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Tuesday, August 25, 2009

The dreaded appraisal is back

And it's almost $15,000 low. So, we're waiting for a reaction from the sellers and filing a challenge to the appraisal - we'll see what happens. But it's looking less and less likely that we will be buying this house. I'm not sure the sellers are going to be willing to drop their price that low, though they are now working in a bit of a time-crunch. They have already begun selling their furniture and making plans for moving to an apartment. Keep your fingers crossed that everything is able to work out.

The kids are doing well (when they're not trying to kill each other). Liam is getting excited about school - he's even begun dreaming about it! He's starting to go back to bed at regular school time so that he has time to adjust. He had a terrific time at OMSI camp (though he forgot to take any photos) and came back filthy and exhausted but already asking to go back.

Ceana is going through a major separation anxiety phase - and it's driving me crazy. She wants mommy to put her to bed all the time and if anyone leaves without taking her, she has a complete meltdown. And everything is "miss you (fill in the blank)". Even if we just run to the store...

The exchange student is working out quite well - her name is Mamiko and now that the first week is over, things are working quite well. She is very nice and her English is quite good. We took her to the Farmer's Market, Krispy Kreme and Home Depot last weekend. She echoes what Chieko told us - it is always hard to get into Krispy Kreme in Tokyo...the lines are always very long. Even though the store is "bigger and very bright" (lots of colors like pink).

Anyway, that's the latest. We'll be sure to keep you updated on the house as we go. Hope you are all doing well!

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