some of the lights had been turned off, the candles had been extinguished and the iPod was turned off on the dock.
I thought it would be nice to turn on the music while I folded laundry, so I went to the iPod and hit “play.”
And I didn’t hear piano music. It was a podcast from our good friend and our wedding minister. And he was just giving a nice sermon right there on our iPod.
It was about then that I covered my mouth and started laughing. And I’m pretty sure I was blushing even though no one could see me.
The podcast was in the mix with my nice, relaxing piano music and I just died to think of the couple looking at our house and being surprised by the sound of a man’s voice coming from the iPod dock!
I have no idea how much of it they heard. Or if they realtor just turned it off. But my imagination is running wild and I just can’t help but laugh!
I told Todd that if we didn’t get an offer on our house we could at least hope for profession of faith!
In case you were wondering, when you want to empty out your iPod, you need to delete the podcasts separately. Just letting y’all know.
Still no official news on the house front, but we’re hopeful. And if this isn’t it there will be another one.
You have the best stories! Lol! Let me know the next time you’re in Atl. We have got to meet in person. Have a great weekend and I am sure you and Todd will get an offer soon.
I love this story so much because it sounds like something that would happen to me. A few years ago, we had our house on the market. I had 2 small boys and was pregnant. For half my pregnancy I had morning sickness (all day long) and cleaning was nearly impossible. We got a call to show the house and I ran around fast trying to clean. I threw all our laundry (some dirty some clean) into the dryer to hide it and quickly shut the dryer door. Then we left. I came back later to find my dryer door had not shut and my dirty laundry had fallen out of the dryer and was laying right in the floor for everyone to see. I was humiliated!! Good luck to you guys. I hope this is the one that buys it!!
That’s too funny! You are quite the hostess (showstess?) with the mostess!! Although I have to say- who looks at a house FOUR times??? I could see twice for sure. But man! That’s crazy!
Oh Erin, I am laughing hysterically! 4 showings is a lot. Hope this is the one!
Hilarious!! Hopefully the sermon convicted them enough to buy the house! Haha! In all seriousness, I hope this buyer is the ONE!!
Oh dear! I am laughing with you.
We had a mishap too. Our dog had apparently gone poop on our deck without us knowing. So when the people were done seeing our house and they gave their feedback they said, “There was dog poop on the deck.”
It made me feel like the dirtiest home owner ever!
This is too funny! I hope all goes well and you get an offer!
Your tweets & post about this have me in stitches! Fingers crossed for a GREAT offer!!!!!!
This is hilarious. So something I would do.
Too funny! At least it will be unforgettable and maybe it will stick out in their minds when they’re considering your house!
You know this is a page straight out of the “How to be awesome at everything” by Anne Smith. You’ve learned well, grasshopper. Next up: tripping in public and sending embarrassing autocorrected texts. Love that you can laugh about it!
LOL this is great!
Erin that is just too funny. Maybe they thought with the cookies and candles lit you were making some sort of offering? Wishing you lots of luck in your house endeavors.
That is too funny. I never thought of music for house showings.
You have a great attitude about selling your home. We are on the market right now. This fall my husbands job is moving. We wanted to be sold and moved before school started, but that isn’t happening. Sometimes I just want to scream and cry over how stressful it is.
I hope this is your offer. It sounds promising.
Oh my goodness! What was the subject of the sermon?