David Journal

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  • Summer Soccer Skills Club

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    Yesterday I suggested that each of the older kids have some individual goal or project to pursue over the summer. Knowing that it’s might have a hard time with an idea I presented the idea to him that he might have a regular meeting to practice soccer. He suggested that we tell his team about…

  • Five minutes

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    Alex came today to finally see the house and the kids so she could close the investigation. I wish I could have met her but Becca said that she was very respectful, checking that the water was working and peeking into the fridge. Both Becca and Savannah reported that she spent less than 5 minutes…

  • Final prep

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    This evening we made sure to get the rooms today and checked that the fridge want nearly empty so that Alex can quickly lay this case to rest when she comes tomorrow.

  • Making progress

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    I finally heard from Kyle Gadd and got the information to move forward toward planning Alyssa’s trip to Alaska. I’m looking at something like the 19th to the 29th at this point. I also heard back from Alex at DCFS. She will vg tissue the house Friday afternoon when she can see the kids although…

  • One hundred thousand dollars

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    After doing some evaluation of our relatively reasonable spending patterns and our history of unpredictable expenses combined with our need to have a modest buffer of positive cash flow (say $200/month) I have concluded that we should be aiming for a family income of $100,000 per year. I think we could reasonably live on $95K…

  • Alaska

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    We learned today that tickets to Alaska are $600 instead of $200. Even with a buddy pass from Jason Hoffman it will cost $300. Not only is the price greater but now Lorelei wants Alyssa to come for three weeks. I worry that 3 weeks might home the rest of her summer development but we’ll…

  • Sharing plans

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    We did more planning today and even went so far as to begin divulging some of the plans. Alyssa knows that her summer will be spent with Steve and Noreen aside from her trip to Alaska to see Lorelei. Savannah and Mariah spent hours with Laura dissecting a program that demonstrates some differences between dedication…

  • Planning for healing

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    The boys and I went to breakfast at the church in the morning. Not long after we got home Laura left upset because of some behavioral issue. Later she seemed a talk from Women’s Conference by Sharon Eubank on YouTube and asked me to play it for the kids. I did so and the second…

  • Fathers and sons

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    Today was all about going to fathers and sons. I ended up spending a good portion of the day talking to Alyssa about attendence and academic performance or else talking to others about Alyssa. After talking to Jill Hedberg (her school counselor) I feel very good that we have told in place for next year…

  • Remember, remember

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    Laura was excited to finish the conversation that we started too late last night. While I was at Isaac’s soccer game she made arrangements for Savannah to watch the kids so that she and I could start earlier and finish the conversation. We ended up having a conversation that we have had several times in…