New Roommate

We've been having a lot of fun during our first week with our new roommate! He keeps his room tidy and has paid his rent on time. He's very well behaved, generally sleeps most of the day and usually doesn't stay out past midnight. He still wears diapers and doesn't quite know how to operate his hands yet, but with luck that will work itself out. Hopefully you'll all get to meet him soon! Lots of Love- Scott, Alice & Rowan

Waiting for Baby G - he/she is looking chubby!

We are so fortunate that Baby G is waiting for the right time to deliver, instead of coming too early like Mike and Janet's babies.

My house is cleaner than it has ever been, looking good for the perfect buyer who is just waiting for this house. Doug helped me tremendously (thank you thank you!) and several friends also helped. Mostly it has been my own efforts though, and I am really tired of it all and , like alice feels about Baby G,(ready for it to come out), I'm ready for my house to be in someone else's ownership.

I'm looking forward to being a renter, "free to move about the country". While I enjoy fixing up a house, I want to change my focus to enjoying nature and new activities in Sedona. I am really excited to move on to the next stage of my life. I may stay in Sedona, or move on to other areas. I see this as a step to something else and I'm not sure what that is. I love the idea that I don't know what is going to appear, and I feel like everything is possible!

Happy New Year

Well, Baby G is almost here, could be any day now.  Check out these amazing 3-d sonogram pics from last Wednesday, when they did a growth scan and estimated the baby's weight at 8 lbs , 1 oz.  Looks pretty squished in there!  

Scott & I had a very relaxing & fun New Year's, and now we are ready to meet our baby in 2009!

8 inches, and still coming down

Of course its all over the news, but we're at the tail-end of our first big snow storm of the year. The ice last week was nothing (for us anyway). Tuesday evening we got a couple of inches of snow, though. I was in PA at Olympus America all week and Carmen left early Wednesday AM for MT (we have a dog-sitter now!). Translation: nobody shoveled our driveway! When I got home Thursday night, our entire property was one big skating rink. The snow had half-melted, then froze. The driveway...all 150 feet of it...had 1" thick ice on it. With a 10AM appointment, and an ETA of another storm at 1PM...I had a stressful Friday morning and afternoon trying to clear all the ice off the driveway before the storm hit. I finished around 3:30 just as the snow was starting to build up.

Lesson of the day: Never let the snow melt on the driveway!!

My new snow blower was completely inactive against the ice, so I resorted to salt and a square shovel, yard-type. It actually worked quite well. Shortly I will christen my snow blower for real, and then head out to the mall to do my Christmas shopping!

27 days and counting...

Baby G is almost ready!  Yesterday I had a growth scan, and they estimated the baby's weight to be approx. 7lbs 4oz!!!  If I go to my due date it could gain up to 2 more lbs- yikes!  That makes me scared for the delivery, but people say it's good to have a nice big baby, that they are healthier, eat more, sleep longer, etc.  

This week at work they had a surprise shower for me, which was really nice.  Today we have a prenatal visit with our pediatrician.  Construction continues on our hall closet, it should be done this weekend.  Then we will will be all ready.

We are looking forward to relaxing during the holidays.  Scott's family will come down and it will be fun to see the kids.

painting again

Just after I finished painting my living roo m and hall green and orange a couple of months ago, I now have to return it to "neutral" in order to not offend potential buyers! So I have been taping and painting, up and down the ladder, bending over to the baseboard and I am exhausted tonight. Once I get the taping done it should be easier. I may paint Doug and Carmen's favorite color in their new house - the swatch looks like it would go really well. Can you imagine that doug? I will get a sample and try it before I commit.

So I'm off to rest my body and read.

Oh, I like the idea of freecycle, but I have so much stuff... I took a carload to goodwill today, and my friends came over and claimed some of my stuff I no longer want. It seems like more trouble to post and answer calls.

Really good news though - my new company is paying my moving expenses so I guess that means I don't have to pack! So my getting rid of stuff is mainly necessitated by probably having a smaller place with much less storage space than this big house. It feels really good to unload this stuff!

Walmart?

Before my arguably liberal family starts jumping on the Walmart bandwagon, perhaps we should read some of the reasons why a large number of educated Americans boycott Walmart.

http://walmartwatch.com/

I believe that they are partly responsible for a lot of the problems that we are experiencing in this country. Less than 50% of their employees are covered by their healthcare plan. They are the single largest customer of Chineses made goods, putting Americans out of work.

My biggest problem with them is that they censor the content of CDs, magazines and books. As the worlds largest retailer of media, if Walmart tells you to change your cover art, or your content because they conflict with Walmart's Southern Baptist culture...that's a big problem in my opinion.

http://www.pbs.org/itvs/storewars/stores3_2.html

As for me, I can spend a little extra money...and buy somewhere else.