You must have made some great choices! For a moment, I was worried that you walked into your old house and saw complete horror. It sounds like you had a positive experience. My little confession, I check on our last house through realtor. It has not been listed, but plenty of others on adjoining streets have. It feels great to know that we sold during a decent time. A major road to be constructed, announced right after we sold, killed the values there. At the same time I feel horrible to know that so many people I used to know are now stuck because of home prices.

Several years ago there was a news article on the 'Disappearance of the Open House Signs', that sprang up every Saturday morning! It seems many buyers weren't comfortable with their neighbors and strangers walking through their home, without desired results of offers. From statistics, (I presume from the industry) the article stated that an 'Open House' rarely benefited the house in which it was held, and the Realtor usually sold one of their other listings to the potential buyers! So good avenue for Realtors, not so good for your house!

Count your blessings. The ap is pretty bad. Delete it and just access the site the standard way.

Roxana -- Lumpy Dip is also known as Neiman Marcus Dip? It's shredded Cheddar, fried bacon, green onion and slivered almonds with enough mayo to bind. For one package of shredded cheddar I use about 3 green onions, a couple of pieces of bacon and a nice palmful of almonds. Mayo to bind. You can't get it wrong! I think the original recipe calls for more bacon but the two pieces seem to give enough flavor without all the "bad"!