In the unlikely event that anyone is still checking this space, I should let you know that we're all moved in. If I have any excuse at all for being silent these last three months, it is because we've been house hunting, finding, buying, selling, cleaning, moving out, and moving in.

The purchase of our new home in Everson, Washington, closed last week Friday, so we spent last weekend moving all of our stuff up here from Mount Vernon, with the amazing help of many of our generous friends. This past week has been spent unpacking, and we've still got a good way to go. The sale of our house in Mount Vernon should close this coming week, which will free me from figuring out how to pay off three home loans (new home, old loan, bridge loan) and help us all to feel settled and ready to see what our new life circumstances will bring.

Hopefully you'll hear from me again before another three months have passed, so stay tuned. (Feel free to leave me a note if you're still here; a simple “I'm still reading!” message will suffice. No sense in writing if nobody is reading... Thanks!)