Just A Quick Note...

Yes, I'm still alive. I still don't have a reliable computer at home, so I'm at the local library. I'm not going to weigh in tonight, just because I've decided to go every other week to save a little money.

I should be getting my computer back from my son this week some time. I think he's just about got it up and running again. I just have to run and pick it up from him.

As far as the housing situation, we have not been asked to leave yet, praise the Lord. We went and looked at the inside of a farm house that Molly and I had seen the outside of about a month ago. It's considerably cheaper rent than we have found in town, so we will likely be moving there. There were a few different people coming to look at it after us yesterday, so hopefully we will still be able to get it. It's about 5 miles out of town, and on a dirt road, which doesn't thrill me. And it's almost 100 years old, and not exactly something you'd see in a Better Homes and Gardens Magazine, but we can make it work. Actually, it might be good for Molly to be out in the country. I was a little worried that if we were right in town, it might be kind of hard to rein her in. And it is still in the same school district, so that she won't have to change schools or anything. Please keep us in your prayers as we work out all of the "moving" details. Thanks.

Where Do We Go From Here

Like a lot of other Americans at this not-so-great moment in history, we are about to be forced out of our house. We bought it almost exactly 3 years ago, thinking at the time that house values would go up...well...you all know the rest of that story. Anyway, now we find ourselves in the position of finding a place to rent. I've been looking at a few places in the area and in the meantime, searching for a job for myself too, so that we can actually come up with the rent each month. We will probably not be saving much by renting, that is, if we want to live in anything better than a 100+ year old cracker box. I guess that would be better than living in a cardboard box...but not much.

I really hadn't necessarily wanted the world to know about our predicament, at least until we had exhausted every avenue of possibility as far as trying to avoid the foreclosure. But close friends and family pretty much know what's going on anyway, so here it is for all the world to see.

There is one house in town that I have looked at, and it seems like it would work for us. Ray is going to look at it with me tonight, and hopefully, if the other couple that has "dibs" on it decides they don't want it, it will be our new home soon. Please pray for us through this difficult situation. I'll keep you updated as much as I can without a c0mputer of my own. Thanks.