tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360459022024-03-06T23:16:28.911-05:00Waiting for Pumpkin!M and Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13800812704056087070noreply@blogger.comBlogger350125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36045902.post-28822934455221266072012-12-06T05:48:00.000-05:002012-12-06T05:48:01.179-05:00SixToday marks 6 YEARS that we have been logged in for Pumpkin.
I don't know that there is anything more to say about that.
M and Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13800812704056087070noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36045902.post-26321246263118645342012-01-21T12:05:00.000-05:002012-01-21T12:05:00.734-05:00UpdateJust realized that other than yesterday, I hadn't updated this blog since May 2011. I am sure that most of the people that read this blog have given up on me. Let me see what has happened.We sold our houseWe bought a new house in a new town and we LOVE IT! The house is great, the street is a quiet little crescent. The drive to work is a little longer for me, but the house is worth it. So farM and Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13800812704056087070noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36045902.post-81165988074808702642012-01-20T06:05:00.001-05:002012-01-20T06:07:20.008-05:00Eight Years!Eight years ago today I said I DO to the most fantastic man in the world from there I became the luckiest woman in the world!!We were married on a beach in Cuba and it was perfect. Today we celebrate our 8th anniversary. I can't believe how quickly the past 8 years have flown by.HAPPY ANNIVERSARY H!! You have made me one LUCKY and HAPPY woman!!I don't know if anyone even reads this blog M and Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13800812704056087070noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36045902.post-121857002262003302011-05-06T19:29:00.004-04:002011-05-06T20:19:58.376-04:00Update to the Neighbours **UPDATED**After I had written the last post about our new neighbours - some things happened.That evening, the neighbour (whom I know)from the other side of the new people's unit came to my house to talk about the noise and to decide what to do.In the last post when I mentioned on Tuesday night about the car door locking at 11:00pm and the smoke in our room at 3:30am - apparently at 1:00am there was some M and Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13800812704056087070noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36045902.post-15681720628411750832011-05-04T15:59:00.000-04:002011-05-04T16:00:09.358-04:00The New NeighboursUGH! They only moved in on Sunday and already I have had enough of them! I have never even seen them! Sunday afternoon a truck pulled up and they unloading began. To say that I hadn’t seen them might be wrong. There were six guys unloading the truck so one of them might be living there. I went out and when I returned they were still unloading and that is when I saw them unloading a drum set, M and Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13800812704056087070noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36045902.post-38859686076035009022011-04-15T14:53:00.000-04:002011-04-15T15:23:06.976-04:00First Timer!Wednesday, for the first time ever, I donated blood!! Let me back up and explain why it too so long for me to do it.When I was a child, I had hepatitis. I was sick and I honestly don't even remember having it as I was that ill. If someone hadn't told me that I had had it, I wouldn't even know. As far as I understood, I was sick enough for my brain to block it all out. To this day I don't M and Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13800812704056087070noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36045902.post-17185953231919266332011-04-06T06:18:00.000-04:002011-04-06T06:18:00.144-04:00CountingWell I did it. I knew I should not have done it, but I did.Today we have been waiting for 52 months for Pumpkin.WOW - I shouldn't have counted...M and Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13800812704056087070noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36045902.post-69426985933000327802011-03-30T18:45:00.003-04:002011-03-30T18:57:07.418-04:00WednesdaySo what is happening in my life...LOTS! I am not prepared to talk about some of it just yet, but safe to say it is exciting!I am VERY much liking the evenings and the brightness. I can't wait for the mornings to get bright. I start work at 6:30am and it is still dark then.My work hours are going to change in July and I am NOT happy about it. However, it is not an option.I don't know that we M and Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13800812704056087070noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36045902.post-36951695228379898292011-03-10T20:23:00.000-05:002011-03-10T20:24:32.404-05:00AwkwardThe other night, Husband and I went to the mall after work. We had a couple of birthdays coming up and we needed to shop.We were standing in line to pay for our purchases and there was a lady behind us with two young boys. I would say they were 3 and 5 – maybe 4 and 6. The area to line up was narrow and we were single file. Husband was in front of me and behind me was the little boy, his M and Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13800812704056087070noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36045902.post-76192428804067262011-03-09T20:07:00.005-05:002011-03-10T16:23:42.653-05:00I WON!!A couple of weeks ago I entered a contest to win a necklace. I WON!!!The contest was being run by Dolores to promote her new NEW ETSY SHOP. The contest required you to, on her Facebook page, to leave a comment on what you think 'family' means.From all the entries I was randomly chosen to receive the necklace. It came yesterday and it is beautiful. THANK YOU!!!Now please visit Las Palomas M and Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13800812704056087070noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36045902.post-37610831991070963372011-02-21T18:34:00.001-05:002011-02-21T18:34:00.370-05:00YUMMY!I find it hard sometimes to come up with something new and exciting to make and eat. Dinners are difficult getting home from work and preparing and cooking and sitting down at a reasonable time to eat.I am not a big recipe person. There always seems to be far too many ingredients in each recipe and inevitably, you are missing one or two items.We make a weekly meal plan - while making the weeklyM and Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13800812704056087070noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36045902.post-19553552579991844222011-02-01T19:24:00.002-05:002011-02-01T19:37:16.956-05:00TodayI am a busy woman. I am generally on time. I have little patience for showing up for a professional appointment and having to wait. I have things to do, places to go and people to see too. Today I had a dentist appointment. I received an e-mail reminder last week telling me that my appointment was at 2:50. Well my little ‘tooth’ card said 2:30. So I responded to the e-mail saying that I wasM and Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13800812704056087070noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36045902.post-867868848606650112011-01-25T18:52:00.001-05:002011-01-25T19:05:40.160-05:00StuffI