Seriously, why is everyone so upset that our nation's President is going to address school children? 

Nobody cared about the president's physical fitness test or Nancy Reagan's push for literacy....

I will start passing out the paper bags and hopefully all the republican breeders can stop hyperventilating long enough to get a grip...

I"m not really sure what they think he'll say that will influence their children negatively...

And wow, two entries in one day..Then it's back outside to the garden...


I am loving this today: 



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Yes I have a cold, in the summer blech..I am hoping I don't short out the keyboard as I type..Is that too much ewww for you? 

I am home today and wow, I think this is one of the first stay at home all day during a week day I've had all summer. Sad because I had so many goals for my time that got eaten up by working and illnesses and dr appointments...

here is the status of my life:

1. still no word on my slpa job for this coming school year
2. i am starting to lose faith in the district and also starting to see that might be ok
3. i am still working at embassy suites
4. we are a signature away from being under contract with a great adoption agency
5. did i mention I have a cold?
6. I have a gig in bellingham on Friday!
7. Karaoke on Saturday at my house and if you didn't get the email but still want to come just message me and I'll give you the particulars!
8. i haven't mentioned WLS for a while, but yes, I am in the midst of a dr. supervised program which will help me be approved by insurance.
9. PM's health is improving, he is on insulin now but I"m so proud of him for all his efforts. He is really taking initiative for good health and he even walked up a steep hill the other day on purpose...
10. I may or may not have a chance to teach some music classes in Bellevue in January! Which would be FANTASTIC!

Soon I will be 33...Here is a list of acceptable b-day gifts...

1. Babies
2. Fabric
3.Yarn
4. A career that allows me to be a stay at home mom, rock star AND earn an income to help us get ahead in life
5. Babies
6. Shoes
7. Babies

also acceptable: hugs and pizza

We attended PM's 20 year highschool reunion last weekend. It was fun to talk with people I knew and meet and get to know people I didn't. I would say that PM has pretty  much always been the same, well liked and this trip down memory lane onlly solidified that further!

After the reunion, we went into Idaho for some camping. We took PM's 1956 panel truck loaded to the gills with bicycles, tricycles and camping gear and spent 5 much needed days away from the world. Well, for most of it, except for the 2 hours we had to come back into civilization to an internet cafe to do some budget work. (actually that was more PM, I was supportive by reading a book and stealing the laptop to check email)

I posted a whole bunch of pictures on facebook if you want to see them, friend me. If you need to know my full name, just send me a message! 

Here are just a few of my favorites! Under the cut of course.....

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PM went into the hospital on Friday afternoon. He is having some sort of gall stone problem. They thought he had a blockage of his bile duct but after an ultrasound, he seemed to have relief from his pain(they thought maybe he passed the stone). They are keeping him to do antibiotics through IV and make sure his liver stats go back down to normal. He was running a fever of 102 pretty much for all of Wednesday.



My aunts come today for a little vacation so this should be a strange week.


We are hopeful that Paul will have an MRI on Monday and be released although another doctor wanted to go ahead and do exploratory surgery to make sure the stone had passed. I am nervous about this since the risks of the whole anesthesia are always greater for people of our size. A good thing that has come out of this is some unrelated diabetic teaching sessions while PM is being held captive in the hospital.

Also, after two nights of no sleeping with my c-pap, I am starting to remember why in the heck i needed that thing to begin with. I had many dreams of not being able to breathe last night which has not happened in a long time! 

PM has been so good since he has started to take insulin but sometimes you just need something sweet. These cute little aluminum bowls are the perfect size for mixed berries, a spoonful of ice cream and a dolup of whipped cream...

So, since last post we had our first road trip of summer. We went to Utah to a family wedding and spent a few days with PM's sister and family. We had lots of fun at the wedding despite the rain and deadly lightening during the outdoor reception. We did lots of hanging out playing music and talking when we stayed with Kriste and Dave and explored Provo Canyon and downtown Provo one day. We saw two very strange stuffed polar bears fighting in the storefront office of an audiologist and got yelled at by a cranky guitar maker when I didn't wash my hands before picking up one to play! We had a nice drive there and back and had lots of time to talk and spend time together.

Our niece Aubrey playing the Uke

PM and I at a spot near Provo Canyon

PM soaked after getting my coat at the reception.

Bridal Veil Falls

I tell you what people...Life sure is a strange contrast of good and not so good. In this last week a few things have happened: 

1. Found out about a possible adoption situation
2. Heard that our home study was probably going to be just fine for the agency with said adoption situation.
3. Found out about second adoption situation at the same agency.
4. PM got a kidney stone.
5. We got approved for adoption financing.(which is a funny story I will talk more about)
6. Our stove's glass top broke again.
7. I had my official graduation from SLPA program
8. PM has now been put on insulin.


We close tomorrow on our financing and go visit with an adoption social worker in Portland on Friday.


More about the adoption stuff will be posted in the adoption blog...

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In case anybody isn't on facebook OR the infamous twitter, I have a gig Saturday at 7:30 at The Laughing Ladies Cafe! I would love to see LJ friends there! I know some of you live far away but a few are closer!

