houses, hunting & heads

Houses: This week it's been like an episode of Bob the Builder around here! Thanks to the church and DB, the parsonage has received a much needed new roof. It's not actually been nearly as loud/bad as I thought it would be, and I've now determined that I am the only light sleeper in this family. Along with the roof, there is now road construction directly outside our house. Who needs TV when you've got front end loaders, cranes, and dig-up-dirt-thingys right outside your window!

Our other house, Quimby, is now on the market again. We had a random phone call earlier this week from a girl wanting to rent it. That seemed like an amazing opportunity, seeing as how we had not even advertised anywhere. After seeking some wisdom from people we respect and trust, we decided that renting for another year was merely delaying the inevitable. So, off to the realtors we went this afternoon with a HUGE stack of paperwork that I've been working on for weeks, and it's officially for sale. Oh, did I mention the sale price is $31,100 less than what we bought it for 6 years ago? Geesh.

Our realtor is extremely ambitious, and if we don't have an offer within 2 weeks, we'll reduce the price by 5%. If another two weeks pass & no offer, another 5%. Let's get it gone! 


Hunting: No, not real hunting- Job hunting. Marc had an interview in Muskegon this past week and we should know about that in 2 to 2 1/2 weeks. There is nothing else on the plate right now, which is a bit worrisome. My daily visits to certain job hunting websites are turning up much fewer & farther between opportunities that are of interest. This is a continual item for prayer.


Heads: Hope has a cat scan on July 12. That's our first step into investigating her noggin. I got all of the paperwork in to the geneticist's office today, so we're really hoping that we get an appointment sooner than our scheduled date of January 3, 2012. We're on a cancellation list, but had to have all the paperwork done beforehand.