LAUGHABLE

We received our first offer. Although it is very laughable we are still happy to have some really good activity. They offered us $406,000 with a contingency for their house to sell and it is not even on the market until Monday! (Although the area they live in has an average of 23 days on the market.) They put down $500 earnest money which for PC is unacceptable-1% is the unspoken norm. Anyway, we countered at $428,000 and more earnest money and changed their dates a bit. They have until 6:00 tomorrow (Wed.) to respond.

We have been having a lot of showings-two just yesterday-so even if this offer doesn't work out we hope that it will create some urgency with other buyers.

Owen has now been gone for a week. With the stress of the new offer and signing and countering, etc. and Mazana's birthday today I am not fabulous. I am starting to feel a little alone in everything. But I must say that I have been handling him being gone much better than expected. Not being depressed and being so busy with school, etc. has made the experience much more livable. I am starting to see how "normal" people can deal with stressful situations. I used to look at people and think I would go crazy if I had to do "that". Thank God for His healing touch!

I hope everyone is good. I'll keep you posted. Lots of love.

TIRED

Today I am just really tired. I feel worn out and a bit discouraged.

For one thing I have been sick for almost two weeks now. I have a very stubborn sinus infection which is giving me a terrible headache. I just want to go back to bed and be alone for awhile.

My kids are behaving fine, but I have to have them at the office with me today and I had hoped for Owen to take the day off to spend with them since he leaves on Tuesday. He is too busy.

I am in the "it's not fair" mode today and I know that is not a good place to be. It will get me nowhere good I know. I could use a fun girls' night out, but can't have it. With Owen leaving I feel like I should spend as much time with him as I can and then after he's gone I'll be stuck at home.

On a more fun note...we are having Mazana's birthday party on Sunday night (since Owen will be gone on her birthday). I am then going to let her invite a few friends from school over for cake and ice cream on her actual birthday. I love birthdays, as you all know, so I am excited about that.

Also, we lowered our price on our house yesterday. We felt like it was what God was leading us to do. We went from $454,900 to $429,900! Wow, big drop. The thing is that the market is so oversaturated it is hard to sell quickly. In the last seven days 60 houses have sold, which sounds great, but 110 have come on the market.

Jenell, I really wish we were still across the street from each other so we could hang out while our husbands are both gone. Boy, would that be nice.

So, that's it. I love you all.

HURRY UP AND WAIT

So, not much news really...

The ladies retreat the weekend of September 22nd was awesome. I felt God speaking to me personally all weekend and I also received a prophesy which for the most part said that we are doing the right thing, so that was encouraging.

The house has been showing quite a bit, but no offers yet. We thought we had a "second showing" yesterday, but when we got home we couldn't tell if anyone had been there. Daniel has not gotten any info on that yet, so here we are still waiting. Ideally we would be able to get an offer and close around November 10th.

Owen will be going to Florida to do a job with Chad, Mark and Dad on October 17th and returning on November 8th. If we do not sell the house by then he will have to find a new job for the duration of our Utah stay. This will not be a problem, but more just a pain in the butt. On a side note, I will probably be going down to Florida the last weekend in October to see Owen and look aroun at houses, etc. So, if we have an offer on our house we could put an offer on a house there with a contingency about our house here and then be able to have a very smooth transition.

Bottom line: God is in control. We know it and are glad about it, but sometimes its hard to wait!