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The last few weeks have just been eventful and busy and can't tell where time has rushed too. The last time I was trying to blog about Caleb and how I had discovered my one month old househelp was pregnant when my beloved called and told me he had been involved in a road accident out of town. Well, one thing we thank God for is that neither he nor the guys who were in the car with him were hurt.

After that, I was househelp searching before baby gal returned to school and once we got the girl it was trying to adjust to change and settle down. We have also been house hunting for the past 2 weeks and I tell you this Nairobi has got many con men. Can you imagine a certain guy made us drive all the way to Kasarani like 12kilometers out of the city, to go meet him as he had said he had a house to show us for our budget. Only to pick him up, and he takes us to a house which he isn't sure whether is available or not. So once he entered the compound and asked about the house he was told it had been rented. I was not amused and he still was insisting he would take us to another, we just told him we do not have that time to waste and once he got something real he can call Alex. And for sure calling he has but we ain't interested. another house we had got last week and liked, and actually met the "owner" and agreed to a deal to be closed on Monday by 5p.m.. Only to call on Monday after visiting the house and the perceived owner says the owner changed his mind and wants to renovate the whole house...It is very frustating I tell you.But God is awesome and we finally managed to view a house we liked and settled for, with not too much drama. After sharing our dramas with other agents for the past 2 weeks with a friend in that industry he told us we were lucky to have found a house in 2 weeks. Others search for a very long time and go through alot. We truly thank God and looking forward to the new move.

So that has been the story of my life for the past few weeks, no time to sit to read or to blog but hopefully we shall settle down now with baby gal back to school. Have a great evening.

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