Since we got the news about little Kimchi, we've kinda been on cloud nine but now that the dust is settling, I've found it necessary to open the old complaint box. As always, if you leave you own, which I hope you do, make sure no one gets their feelings hurt. Today's complaint is for a special someone I've got my eye on.
Dear ex-con neighbor,
Stop begging to cut our lawn for $5 because you need to go to the 7-11 to get your 40oz. My lawn is the size of a stamp and I can cut it in about 10 minutes, which if you do the math, works out to $30/hr. Also, stop harassing the other normal neighbors with the same query. We saw you accost and then DEMAND that the new guy across the street let you cut his even though he was literally in the middle of cutting it himself. You ran all the way over, leaving the constant redneck front yard party you always seem to be hosting up to their own devices, and took the mower out of his hand. I do not care for this. Also, stop going into other people's backyard to "borrow" stuff when they aren't home. We all talk and we know what you do when we're at work. Yeah, work. It's this new thing that people do instead of sitting in their front yard all day. I know you've tried it once or twice but just think, if you stick with it, maybe one day you can move out of your mom's house since you're almost 40.
Stay classy,
Me
P.S. -Please put a shirt on.
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
My hand hurts from the filling out of boxes
Well, the paperwork is done. We are heading to the notary today and then to FedEx tomorrow and off they will go. Yikes! They've been telling us that we have about a 3-6 month wait from this point before we get the call to travel, but I spoke to a family that just got their baby 2 weeks ago and they said they only waited 3 months. Holy lord that is fast. You know, this whole thing is so freaking surreal and now we're panicking because we have no nursery and no gear and no idea about how to take care of a wee baby because they don't come with an instruction booklet. I checked. I don't know if I mentioned this or not but we've decided to go to Korea and get him instead of having him brought here. Or as we say in my house, we're going to do carry-out instead of delivery. OH SNAP! Why do I keep associating this baby with food? Because I have a problem, that's why. Anyway, that's where we stand right now. Supposedly if we're going to get another picture, we'll get it in about 3-4 weeks from now so let's keep our fingers crossed. I'm sure this kid looks nothing like the picture we have anymore and I want to make sure I pick up the right one. I KEED, I KEED.
Monday, August 25, 2008
Technical Difficulties/UserError
Well, I had high hopes of getting my cake blog up and running last week but that just didn't seem to happen. It's about 90% ready to go so keep yer pants on a little longer. I WILL have it up an running by the end of the week. Maybe.
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Adoption Roundup
Awww...you guys made me cry with all your sweet comments. Thank you. So, a couple new things to report. First, we got our packet of paperwork. It's big and scary and I don't understand half of what it all says but we got it anyway and plan on spending our Saturday night knee deep in government forms. Oh yeah baby, government forms. It's bizness time. Second, we have decided that instead of having hm brought here, we are going to travel to get him. I'm totally scared but I think it's better for him as far as adjusting later and it's good for us to meet his foster mother and see where he lives and how he's cared for first hand. It's REALLY far away. I'm pretty sure there won't be anything there I can eat so I'm going to turn vegetarian just so I don't accidentally eat an eyeball or something. No offense to the fine people of Korea. I won't even eat a chicken McNugget so it's not you. I am looking forward to the shopping because we read that there is a HUGE shopping district that has everything you could imagine. We're only there for 72 hrs. so I have a lot to cram in. Then there's the flight home. 20 hrs. on a plane with a baby I just met and who probably thinks I'm the worst person in the world for taking it from it's foster mother. Yeah, that's going to be really fun.
Lastly, and mostly, we have chosen a name. We've decided on Max Genaro for his first and middle. No last name in case you're a psychopath. It's the first name we chose years ago and every time we would think we liked another one, we always came back to Max and Genaro is a family name from my dad's side. So there it is.
I would also like to point out the gigantic outfit he is wearing in that picture. That and that hair. That shit is precious.
Monday, August 18, 2008
MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT! HOLD ON TO YOUR BRAINS!
This is the day this blog was made for. This is the day that we've been waiting on for over 3 years. This is the day.
People, we got a baby.
Yes, you heard that right, WE GOT A BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Here is little Kimchi.
He is 4 1/2 mos. old and obviously he is totally effing adorable and OF COURSE his name is not Kimchi. That would be silly but you'll just have to wait a while until we decide what to call him. I can't even begin to explain the whirlwind we have been through in the last few days. When we got the call I didn't believe that it was true and of course I had rehearsed how it would go down in my head like a million times and it went nothing like that, my version being quite a bit more dramatic of course but it was still very surreal. At this point, we are waiting on a ginormous packet of paperwork to arrive so we can get it filled out and back to the office so they can start his visa processing. We are on a 3-5 month timeline at this point. CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT?! Holy crapola. There is still a possibility that he will be home for Christmas, which would totally rule and we'd have to write a song about it because it would rule that much. We'll keep you posted on how things proceed and we'll relay info as we get it.
