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  • Well, I got a very strange telemarketing call this afternoon. This is pretty much the entire conversation: Woman: Hi, I’m with Such-and-such Research Firm, and we just want you to know that we are not selling anyth…

  • I guess allergy season has begun. I wake up and blow my nose a few times in the morning and then feel tired and unmotivated all day—and I don’t have allergies! Dave came home yesterday, played with the kids for a littl…

  • Well, I have been pondering for a while a slightly radical idea that seems to spreading in homeschooling circles. And after finding out from my sister-in-law over Easter that most of her homeschooling friends subscribe …

  • Oh, I am happy today. The bliss of driving Jack to preschool, leaving beds unmade, hairs visible in the bathroom, and cereal dishes on the counter, was very satisfying. And I spent, oh, somewhere around $130 at the gro…

  • So, we accepted the offer. We are relieved, so happy, and mostly exhausted from serious cleaning and caring for a sick child. I had eaten lunch with some friends from church on Thursday and asked them to pray that our …

  • An offer is coming in!!! Very exciting!! Just pray it is a good offer…. On other fronts, Abby had her very first official sleepover last night. This doesn’t, of course, count the few times she’s stayed at grandpar…

  • Well, our realtor is coming by today so we can sign papers to lower the price on our house. Somehow that feels so defeatist to me. Who buys these reduced-price houses? We don’t. We always buy houses as soon as we fin…

  • Things I forgot to pack for our trip to my parents: Diapers and wipes. These are frequently forgotten (and since it costs about the same to buy them elsewhere, it’s not such a big deal), but fortunately, Dave reme…

  • Today was one of the days I dread most. A travel day. Not as bad as Dave leaving for a business trip, but only because it’s shorter in duration. Dave trips off blithely to work (a little earlier than usual—today at 7 …

  • The word that best describes my day yesterday is…Late. My feet hit the floor running for a dentist appointment for me and the three oldest kids at 8:00. It must have been a streak of temporary insanity that made me opt…

  • Dave greeted me this morning with the announcement that he had good news and bad news. The good news was that we had caught a mouse (I’d seen more droppings yesterday); the bad news was that he couldn’t find it. He’d l…

  • Two showings today so far. And this is the definite wonderful side to selling a house. Dave is forced to go out with me on weekends!! So, we had lots of fun trooping off to Hershey's Chocolate World. I was pushing Ba…

  • Two showings yesterday. One showing this morning. Do you really want the torture of the blow-by-blow sale of our house? I’m not sure I even want it. The excitement of being For Sale has definitely worn a bit thin… an…

  • Our life is very exciting now. I hope we’re not going to develop high blood pressure or other heart problems because I’m panicking now whenever the phone rings. The whole getting-the-house-ready-to-go-on-the-market …

  • Our house goes on the market TOMORROW. A bit frightening, but I’m trying to be brave. On Sunday, I went to the Big K-Mart nearby and bought Lysol wipes, 409, and some hardwood floor cleaner system with grandiose hop…

  • Well, I’m sorry it has been so long since I’ve updated you, and I know you’ve been waiting with bated breath. The problem is that Dave has left. You’d think after more than 10 years of marriage and 6 moves, I should ha…

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