"Age does not diminish the extreme disappointment of having a scoop of ice cream fall from the cone." -Jim Fiebig

The morning one is waiting to hear big news is not a good morning to have a work crew cut a cable and render the city devoid of communication.  Not that cell phone, landline, or internet service would have changed the outcome.  Another bid was accepted on the house we fell in love with.  We don't know the details.  Maybe we came in too low, maybe we waited too long, maybe the buyer was known by the seller (a rumor we have heard), but none of that matters now.  It's not our house, or yard, or garage.  It will be someone else's and we will (for now) stay where we are.  We will most certainly simplify right here.  We will make choices to spend our time wisely and put our family first.  We have learned a lot about letting God have control - probably even more today than we knew yesterday.  But we are disappointed.