Tuesday, October 24, 2006

Hiya! :)

Bet y'all have been wondering where I've been, huh? Well, I've been computerless for the last week! Either the battery (I didn't even know computers HAD batteries!) or my motherboard decided to bite the dust...not sure exactly which one yet. Good thing I have my Daddy to fix my 'puter for me when it acts up, otherwise I'm sure I'd be getting ripped off by some shop somewhere! I actually have a different computer now, but it's got my hard drive in it...thankfully it wasn't the hard drive that crashed...I've got tons of pictures of the girls on it from the last year and a half. I haven't had a CD burner so I could put them on disk, but now I do since this computer has one! Yippee!!! Yeah, now I have the daunting task of organizing all the pics and burning them to disk. That should keep me busy for quite awhile!

Anyway....Thank you so much for all the nice comments on the new pictures! :) I knew y'all would like them! And yes, I was absolutely THRILLED to be able to get them done with all four of the girls! My stepdaughters have taken to visiting in the summer one at a time instead of both of them, since they're at the age where they can't stand each other for long. They weren't too bad while they were both here for a week, they bickered quite a bit, but it just reminded me of my sister and me at that age. I couldn't stand my sister then either, and she couldn't stand me. Ah, memories! LOL

Can you believe how tall my youngest stepdaughter is?!? She towers over her sister already, and she's definitely going to be taller than me if she keeps growing. We're both 5'7" now! She's taller than her Mom too....must get her height from MrKB....he's just a quarter-inch shy of being 6'.

The oldest one...I told y'all she's gorgeous! She knows it too, which worries her Daddy to death, especially now that she has a 17 yr old boyfriend! I worry too, but I know that we've got to trust her to make good decisions. When we were in Texas, MrKB caught them making out in her bedroom, and he was NOT happy! (The door was open.) I told him to think back to when we were their age...we did it too! And making out is not the same as actually having sex. He's like, "Yeah, but I'm a guy and I know what guys that age are after!" I said, "Yeah, well, don't mean they'll get it...they didn't from me, and believe me they tried!" (At least they didn't get it when I was 15 yrs old!!) It all comes back to the fact that we're gonna have to trust her.

My Mom-in-law is doing good. She got the staples out the other day (33 by the way!) and stopped by yesterday. She said she felt really good, and I'm glad. Part of her not feeling well was the fact that she's had problems sleeping. She got her first good night's sleep the night before and could really tell the difference in how she felt. She has had a few problems since the surgery, though. Apparently she's lost control of her legs a few times, and has fallen. They give out on her, or she just can't move them. We think that maybe the other large tumor might be being more active now that the one in the front is gone. We just have to hope it doesn't start causing major problems before her next surgery. Doctors are already talking about doing the surgery sometime in November, instead of December, since she's been recovering so well. I know that we will all be glad when the tumors are all gone, but nobody will be as glad as Mom!

Got a call last night from an "adoption transition caseworker", or something like that...she's going to come out for a visit Friday afternoon. Progress is going slowly, but at least it's happening! We've had some visits from different workers that have to do with the adoption already, and we've had our home assessment done. That went good, wasn't much to do since we'd been assessed before to be foster parents to them in the first place. We still need to get our physicals done. We haven't yet since this time we have to pay for it out of our pockets, and we just haven't had a chance to get to the doctor's office. I need to call the doctor anyway, since Meghan needs to have shots. I dread shot time, so have been procrastinating on that too.

That's about all the news I can think of for now! Hope y'all are doing good. Thanks again for the nice comments on the pictures...y'all made me smile! :)

7 comments:

Queen Of Cheese said...

Glad your back. Computers suck. But it beats not having one I guess. I'm down to a laptop w/out internet at home and feel completely useless. It's a nasty habit to be totally computer dependant, do they have AA for that?

MamaKBear said...

Wouldn't that be something like IAA?? Internet Addicts Anonymous! I'm tellin' ya...a week without my computer sucked! I didn't know what to do with myself...but my house is clean! LOL

Just Me said...

The pictures were beautiful. I wish we had taken more when I was growing up, the formal portrait kind like that. Our family only had it done one time. I am so thankful we did too, now that my dad is gone.

I am so glad to hear your MIL is doing so well. She is still on my list every night, right after my kids and Hubby. What a strong woman she must be to have recovered so quickly.

Glad to see you got back online. Get those pictures burned or saved somehow. I cant tell you how many I lost when my computer crashed. Brings a tear to my eye when I think about it!

Hey, hows your footie??

MamaKBear said...

Mel...Then you probably know how relieved I was that it wasn't the hard drive that crashed! Working on getting the pics all sorted out now.

My foot is doing better...it'll be two weeks tomorrow since it happened and I'm still limping around, but it feels a little better every day. Not broken, I don't think, but maybe fractured...I'll be glad when it's back to normal and I can wear shoes again!

Katie McKenna said...

Glad to hear that you are all alright! I was wondering if you gave us up for "your" space... lol... I finally received my new computer but, it isn't set up yet. I need to rearrange my room and shampoo carpets ( doing the shampooing tonight.. in just a minute or two ..lol.. uh-huh ) .
Great to see you posting again!
hugs!

Ryan said...

welcome back weve missed u! got 2 love puters!

Roxi said...

LOVE YOU