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I was unable to log in to blogger for 2 days- Juergen helped me clean up my computer. Now it works. It helps to have a computer Dr in the house! Today we had a house over full with kids... all day. I feel like a daycare center. No rest! But I'm glad the kids feel safe and respected here. They all want to go to church and summer camp. Nicole is going to be on staff at the camp this year. She went to the leaders planning retreat this weekend. It's all hush hush. I can not tell you how very cool it's going to be. Trust me, it will be so cool! I'm happy for the kids. They will be having an awesome time! We have no buyers for our house, and no leads. That can be pretty discouraging. But Juergen feels like we should go ahead with buying the new house. He has some awesome ideas for the place. I'm glad we are in this together. I don't think I'd have the courage to move if he wasn't so certain. We will probably sign a contract to buy the house on Friday. But it's not done until it's done! I'm trying to keep the house clean in case someone does want to look at it. I heard a funny story this week. A women had a blind date. She was all dressed and waited...and waited...and waited. After 1 and a half hours she thought "he isn't coming" so she took off her makeup, put on an old t-shirt and sat on the sofa to watch a movie. About a half hour later the guy shows up ands says "I'm 2 hours late and your still not ready"! I had my house clean 2 weeks ago. It's not so easy to keep clean when we have 5 kids with friends! I'm so tempted to just forget it! But I have to have faith it will sell...and I have to do my part.

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