Well, our waiting is over! We had put a bid in on a bank-reposessed property near our home and were waiting til the court opened the bids today. We got it! The land has an old junky house (reportedly still full), a storage building, and an office building. Our plan is to clean out anything worth keeping and then knock it down and build a house for ourselves--perhaps there will be some room for a garden as well. The house is about a 10 minute walk downriver from our house, so it will mean about a 22 minute walk to the train station (a bit of a negative for us), a 1 minute walk to the river, a five minute walk to the park, a 10 miute walk to the grocery store, and a 15 minute walk to Klaus's! So, we need to start thinking about house plans and all that goes with that! It is kinda exciting, but yet seems like a big job too! We want to be wise stewards of the blessings God has given us. Will post some pictures later.