Thank you to everyone who has helped us through this. It has been a loooooong and arduous process and we couldn't have done it without all the support we've gotten from our friends and family. You guys rock.
People, we got a baby.
Yes, you heard that right, WE GOT A BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Here is little Kimchi.
He is 4 1/2 mos. old and obviously he is totally effing adorable and OF COURSE his name is not Kimchi. That would be silly but you'll just have to wait a while until we decide what to call him. I can't even begin to explain the whirlwind we have been through in the last few days. When we got the call I didn't believe that it was true and of course I had rehearsed how it would go down in my head like a million times and it went nothing like that, my version being quite a bit more dramatic of course but it was still very surreal. At this point, we are waiting on a ginormous packet of paperwork to arrive so we can get it filled out and back to the office so they can start his visa processing. We are on a 3-5 month timeline at this point. CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT?! Holy crapola. There is still a possibility that he will be home for Christmas, which would totally rule and we'd have to write a song about it because it would rule that much. We'll keep you posted on how things proceed and we'll relay info as we get it.
Thank you to everyone who has helped us through this. It has been a loooooong and arduous process and we couldn't have done it without all the support we've gotten from our friends and family. You guys rock.
New Blog
Attention readers.......all 9 of you. Hold on to your hats because I'm in the process of launching yet another blog site! WHOOPEE. It's going to be cake-centric, so no funny business or long boring stories about what I ate for breakfast or adoption news, so BE WARNED. Instead of posting cakes on both sites, which is WAY too time consuming and I'm a high powered designer now and I have no time for these types of shenanigans, I'm going to give you a heads up here to let you know to go there to see the latest cakey wonders.
It's called http://www.theatomiccakeco.blogspot.com/, which as you can probably figure out, is the name of my cake company which technically does not yet really exist. I'm sure you're all JUST THRILLED to have yet another place to waste your time so you're welcome. It should be up and running and full of fun by the end of the week. Maybe.
It's called http://www.theatomiccakeco.blogspot.com/, which as you can probably figure out, is the name of my cake company which technically does not yet really exist. I'm sure you're all JUST THRILLED to have yet another place to waste your time so you're welcome. It should be up and running and full of fun by the end of the week. Maybe.
Head Movies
Sorry for the lack of posts lately but we've had a lot going on. I'm on my second full week at work and it's going pretty well. I can't really explain it but I feel like I've been here way longer than I really have.That's how nice the people are. Well, most of them. There's this ONE GUY...but we won't get into that. Anywhays, I have Autocad training this week, which is nice because I need to refresh my brain on it and I get a change of scenery for two days BUT, the training place is a 40 min. drive from my house (longer w/traffic) , and that's when the sucking starts. Oh well. Duty calls. I'm in my actual office now, which was nice and unexpected and I have three giant windows and they even made me a little seating area so I pretend I'm a dentist and that's my waiting area. I'm going to get some Highlights, Redbook and a Reader's Digest to put out there because that's the crap my dentist has.They keep bugging me to bring in pictures and stuff to really make it MY office but I can barely remember my lunch every morning let alone a bunch of decorations. I frequently wonder how the hell I got this gig in the first place. What's not cool is that this building is 7000 years old and there is no A/C vent in my office so it's HOT. Like ass sweat hot. I would have to deduce that it will also be just as cold in the winter but that's fine. I love to dress in layers and I just bought a sweater wrap type thing at H&M this weekend that I'm dying to wear and that will be perfect and the fact that I bought a sweater when it's 85 out is not weird at all.
I didn't just waste my weekend buying up sweaters, either. Nope, we went to the movies again! Hurrah. Two movies in two weekends. That might be a record for us. This time it was "Tropic Thunder," which despite my hatred for all things Tom Cruise and Ben Stiller, was HIGH-larious. It's basically a movie about the making of a movie about a fake Vietnam POW rescue. It was laugh out loud funny. Seriously. I laughed out loud. I know there was a bunch of hoopla about it being offensive to those who are mentally challenged, and it was offensive but in a Family Guy kind of way and goddammit it was SO FUNNY and so appropriate for the character that you should just go see it.
IT MAKES MY EYES RAIN.
I didn't just waste my weekend buying up sweaters, either. Nope, we went to the movies again! Hurrah. Two movies in two weekends. That might be a record for us. This time it was "Tropic Thunder," which despite my hatred for all things Tom Cruise and Ben Stiller, was HIGH-larious. It's basically a movie about the making of a movie about a fake Vietnam POW rescue. It was laugh out loud funny. Seriously. I laughed out loud. I know there was a bunch of hoopla about it being offensive to those who are mentally challenged, and it was offensive but in a Family Guy kind of way and goddammit it was SO FUNNY and so appropriate for the character that you should just go see it.
IT MAKES MY EYES RAIN.
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