The List Reviewed - And My Week Off!

Well, let's just say, it's not all fun and games, but it sure as heck beats working!

Guess I better be productive now... I hear Julie's got a list... I did get a birdie this morning, though.

It was totally worth it!

The list

Ryan is officially unemployed right now, for a week. Since he has a week off and I still have to work and the boys will be in school, I made him a list. It includes finishing our adoption paper (his part, I already did the rest), get his driver's license renewed, oil change, things like that. These are all things that I think would be a wise use of his time this next week. Ryan looked at the list and added a few things, working on his book, working on his side computer job and golfing. He decided that he should be able to get at least two rounds of golf in this week. I guess we have different priorities for his week off.

I'm a hostage to my clothing

I'm killing time right now because we are going to a casino night for the boys' school and Ryan is dropping off the kids while I get ready. However, I can not finish getting ready because I tried on a new dress I bought last week on sale ($5 steal!) and it looked bad on me and now I really can't get the dress off my fat body. I really am hostage to this dress, maybe not such a good deal. It was a little tricky getting it on, but it is impossible to get over my head. I have tried everything short of taking a scissors to it. I would take the scissors, but it is brand new and I'll donate it to a thrift store for some other fool or skinny person to buy. Yes, I know I should try things on in the store, but I never have the time or patience for that. The tag really said large, but maybe they meant large skinny person. Does this mean that I will go on a diet...absolutely not, I will just buy bigger clothes next time. Well if Ryan doesn't get home soon, I'll be cutting it off because I think I am loosing circulation in my arms from it. Don't you wish I took a picture:)

Adoption Update

Just a quick update on our adoption process for those of you that have asked. Currently it is going very slowly and that is our fault. We have homework to do right now and have not found the time to do it. We have to answer 7 pages of single spaced questions about ourselves and we are not talking yes/no questions. I don't even know the answers to some of them, so I have to search within myself to think about what to answer. I have to give a plug to the Passport people! I mailed mine in for renewal expecting 3 months of waiting and it was sent to me a week later.

Pictures Finally

Okay I'm back, sorry it has taken me so long to take pictures. This is our new minivan and we love it. It is a 2007 Honda Odyssey with a few bells and whistles. Lance's favorite thing about is that the doors open automatically, Liam's favorite thing is that the kids control their own air conditioning. Mom's favorite thing is that it seats 8 people and is easy to use. Ryan has nothing as a favorite because he rarely gets to drive it.

We did it!

Well today we went and bought the minivan. I am very excited although a little nervous of driving a brand new vehicle around town, what if someone hits me? So far we love everything about it and the boys are very excited also. It is going to take us some time to figure out all of the little buttons on it, but it is fun figuring it out.

New Job for Ryan

Such a busy day for everyone, but I won't even go there. The news of the day is that Ryan put in his two week notice today!! He accepted an offer last week from here! He even has a big fancy title and he will start on Oct. 1st. No raise, but better benefits. Also, he will take the bus from the park and ride to downtown St. Paul. However part of our busy day today was that our car died on us and we are sick of putting money into it. So, he has no car to drive to the last two weeks of work and nothing to park at the park and ride. We are going car shopping tomorrow I guess.

Hellos and Goodbyes

This weekend was a whirlwind of activity, but most of it revolved around saying hello and goodbye to friends and family. It started with saying goodbye to Grandpa J.C. and Karma. They went home to Central Oregon on Friday morning, after two weeks of visiting.

Then my friend Lafayette came to visit for the weekend. He lives in Reno, NV and I haven't seen him in over 15 years. Ryan met him for the first time, even though they have e-mailed one another. We had to say goodbye to him on Saturday night because he flew out early Sunday morning.

The biggest goodbye is to our friends Ala and Marina, they are going home to Belarus at the end of the week. We have spent a lot of time with them over the summer and their move back home was unexpected. If I thought about this weekend and all of the people that we said goodbye to and how much we will miss their company, I would get really sad. So, I have to just think about the next time we meet. Goodbye everyone, we'll miss you.

Mom, we want a new pet!!

We went to the Renaissance last Saturday and out of all of the fun things to do and see, Liam loved the snakes on display. He had to pet each snake, and then when they had a shift change, he had to pet all of the new snakes. In total, he touched about 25 snakes that day. He wanted to pet the alligators and the turtles also, but that was not allowed (thank goodness). After that experience Liam decided that he wants a pet turtle. I can deal with that.

Then Lance got into the act and wanted to pet the snakes also! And he decided that he would love to have a snake for a pet. Ryan reminded them that they have trouble remembering to feed the dog and he is guessing there is no way mom is going to take a frozen mouse out of the freezer, thaw it and feed it to your snake. Very good point.

Welcome

Welcome to our family blog. I'm going to try to keep all of our friends and family up to date on our lives in MN. Lance and Liam get bigger every day and we are in an adoption process to bring more children into our family. Ryan has informed me that he will not be helping me with our blog, he sees enough of computers at work.