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by request from Valerie,  this is an excerpt from my “Front Porch Fellowship” E-zine, currently available by subscription (free) , I will robably put these online at one point or another, but this is timely, so here goes
“But first won’t you grab a cup of tea and come sit on the porch with me for a minute?
I [...]

Thirteen Things about my upcoming week
 
1…. Whew I’m gonna be busy!
2…. child #2 is turning 18
3…. child #8 is turning 6
4…. we are having a group party with dear son in law whose birthday is on the same day as child #2
5…. I have a book featured on The Homechool Freebie Of the Day tomorrow
6…. [...]

The housing crisis still has a chokehold on America: In September, another 81,312 homes were lost to foreclosure, according to RealtyTrac, an online marketer of foreclosed properties. Some 265,968 troubled borrowers received foreclosure filings, such as default notices, auction sale notices and bank repossessions in September — a 12 percent decline from August’s record high [...]