Well it has been a few weeks and we are settled in. I am back to work a few days a week, and it is actually going well surprisingly... I thought it would be a hard transition etc... but I went right back to wrk like I had never left and the atmosphere at the bank where I work is a lot better then when I left. So that is good.  Magnus is really hard at work with school and I never see him anymore. He is at school until 9:00pm everyday this week and so far it is Thursday night. I work Saturdays, so I get to see him Sunday's between church activities, so on that note it is a little hard. I get pretty lonely in the evenings, but we have had some company the past couple weeks visiting us, so that helps. This just makes me realize that next year when Magnus has a job and doing his schooling for his CPA or CA that I might have a lot of lonely nights and weekends. When I think about this I get a bit depressed and then I start thinking that maybe living in Oregon close to family is a better situation. 

On that note, let me explain..... Magnus and I have some big decisions that we need to make in the next couple of months and if anyone knows us they know that we are the worst at making decisions - especially when it involves the rest of our lives. Magnus is done with his schooling this year and after that we need to figure out where we want to live: here in Canada, or at home in Oregon. Magnus did get a job offer in Oregon, my home town actually, and it is a pretty good offer. He will probably get a job offer here pretty easily and he has put out his resume'. We really love it here and we have friends and a good church. The biggest problem is the housing market here is way over priced and the starting wage for an accountant is $35,000 a year for a few years, and that is pretty non-negotiable. It isn't bad and it actually seems like a million dollars compared to what we are making now, but it is nothing when you live in a very expensive place. In Oregon the starting wage is a little better, although not much, but the housing prices our a lot cheaper, and the cost of living a lot cheaper. My biggest thing right now is the economy in the States - I am really concerned about how that will affect us and our kids. I will admit I do like Canada better in many areas and the economy is booming right now. But then I think.... God is in control and we are not! When things happen like the economy crises in the States it proves just that. When we think we are in control of our lives and feel safe and secure - -God shakes us up or a nation up so that they realize that we are to lean on Him, not on our stocks, the housing market, financial security. We put way too much into this and we need to come back to a life of dependancy on HIM. We put so much into comfort and security, what about putting everything on trust and dependency on the one who gave us life. So then I think about this and think I don't care! Eventually we want to serve God in a missions organization somewhere as soon as Magnus gets his CPA and a little experience. I could careless about comfort and finances (although there are times I think money would be nice). I just want to do something that is on God's heart. (Isaiah 1:17) Seek Justice, protect the oppressed, defend the orphan, plead for the widow. 

These are my 101 emotions that I go through every day and I am sure next week I will be think something different and maybe we should move to Norway or Hawaii.