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If you have no idea what I'm talking about, check out MJ's blog, the comment I made on her last post. it explains the scavenger hunt you just participated in to get here. maybe.

So I have some amazing and possibly really big news. the only problem is that it's not 100% certain. but it's 90% certain, so unless something big changes, it's very good news. (oh and really, this ought to be on the corn field, but village square hasn't had a new post in so long I decided to put it here out of pity for the poor forsaken blog. and I hoped you would make it to MJ's first and then look around a little and leave comments before you got here........)

alright enough preamble already. are you ready for this?

It's 90% certain that my youth group won't be leaving for the South Dakota mission trip until Friday morning (August 1st), or later Thursday night. keep in mind this is the week of Camp Hope. Result = I get to stay through Thursday of camp instead of leaving early Thursday morning!!!!!!! *dances* which means I get to participate in the skit and go on the hike.
And really, if this means that I leave pretty early Friday morning, I'm not leaving many hours ahead of everyone else. I'm there for most of camp.

and I get to be there Thursday!!!!!!!! yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! like I said, 90% certain. We'll know for sure soon, because we need to talk about where and when to meet up with my group and finalize that soon.

I'm sooooo happy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!










There's some other news too. aside from the fact that we sold our house, which I posted about on my blog, we went house-hunting sunday and today, and have narrowed it down to two houses which we're looking at again either tomorrow or monday. one is a small rambler, the other is a large 2-story. the big one I am absolutely in love with and really pushing for, and we all like it a lot. the only problem is that it's right at the tippy-top of our price range with how high we can go. but we crunched numbers tonight and determined that it would work, though it would be tight. however, I think the house is really worth it. it's just like the house we loved before and didn't get, but actually we all like it even better. it's extremely open, with vaulted ceilings, gorgeous decorating, colors, textures, etc. nice appliances and granite counters in the kitchen, fairly big bedrooms, I'd get my own bathroom.....
it's basically perfect. I like it even better than our own house. it has an adorable fence, cute arch windows, lots of privacy and it's one of only five or six in a cul-de-sac. we're thinking of putting a nice window-seat bench thing in the front window. it has a nice dog run already built for the dog we're going to get, eventually. nice yard but not too much maintenance. absolutely gorgeous house, everything about it is nice. and it's a buyer's market so we can offer them a lot less than they're asking and hope that we get away with it....

the rambler is a different story. my mom likes it best, my dad thinks it's really nice, but said he'd feel like he's settling if we buy that. I really really dislike it. I actually hate it. not sure exactly what it is about it, but there's some places you can't see as a home - just a house that belongs to somebody else, and it could never really be yours. that's this house. I can't imagine living there. the problem is that my word doesn't count for much with my parents, because I'll "only be living in it for two more years." I'm sorry, but I can't see living in a house I hate for two years. especially if we ALL love the other one and it's nicer and it will work in our budget.

so we'll see. please pray that we'll be as unbiased as possible and that God will give us really clear direction about which house to buy. we're moving so soon and really want to find a house. the other thing is that, basically, knowing what kind of house we want and exactly where we want to live, we've seen all the options for houses. if neither of these ones work, we'll have to wait for more to come on the market - not too common right now. this is one of those times we wish we knew God's plan ahead of time. I'm still trying to figure out who it was that prayed for patience in my family......




the other really funny thing that happened today, is that one of the houses we looked at and considered for a long time, we met the owners there and talked with them a while, and discovered that the husband is actually the head golf coach for the school district we'll be moving into, and so will be my golf coach in the fall! how crazy is that????



going to Coeur d'Alene tomorrow, bringing computer and cell phone, will probably be bored and my aunt has high speed, expect to hear from me.
WHOLE FAMILY will be there. this isn't necessarily a good thing.
But I'm seeing Lucy on Saturday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!