Apple-picking from last week.

We offered on a house, but it was rejected. More on this later. I am getting serious about the numbers (well, we have been for a while...but it is coming down to the wire). An amazing thing is happening. Interest rates go up and people still think their houses are worth what they were when rates were 4.25%! When those rates go up, prices go down. They almost HAVE to. Perrysburg sellers don't seem to be able to accept that much. They wait until they have to sell at a loss because they are covering the expenses from waiting. No one wins! They are content to let the houses sit vacant. I hope we have a winner here, but that all depends on price...don't most complex purchases do that?

Anne is at the National Youth Workers conference now and will be back in a few days. I wish I could be with her a lot.

Work has been interesting. I worked really late two days but we had a "mini-golf" day today, so no one did work. The idea is that each department makes a mini-golf hole and then prizes are given for creativity and such. My team spent a good 2 hours yesterday and another hour or two today making ours...it was a Rube Goldberg-like hole that involved a K-NEX rollercoaster. You cannot argue with getting to do K-NEX at work. Other teams put in massive hours and effort, but they had incredible holes. One team had a Hummer replica. Another had a pneumatic cannon that was used for a pirate theme. You shot your ball at a ship instead of putting. It was a fun idea, but I hate to think of the loss of productivity we had. Good thing I don't get paid to care about that stuff. On that note, my work has been going pretty well! It is a good feeling to make a client happy with your work.

Man, this house thing is really getting me unsettled...Anne too, of course. I have been in a really weird mood since putting an offer in...sort of spacey.