Thu Aug 22 12:16 EDT 1996
House and Joy and "A Hi Fat Nut Kraper"

On Tuesday, we looked at another piece of property in Tyngsboro
in a development in the woods.  We like the area enough to talk to
the developer/builder.  It's on the "wrong" side of the river as
the job goes but on the "right" side of the river as the church
goes.  Another good thing about this property over the piece of
land we looked at earlier this year is that a lot of the guess
work about finances should be removed.  Of course, all of this is
contingent on (a) selling our home, and (b) being able to afford
it.  Cutting out the garage upon construction, for example, will
control the bottom line.

The non-news of Joy is that she isn't sure if this nasal spray
is doing much of anything besides giving her a terrible after
taste down the back of her throat.  I'm still the wolf man in
our house, too, for those who were wondering about the spray's
side effects.

We'll be off this weekend to Aunt Faith Parker's (rearrange the
letters of that and you get "A Hi Fat Nut Kraper") and Uncle "do
anything to break the rhythm of a winning badminton game, including twist
an ankle" John Parker's (whose name is still being anagramed).
I won't play John in ping pong because his spin has more english
on it than the Queen herself.  Hate to admit it, but it is true;
he's that good, or bad as the case may be.

This will actually be our (mine and Joy's) first weekend off this
summer, and school is around the corner.  (I hope Dr. Reed has
Columbus Day open for us.)

So of these three, I don't know which you should pray for most. B^)
So, pray for all three.  0;^)

Now, I'm off to a company bbq and a softball tournament.

Mark
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