Archive for August, 2009

John + Dad + B-17 = Love

The family got together and bought John’s Dad a ride on the EAA B-17, “Aluminum Overcast”, for his 70th birthday this year.  It took some convincing, but John finally decided that he couldn’t pass up the opportunity to ride along with him.  The flight was scheduled for yesterday, out of the airport in Leesburg, VA.  [...]

Off We Go Like Herd of Turtles

John and I say that when we’re headed out the door somewhere.  I think it’s something his mom used to say when he was a kid.
But here we are, setting out like a herd of turtles on the adoption journey.  This evening I filled out the registration form for a Pre-Adoption Group class at the [...]

Where is My Piece of the Pie?

The government gave out money to irresponsible homebuyers to help bail them out of their bad mortgages.  But we were responsible and didn’t buy more house than we could afford, so we paid for our neighbor’s mortgage and continued paying for our own as well.
The government is giving money to people to buy new cars [...]

Back from AirVenture

We’re back from AirVenture.  We had a great time, although we came back very tired.
I’ve already got the laundry going and will probably go to the grocery store a bit later.  John’s parents are coming up this evening and spending the week with us so Dad can work on the RV (airplane) with [...]