brown eyed girl?
[14:18] katiali: i got hot chocolate powder in my eye..
[14:19] katiali: what should i do?
[14:19] katiali: add hot water and make hot chocolate?
[14:33] Big Wil Lee: why did you put hot chocolate in your eye?
[14:34] katiali: it was accident.
[14:37] katiali: i was making hot chocolate, and i accidentally got some on the outer rim of the mug
[14:37] katiali: so while i was putting hot water in the cup, i blew on it to blow off the powder on the rim of the cup
[14:39] katiali: little did i know that when i did that.. the whole mound of hot chocolate powder in the mug that was quickly rising to the top because of the hot water all blew into my eye.
‘tis sad really.
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I’ve sold the powerbook, so this will be my last post ever on the tibook. It’s my very first laptop & first mac and I’ve totally loved it for the last 3 and a half years.
But sale of pbook + tax return = new macbook 
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With less than a week before we were to move out of the condo and into our new home in nopo, we ran into some slight problems. For a bank to give out the loan, they have to appraise the property to make sure it’s worth as much as the agreed upon price of the house. Very rarely, is this a big deal; of course, until now. The house appraised out lower than what the seller’s are asking for. Usually, we would respond with a, “Whee! Glad we got out of this one! Don’t want to pay too much for a house!” But with this house and this situation, it’s a little bit trickier than that. North Portland & especially the N. Mississippi neighborhood has grown so quickly and so fast that comps pulled for similar houses sold doesn’t really match up.
This brings up a few issues: 1) houses in this neighborhood don’t come up for sale that often, and 2) it’s appreciated so fast within the last few months, that the numbers don’t add up. The price of this house actually is pretty average compared to houses recently sold in the area or currently on the market, but either has a basement or is 2 stories. And the appraisers can’t look at that. The appraisers can only pull comps that are of the same sized property – single level homes without a basement, that have been previously sold.
It’s frustrating too because the market will actually tolerate the price of this house. It’s 3 blocks away from N. Mississippi – one of the fastest growing neighborhoods in town, and everyone wants to move there. We had to offer more than the asking price because we were even outbid on our first offer. The sellers are willing to drop the price down to their original asking price, but not the $40,000 it will take to drop it down to what the appraised value is. I think they’ve decided to just wait it out, and try to sell again in a couple of months when they can get the house to appraise out to what the market thinks the house is worth.
All this really means for us though, is that we can’t buy this house because the banks will only give out a loan up to their appraised value. We’re still moving out of the condo by the 27th (Thursday), and not quite sure exactly where we’ll be moving.
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As frustrating as all this is though, I’ve really made peace about it. We found out yesterday for sure whether or not it was going to happen with this house. I grieved a little bit for my lost little house and had a small pity party for one. Then I prayed.
“God, I don’t understand and I can’t see it. I know that if this wasn’t what you had in mind, then there’s something else. But I can’t see it. It’ll be so much easier if I could, but then is that what you’re talking about regarding faith? Man, why is it so hard to trust and to have faith.”
How funny that God continues to show up and break into the chaotic-ness of our daily life. And how He’ll continually shake my little world just to keep me focused and standing on the right things. To come off of the tight rope that I think I’m walking on, when truly I’m only 2 inches off the ground. My hands that are so white from clenching and grasping onto the things that I thought was going to keep me from falling are slowly getting color and blood flowing through them again. At the prayer meeting on Tuesday night, I was reminded who truly this God was – and if He has provided for my salvation, how ridiculous is it to think that He won’t provide for other things.
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a a virtual tour of our current place now. somehow it looks way bigger…
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did that just happen?
we put an offer on a house on sunday morning and today we found out we got it. seriously.. homeowner?
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invisible children
Invisible Children screening @ Lewis and Clark on Sunday night, 7pm.
If you haven’t heard about it yet, please go to the website and find out more.
Carpool? Let me know.
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le sigh…
Can thank you cards give you a nervous breakdown? I feel extremely overwhelmed these days. We still have to write thank you cards from our wedding (yes, I know… Gasp!), from our East Asia vision trip, our new staff training, our monthly supporters, and everything else we never said thank you to, but thought a million times over in the last few years of our lives.
We’re also in the midst of fixing up our condo (Josh has been working so hard!), getting it on the market and sold, raising support full time (supposedly), looking for a new home to buy, working full time, and doing ministry. Thank goodness for Josh or I would not have any sanity at all.
And instead of turning to the Lord, I find myself retreating to my old ways of getting lost and avoiding reality. Usually it plays out by watching TV, playing online, and shopping – the usual mindless stuff but this time around, I am just baking a lot of mini cupcakes.
During the PSU Epic meeting yesterday, we shared our passions. And I expressed that I desperately want to be passionate about the Word and about prayer, but somehow my actions don’t reflect that. There’s a definite disconnect between the desires of my heart and the desires of my mind. And I don’t know how to connect the dots.
I think I’m honestly just exhausted at this moment. Maybe all the lack of sleep has finally caught up to me.
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I have a total confession. For this whole week, I’ve been about 15 minutes late for work due entirely to the Bayside gang.
Monday morning, I turned on the tv to keep me company while I dried my hair, and to my total surprise (& uber delight), Saved by the Bell was on TBS! I haven’t watched an episode of Saved by the Bell since middle school when it was always on after school for 2 hours.
I adore this show. What with Zack Morris and his giant brick cell phone, who wouldn’t? And I truly believe almost every real life lesson can be learned through an episode of Saved by the Bell. Remember Jessie and her addiction to over the counter caffein pills? Just say No to drugs kids.
So I’ve been watching at least 1 episode every morning. I think I need help.
… I’m so excited, I just can’t hide it, And I know, I know…
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i made mini cupcakes as inspired by saint cupcake.
i heart them.
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