Gap post

Luc turned eight months old yesterday!!!!!

I haven't had time to finish his letter yet. I'll probably retro-post it later today.

Though I did just spend the last half hour spiffing up the blog. I really needed some creative outlet therapy. What do you guys think about the new layout?

My camera is still bugged up. We found a place that will clean it in-house for $60, but it's going to take a few days, which means I won't be able to take it to the beach this weekend. Bugger.

On the bright side, we're going to the beach this weekend! And a few days and sixty bucks is a small price to pay to have my camera back to it's original condition. The other places we contacted were a little cheaper, but wanted to send it out, which would have taken as long as 6-8 weeks.

And (I'll try to summarize briefly) yesterday we made an offer on a wonderful house. We liked the house so much that we were willing to take on two mortgages (a gap loan) to get it (because, of course, our house still very much belongs to us). It was priced well below market value (even today's market value), because the owners needed to sell quick. We didn't get it. We lost by six days (closing date).

I am so bummed.

But on another happy note, our cloth diapers came today. And I'm halfway through the long process of pre-washing them. I am psyched!