So, I keep thinking that I need to update this thing... let people know what we have been up to the last two years. I get overwhelmed so fast though, and nothing happens. So I am starting from scratch (ish) again. Hopefully things go better this try (forth or fifth time the charm?) and I actually post updates on a more frequent basis. Here are the highlight of the last two-ish years:
1. We moved home. We were at the point where anymore school was a waste of time and money. So we are back in Richland, and (usually) happy to be here. No where is perfect, but for the time being, we would rather be here than anywhere else.
2. Eric has a Grandma and Grandpa who are on opposite sides of the family (His Mom's Mom and Dad's Dad) who both are at that stage of life where they need more help. Grandpa mostly needs some company and to have meals made for him. He will eat on his own, but not very well. Eric goes over twice a day to check on him, make a meal, and keep him company for a few hours. Grandma needs 24 hour care, so I go over a few times a week to give her full time caregivers (M-I-L Diane and her sister Karen) a break. Mostly we watch TV and nap. (She naps, I watch TV.) Sometimes we talk, sometimes we have lunch (depending on the napping situation) and sometimes we just laugh. Eric and I have found joy in our service to them. I can say that the time I spend with Grandma is special for me. I have a few hours in which to focus on someone else, and everything else fades for that time. It is a pleasure to me to be able to be there for her when she is less able to do things for herself.
3. We got two kitties! Cassandra and Kyri, sisters from a litter my sister's cat had. I had to be cruel to get Jos to give them up, "The kitties who stay at the farm will either be run over or eaten by coyotes. Mine will live in a house and be spoiled rotten till they die of old age. Take your pick... run over or die of old age." She is glad now that we have them both, as my prediction was correct about the rest of that litter.
4. I currently serve as the beehive adviser at church. I can say that I am the proud mother of about 10 girls, all between the ages of 12 and 14. =D I love my calling and I love my girls! Eric is the Sunday school teacher of everyone 16 and older. He is not as proud of his kids and I am of mine, but he does a good job at teaching them.
I will admit that this is really the last year, not the last two. From Aug 2010 to Aug 2011 we were is school still and there is really nothing more to say about it. It happened, but either because of the time issue or simply because we are boring, I don't remember anything noteworthy about it. (EXCEPT meeting David and Amie, who are fabulous! Sadly, they moved to Maryland the same time we moved back to Washington, but we keep in touch!)
So there is is. Our life in a nutshell. And now, we are moving forward, because that is really the only way to go. =D
