Now that everything is settled....I can put this on the blog so that everyone knows about this in the family....and everyone else that reads this too....I guess!!!

Anyway, Monday night I was awake for about 2-3 hours stewing about the house. I thought that I had been clear to the landlords of the Lake Almanor house that we had children that exceeded the number on the contract. However, my nightmare was that we would arrive and she would not think the same as I did...I had been vague. So it bothered me so much that I called her on Tuesday to check. She basically was shocked that I would think such a thing and told me that she needed a day or two to think about it. She called back this am to tell me that they had decided not to rent it to us but just to refund all of the money. We could have still slept part of our people there and rented more houses but we couldn't be there during the day with everyone so it would just be a sleeping place.

So...Anne did a great job researching and we have rented a large houseboat for the same period of time on Lake Shasta. (Yes, I succumbed!!) Click here to see the boat. We were able to get a 30% discount on it which made it less than the money we are getting back from the house. Anne is figuring out living arrangements. This has separate staterooms and has a lot more room. It sleeps 20 in beds but I did clearly check with the resort and told them that we had children that exceeded that 20 and they said it was no problem at all. They are just required to affix a number. We had more than the number on the one last summer and never had any issues.

This is also a bit safer for the kids as it has no walkway down the side of the first deck. Plus it is not 2 1/2 hours out of Redding...In and Out here we come!!!

I am relieved....this has been a stressful week for me to say the least!!

Love,
Mom