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It is late. I seem to drag through these hot days and then get slightly more energetic at night when it cools down. Our "new" Tahoe is at the transmission doctor right now. It seems everything is breaking. The estimate to rebuild the transmission is $2600-2900. Ouch! The Wood Artist very low on work. I've never seen him out of work before because he is such a hard, skilled worker. But the downturn has hit our tutoring business hard and his other skills lie in areas that people are cutting back on right now. This will mostly wipe out our savings, but, hey, at least we don't have to go into debt for it, right? That's a happy thing.

Our camera broke, too. Our new one. Not sure what to do to fix it. We may have to send it into the factory. And, the garbage disposal broke.....The Wood Artist did fix that one. We're having untold roadblocks in starting our online tutoring business. The state lost our application for a non-profit organization we were starting to help fund reading students who can't afford to pay. I'm having a hard time counting my blessings right now, but I suppose this is when I should do it the most!

The Wood Artist and I had fun on our anniversary get-away this weekend. We drove south about four hours and stayed at a hotel. During the days we explored some fabulous country spots. We saw twin fawns, picked yummy huckleberries.

The kids and I had no vehicle to take us to swimming lessons today, so we rode our bikes for about three miles. It was fun to watch Mr. Blueberry Eyes practice his brand-new knowledge of road signals and safety.

Tomorrow should be a better day! - Nanette