So we heard the counter offer from the sellers...
They want:
1.Higher sales price
2. Not responsible for any repairs to get the house approved for closing
3. a kick-out clause (which is basically-the house can stay on the market until closing, and if they get another offer they like better, they can kick us out of our contract)

The first two was expected and not a big deal, the kick out clause however is going to have us just walk away.--it's not a risk we are willing to take.

So....we countered back meeting in between on the price, a set amount of repairs we will be responsible for, and NO kick out clause.

Now we get to wait some more to see if they agree or counter again.... sigh.
We're going to still take a look at what other houses are available, as we are thinking the sellers won't budge on the kick-out clause and will have us walking away from this one.

Other news--we're going down to Deal tomorrow for some crabs (yum!) and beer (double yum).
We'll see how the 4 dogs do down there--hopefully we won't have to keep them separated the ENTIRE time. Maybe they'll all just be too hot to worry about each other. Wishful thinking!