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Archive for October, 2008

Some photos … but not here

Posted in Adoption, Children, Family, Fun, Island life, Seychelles, Uncategorized on October 27, 2008| 2 Comments »

This new format here on WordPress had me tearing my hair out over posting photos … basically, I can’t. Anyone interested in seeing shots of the kids from yesterday’s trip with Magnar to ride the horses can find them on my facebook page.

Now, if someone can explain to me why the add media dohicky does nothing I’d be right pleased.

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Okay … here’s the deal … or some of it

Posted in Adoption, Children, Family, International Adoption, Island life, Older women, Seychelles on October 8, 2008| 5 Comments »

So, there’s a new computer on the way, and in the meantime I’m using Sam’s. It does the job, thankfully. It’s Gay’s old one … another Mac, of course … so I’m able to do most of what I could do before, but am reticent to pack it full of my stuff when its real duty is to let my son draw and paint and play “Green Eggs & Ham” endlessly.

That’s for starters …

Moving right along, if you’re a facebook friend of mine you already know that I’m madly in love and within days of living happily ever after. Yep. That light at the end of the tunnel I thought was nothing more than the headlights of an approaching train turns out to be the brightest point of a very bright future. Wow. I’m stunned and can’t wipe the silly grin off my face. Details to follow.

And … learned today that Mark’s girlfriend is 7 months pregnant, which means she managed to purchase her insurance policy minutes after he moved out of the house. I’ve wished him well and offered to babysit.

Sam and Cj are doing well, and although it’s not been easy getting the ground under their feet to steady, it’s been so worth it. Cj is loving school. Sam is brilliant, as always. Both are movin’ with the groovin’.

The wrap? Life doesn’t suck, after all, and it often makes a lot of sense when you look at it backwards.

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