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someone explain to me WHY when one thing goes wrong in my day, EVERYTHING from that point on ALSO goes wrong. seriously. it never fails to baffle me that all it takes is one spilled cup of tea, 2 pairs of "spit-upped" pant changes, and a set of lost keys to make me come unhinged.(this is todays example) i hate this about myself. i can physically FEEL my bloodpressure rising. why is it that somedays i just CANNOT roll with the punches as easily as other days? why is it that somedays no matter how hard i try to organize it,  we cannot leave this house ON TIME-wearing clean clothes, with our hair combed and having bathed in the past 3 days? i always forget something on those days and have to throw together a mixmatched meal when J gets home because i cannot bring myself to drag the children to the groccery store AGAIN. when the baby is cranky and the preschooler is whiney and the dog is barky... i have a hard time feeling like this is the job i was made for. i know it is in the

well the process only took FOREVER but i am sooo happy to announce...that we received the call (3 weeks ago now): my husband is officially on staff at a christian camp in michigan!! we have been searching out a path for ourselves for a LONG time and just saw a bunch of dead ends. we couldnt figure out why both of the houses we made offers on didnt work out (please note: they are both, as of this post, still EMPTY). we didnt understand why we have felt led to bounce from place to place, making friends and then having to leave them. we didnt know how J could use his construction talents without having to work a construction job. and now we do. we belong at camp. J's title will be maintenance director, but our whole family will be on call to do whatever needs to be done at any given moment. we have a home in northern michigan. and we have made connections at several churches among several states that will hopefully support our ministry. woohoo! please be praying for us as w