Tell me it ain't so!

I CAN NOT believe that I am actually in the situation I am in. Me being young and stupid (and in tune with the cosmic forces, and not paying attention pretty much) killed my microwave a few days ago. I thought I had just put it on a timer mode to time the dinner, when in actuality I had put it on cook mode. So while I was out "being good and helping the community" my microwave had a meltdown literally. I came back and the thing had shut off completely warped the glass plate and everything. So... kicking myself a few hundred times I set off to find a new microwave.

Yay! Got a new microwave! While installing the new microwave today the hubby and I were trying to balance the stupid huge monstrosity and we put some weight on my glass cook top. Yes, you guessed it...my freaking stove now has a huge hole in the middle of it and yes I now need a new stove.

What a craptastic day.

Anatomy of an Elk Hunt (as told by my hubs)

Friday morning leave early at 4 am so you can get to the place early and scout for elk.

• Friday morning leave early at 4 am so you can get to your Dad's house to find out the trailer hitch has a hitch problem. You fix the hitch problem and end up 1/3 of the way to your destination around 11 am.

Get to campsite and set up so you can scout for elk.

• Get to campsite late and get camp set up late and find out that it is to dark to scout for elk.

Get up early again to go for the morning hunt

• Actually get up early and hunt elk while the weather changes from soft to drenching rain. Get drenched, head back to campsite for lunch.

Get back to campsite, while pouring rain try to make sandwiches with uncut lunch meat. Hubs, cuts the lunch meat in preparation for the sandwiches.

• Hubs cuts the lunch meat with sharp hunting knife and while doing slices a 3 inch incision down the finger. Finger bleeds, bleeds and bleeds and now has gone numb.

Go get medical care

• 3 adults men decide that since the bleeding is so profuse they should seek some medical attention. Drive to small town and go to instacare.

Receive stitches and watertight finger packing.

• Hubs receives stitches and having already been given 4 shots to numb the pain feels every stitch being pulled through the skin.

Go back out to hunt in the evening.

• Since it was a downpour decided to get some lunch and go to a movie.

Get up early the next morning and hunt for elk.

• Sit in truck and listen to conference with the heater on while watching the snow collapse the tent.

Eat lunch and go back out for the evening hunt.

• After listening to conference brave the snow to pack up belongings and head for home.

Arrive home having "seen a few deer" and having an awesome story to tell the nephews about being attacked by a chipmunk.

Holy Hideous Batman!!!

So I'm trying to learn how to knit so I can make some cutie things for Emma and Lyssie Lou. I just talked with my sis Karen who said that she could help me crochet some stuff as well. (I did learn to knit and crochet a bazillion years ago when I was 12 or so, but those memories are long gone). Anyway, I was surfing the net to find some free patterns that were cute when I came across this:

Katamari Damacy Prince of All Cosmos Baby Hat

Okay I am really sorry to the person who designed this hat, but who would torture your dear sweet baby and make them wear this??? I did have the pattern listed below thinking that some of you might be into the tortue of children, but since I wasn't seeing any takers I have since removed them. I would like to note, however, that the author of this pattern said "who knows may your baby would enjoy "bopping the padded sides against things." I'm sure that is exactly what the newborn is doing...bopping it head against the sides of things. snort. yeah right!

Getting a little bit of the fever...

Just getting a few vibes for spookiness. Here are some pumpkins we carved in years gone by aren't they awesome?

What to talk about?

I have about a bazillion things floating in and out of my mind right now so there is really not one thing I want to talk about. I think if I start talking about one subject it could easily lead to another and another and another and that will just seem like mush to me and most certainly to you. I decided instead to fill in the blank as I feel this may be the only way to slow down my brain.

I'm supposed to answer the following questions with just one word. Here goes:

1. Where is your cell phone? ....................pocket
2. Your significant other?.......................love
3. Your hair?....................................long
4. Your mother? .................................miss
5. Your father?..................................frustrating
6. Your favorite thing?..........................many
7. Your dream last night?........................none
8. Your favorite drink...........................virgin Pina Colada
9. Your dream/goal?..............................Mother
10. The room you're in?..........................Baby's
11. Your children?.....................................love
12. Your fear?...................................many
13. Where do you want to be in 6 years...........home with kids
14. Where were you last night?...................home
15. What you're not?.............................patient
16. Muffins......................................blueberry
17. One of your wish list items?.................perfect yard
18. Where you grew up?........................... O-town
19. What you read last........................19 minutes
20. What are you wearing?........................casual
21. Your TV?.....................................off
22. Your pets?...................................Ace
23. Your computer? ..............................busy
24. Your life?...................................complicated
25. Your mood?...................................depends
26. Missing someone?.............................mom
27. Your car?....................................runs
28. Something you're not wearing?................earrings
29. Favorite Store?..............................Banana Republic
30. Your summer?.................................okay
31. Like someone?................................yes
32. Your favorite color?.........................none
33. Last time you laughed........................5 pm
34. Last time you cried?.........................5 pm

Probably not very interesting but some of those made me think. Consider yourself tagged "if you want to." Karen, Stacie and Lori, I better see this on your blogs soon!!

It's a Fright!!!

Okay I don't know if I have ever done this before on my blog, so here it goes...actually I'm quite nervous to do it because I don't know if I'll enjoy the results. (Blowing my breath out now) I'm going to post how many more days until my referral date. I know I may be a bit premature doing this, but a lot of friends are posting theirs because they are getting closer to their referrals.

I posted my LID anniversary's before and kind of got bored with doing that, but if any of you out there are interested we are coming up on our 26th LID anniversary on October 11th. For those that don't understand China adoption talk that means our dossier has be in China for 26 months now.

Here is what I've dreaded...there are officially 183 more days until our referral. That is actual days weekends and holiday's included. I just find it so much easier to not worry about certain days getting a certain number of referrals. I just take the total amount of referrals from the 183 days left before our referral. Typically the CCAA refers 5,6,7,9 and once in a blue moon 12 days of referrals. Here are my scary numbers:

Actually I just tried to work out all the numbers and I was getting answers I just can't deal with right now suggesting at worst referral in 2011. I just need to think positively, not worry about numbers. Concentrate on hope, attrition rates and pray for my little one to get here as soon as possible. I never in my wildest dreams thought that we would have been still waiting at this point in time. I think Lyssie Lou who was almost nine when we started this and now is 11, has given up hope of ever "actually" having a little sister.

Too Many Birthday's

In our Family we have a lot of birthday's starting from July until January. In fact I think they are all in that time frame. Dianne and Whitney's birthday's are in July, mine and Lyssie Lou's are in August, Mike and Shannon in September. Ted's is in October I think, and I also think Russell's is in November along with Tanner and Ethan. Scott is in December and Steve's is in January. Fall is a crazy time for us. Over the weekend we celebrated Shannon and Mike's birthday together. It was a great time. Dianne made Cafe Rio dinner yum, yum. I'll include some pics from the party.

Scott & Dianne

Evan (my cute newest nephew)

Tanner & Ethan (my cute older nephews)

Ted and Whitney

Sorry Whitney, I just had to post this picture...you made it too easy to do it. LOL