Believe It or Not, I'm Still Here

Remember the getting-my-head-above-water comment a couple of posts ago... Lies! All lies! Ugh. I am getting the hang of it, but it's still not allowing me time to post on this blog.

If you will bear with me just a little longer, I may have regular posts coming back. Maybe even as early as this week. I am talking to a couple of folks who really understand what I try to do with this blog.

Cross your fingers that this works out for all of us!

Laura

Thank You for the Support

Thanks for all the encouraging comments. I've received kinds words by comments and by email. I certainly don't like the thought of giving up this community.

I am slowly getting my head above water in the classroom. I find that I have to work every Sunday afternoon, but it makes the rest of the week a little more sane, so I'll have to deal with it. The good part is that I only have to work this hard my first year. I will have all the systems in place to run smoother in the subsequent years, and most, if not all, of my nifty elementary school laminted stuff will be finished and ready for me to pull out of the closet!

I've been slowly talking with folks who are interested in taking over this blog. My goal is to find someone willing to continue the service that I believe all of you readers come here for. I will try very hard to update this blog 2-3 times per week until I can get something more stable going on. If you're willing to hang in there with me, maybe I can survive football/marching season and find myself with loads of time leftover for this blog. Hey, it's a thought!

Laura

Moving Day Denied

Last Thursday was moving day. Well, it was supposed to be moving day. The buyers for my current house fell through. Yuck. So I didn't buy my new house. It was a great tragedy for us all. I really wanted that family in my house because I knew they would love it as much as I did.

Yesterday, my agent looked up how many houses were being put back on the market in Austin over the past few days, just to see if we were an exception to the rule. What she found was a relief (I'm not alone) and disheartening at the same time. Yesterday, 7 homes were put back on the market. The day before, 21. The day before that 44! My agent says it is the mortgage industry that is killing all these home sales.

So, I took a few days to recover emotionally. I should be back in the swing of posting regularly.

Laura

P.S. The one good thing that came out of this is a very clean house.