If you want specifics please visit my website!

Remember this entry? Can you believe that four years ago today PM and I met, and had our first kiss?

I can't..

I'm still loving that man....I never grow tired of him or any of his quirky ways:)

Guess what, only a few more weeks of school and then I'll be down to one paying job over the summer.

Things are growing in the garden.

We are working on adoption financing.

Soon we will be going to Utah(my first trip to Utah) for our nephew's wedding.

I have several gigs in the next few months and have been working at getting more. If anybody has any good ideas about joints not commonly known, let me know!

This summer I plan to work on music, I know, I know you've heard it all before people BUT this year, I have a supervisor. Yes, a supervisor who I will be meeting with for goal setting and weekly progress reports. They say not to get personally involved with the people you work with but let me tell you, this new boss is one hot bearded dude, who happens to be my husband....

I"m going back to nursing my sunburn, dishes, laundry and Dances With Wolves which was not my choice but has been entertaining:)

It seems strange how life works. While I'm over here having a pretty damn enjoyable weekend other LJ'rs are having not such a good life. If you haven't been readingthesugarmonster  then you should. She has LOTS of courage and resilience even through some horrible adversity. I am praying for her as she faces the suicide of her father. I'm also praying for her mother who is disabled.  They are facing some tough times right now, but the outpouring of support for Heidi (thesugarmonster ) and her mother is beautiful. It really shows that livejournal is more than just a random place we all come to blabber about our lives.

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With that said, I have to show you a few pictures of our new patio furniture. We got it on super sale and I think it is going to make our outdoors/yard much more enjoyable! Here's hoping you can all enjoy some of the sunshine we have today.(if it's sunny where you live)




here's a bonus from the Bayside Farmer's market in downtown Everett. Thought it is a growing market, it was a lot of fun playing there and I'll be back next weekend!

There are plants in our house. For some reason I've been wanting to nurture things..Hmmm?



I've made 10 of these(gave two away)

Honestly, I think 8 is probably enough...(Did you ever watch Eight is Enough?)

My camera is back thus begins the picture posting....

I became a Godmother over the weekend. Here is my precious Goddaughter and the bonnet I knit.
She was so good for the actual baptism but didn't want to stay for communion. Silly girl, there's wine at your church:)






Our Lilacs are out in full bloom! I love them!!

I hope everyone had a fun filled weekend.

Hello people. I'm here reading posts and commenting but just haven't written for a while. Here's my life: 

1. My parents came for a visit. We had mucho fun! It was not hard to get my dad in the house once we rented a wheelchair ramp. I hope they come back soon!
2. I'm still working for Kent AND Embassy. (the later only 8 hours a week) I like both. I finished my internship and I"m now a full fledged SLPA!(good thing since they are discontinuing the SLPA program at SCC due to budget cuts)
3. We finished our homestudy paperwork AND had our home visit AND we've been approved! We got our report in the mail today. A copy was also sent to our lawyer. Soooo, strange thing to say BUT if you know anybody who might be thinking about giving their baby up for adoption, give them our name/number/email! 
4. I'm going to plant a garden soon. Like this week I swear, I really need to pull up a bunch of grass which I"m not looking forward to doing by hand...anybody have a rototill?

I am still loving my SLPA job and my internship is flying by. I am seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. What's better is I do not dread going to work and this is something I could see myself doing for a long time. (Besides staying home and being a mom and song writer which is also something I'd like to try)

Our friends had their third baby(second birth since their last birth was twins) i've got to hold him twice now and both times he has been peacefully sleeping. Very cute boy with reddish hair and he might even have a ringlet in the front when his hair grows in more. It will be interesting to see how his brother and sister relate to him as they get used to the idea of having him around.

Ah, kids, I really do want us to have one of our own soon, but for now, I am happy that there are a few around here to borrow.

That concludes my update....see you in a few weeks!
(lets hope for sooner)

Yesterday was VD, we celebrated on Friday though, with a trip to The Chili Pepper in Wallingford(our new favorite mexican place) and then to Molly Moons for icecream. We actually took our pints home to eat later. I got salted caramel and PM got scout mint. We watched the sequel and threequel to Sara Plain and Tall. All in all it was a perfect evening...

Saturday, we spent celebrating Avery's third b-day at the Bouncy Place. I even got to bounce and climbed up a rope twice to slide down. It was pretty fun. A good workout. I"d like to go back! 

Church today, new member class and Wayward tonight. Busy busy, tomorrow PM has president's day off and I have this whole week off from school and oonly have to work 8 hours at the Embassy. I plan on working on music this week and finishing up my ISE7 scarf and hat. Maybe I can even get Sammy's sweater assembled and sent out. We'll see! 

Soon, I'm going to have to start on two more baby quilts...(one for Avery since I bought otter and moose fabric a while ago to make him one and one for the new Cim baby but I"m going to wait until that one is born before buying the fabric)

Here's some video footage that Greg Spense Wolf posted from our gig in November at C&P coffee.


And if anyone is interested. I still have cd's for sale!