am in a blogging rut. Not just posting but with reading also.Most of the blogs that I read are Chinese adoption blogs and frankly, they are generally a bit stale these days. There is not much happening in the program. No one is getting excited about their referrals - there are no referrals coming.What blogs do you read - even if they are adoption blogs I am thinking that I want to expand my M and Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13800812704056087070noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36045902.post-33888777928395452852011-01-20T08:55:00.001-05:002011-01-20T08:55:00.317-05:00SEVEN YEARS!!!Seven years ago today I said I DO to the most fantastic man in the world from there I became the luckiest woman in the world!!We were married on a beach in Cuba and it was perfect. Today we celebrate our 7th anniversary and I don't even feel a little bit itchy...HAPPY ANNIVERSARY H!! You have made me one LUCKY and HAPPY woman!!I LOVE YOU!!M and Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13800812704056087070noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36045902.post-55806230000545944072011-01-17T20:25:00.004-05:002011-01-17T20:34:33.029-05:00WinterHAPPY NEW YEAR READERS!!I don't think I was ever a fan of winter - even as a child. You would think that all kids would like to play in the snow and build forts and snowmen. I can really say that I was never a fan.What I do remember about snow and being outside when I was little was freezing cold feet. Freezing cold fingers. Nose hairs stuck together because of the cold OR a constant drip of M and Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13800812704056087070noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36045902.post-812143356402915882010-12-30T11:09:00.002-05:002010-12-30T12:24:51.588-05:00Another YearYet another year has passed on the calendar - and in our wait as well.Apparently, while I wasn't looking, we passed our 4 year LID. I can say that I don't give our adoption much thought these days. It doesn't seem real and I honestly don't believe that it will happen for us.We have a 'bail out' date in our mind and unless things change and speed up quickly, we are not going to make it. I thinkM and Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13800812704056087070noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36045902.post-56695322755272324612010-12-04T08:58:00.000-05:002010-12-04T12:40:23.940-05:00OverwhelmedOverwhelmed is how I am feeling these days. There is so much on my plate and some days I think I am going to break.I recently 'received' a new project at work. It is something new and unfamiliar to me with a huge learning curve and I am trying to grasp my head around it. It is important and I am nervous. I don't do nervous well. It isn't often that I feel like this. Of course all my M and Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13800812704056087070noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36045902.post-27594170693446534652010-11-16T15:15:00.001-05:002010-11-16T15:17:08.228-05:00OPPS!!Today at work I was working away and using "PASTE" in our computer program at work. I was doing some mindless work going from one item to the next. I took a little break and looked at some e-mail and then I copied one of the e-mails to use in a blog post. Then I went back to work doing my mindless task. Well...I ‘pasted’ the e-mail/blog post into the work computer program and hit COMMIT. It isM and Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13800812704056087070noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36045902.post-7176281869521702122010-11-04T20:46:00.000-04:002010-11-04T20:47:02.858-04:00LaughingGo here and read the post dated today.I am still laughing!!M and Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13800812704056087070noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36045902.post-16655228073466885232010-11-04T19:55:00.004-04:002010-11-04T20:03:02.933-04:00StuffToday when I got home from work there was a UPS truck outside of my door. I quickly jumped out of the car because I didn't want him to have knocked on the door and driven away as there was no answer.We arrived at the door at the same time. I called out to him that I was there and he handed me the two packages.I came inside, put them down and didn't think about them again. Tonight when I was M and Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13800812704056087070noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36045902.post-86795562653048315102010-11-01T19:54:00.005-04:002010-11-01T20:38:23.692-04:00New DinnerI am the cooker in the family. I plan, shop, cook and sometimes clean up. Husband and I have a menu plan and that has certainly helped, however, making the weekly menu is torture for both of us. Last week Husband was away at a conference. At this conference they were giving away calendars with recipes on them. Husband came home wanting to try this one so I thought I would give it a try. FirstM and Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13800812704056087070noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36045902.post-74762758474510680822010-10-25T19:04:00.000-04:002010-10-25T19:05:58.341-04:00MemoryAt work I have a locker in the change room that I used when I went to the gym – DON”T LAUGH!!! I haven’t used the locker in…a while.I really didn’t even know what was the in the locker as it has been so long.The “been so long” part was a problem. I had absolutely no recollection of what the combination was for the lock – NONE, nope, nada. That was about 2 years ago.Last week, I was walking M and Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13800812704056087070noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36045902.post-41065521470290882612010-10-18T21:14:00.000-04:002010-10-18T21:16:31.915-04:00MemoriesWhen I was little I remember the 'little' bird around all the time. They were kind of a mousy brown and hopped around. I later discovered that they were called Chickadees. They were so cute and so small and EVERYWHERE!! I don't however remember the black and white ones as shown here in this picture.As you get older, your focus changes on things. I suppose I didn't notice the little birds M and Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13800812704056087070noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36045902.post-12619530381446851952010-10-10T15:31:00.001-04:002010-10-10T15:31:07.301-04:00My brotherMy brother is wonderful. He is sitting beside me and making me say this.Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.2M and Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13800812704056087070noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36045902.post-22564889519445809312010-10-09T07:44:00.003-04:002010-10-09T08:10:50.319-04:00Long WeekThis had to have been the longest week ever. You know it is going to be a long week when on Monday I kept thinking it was Thursday. Again on Tuesday I thought it was Thursday.When Thursday actually arrived, I thought it was Friday...sigh...Friday finally did arrive though and it was a long day at work and to make everything so much better, I developed a cold just in time for our long M and Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13800812704056087070noreply@blogger.com4