I was having trouble with Blogger and finally was able to get in with my in-laws' old dial-up. Steve and I have found a house we agree on in Wyoming. Is it possible to be in love with a house? There's another family interested and about in the same boat we are with why they want to move (Forest Park Schools- not good for one of their kids and the other one did well, which sounds like us). They have 4 kids altogheter which seems kinda big for this particular house. If thy get this house well then that's OK but I'm really praying it becomes our house. We've fixed more in our current house and ideally I'd like it to sell before buying a new one which is hard in this current market. Go to www.sibcycline.com and for roads put in "Sherry" and the one we want is 31 Sherry. If we don't get it, though, there are several similar ones. 31 Sherry has the garage Steve wants, nice yard, peaceful neighborhood, the most picturesque area of the city, a big golf course right nearby for hikes and, well, golf, if we even played golf, the big St. Clare Convent at the end of the golf course. So unless the nuns get rowdy we know it's going to be nice and peaceful. :) Interestingly enough there used to be a small convent on our current street at St. Viv's but it isn't used for that any longer. When Steve said, firmly patting the counter space by the fridge, "I want my coffee maker to go HERE," I knew we had a winner. Steve inspected, as is custom, the wiring, the wood, possible damage, cracks, foundation, insulation, windows, roof- all the things that should be inspected. Although he wants to doublepane the windows and the roof is a little old, it passed his inspection whereas no other house has, including the "close enough to jobs" test, which none of the houses in Fairfield passed. Garages have a tough time passing his test and this one did. I think he was sold on that garage. Thanksgiving was fun- we're in W. Virginia. Jim and Jackie have bought another house to rehab. I think Steve and Dan were switched at birth. I hope not because that would mean Steve's my brother. Well this house needs a loooooot of work but that's what they do best and they have rehabbed and resold a lot of houses here in the area. But back to my thought- yesterday was warm and people came out of hibernation and into the light all over. The reunion was fun with a crop of new babies: Seth, Zane, and Aidan- all extremely huggable and cuddly. Seth is Melinda and her husband's little surprise. What a cuddly little thing he is. He is tiny for 3 months because of Down's. He's developing right on target for Down's. Melinda has 2 teenage girls and after marrying hubby#2, here comes Seth 9 years later. They seem pleased and happy with the little guy. Zane is a whopper with huge cheeks like Droopy Dawg. Shane's, I think. What a snuggly little chunk he is. Aidan is 13 months old and is being adopted by Anessa and Tony. He has blonde hair sticking up in different directions everywhere. Tony and Anessa have biological 3 kids, one 2 days younger than Micah. They take in foster kids and currently have a little one named Jenny. Jenny's father won't give her up so she will not be staying which is heartbreaking. She has been there for 2 years and it is heartbreaking to give them up. Aidan, though, they are in the process of adopting. Anessa said the biological mother was just very much a dim bulb and just couldn't care for him at all and the baby was hurt once, I don't know if by negligence or purpose, and I'm so glad he's in A & T's home. Anessa is very maternal and just adores children. She and Tony have plenty of $$ as well as love so it's all good and she'd take every child in the world if she could. I was glad to see Anessa was back to a bit of a normal weight- she seemed anorexic for a while- she looked healthy and she's always been gorgeous. Micah and Nathanael were given lots of comments on their long lovely locks which match their dad's, only theirs are a bit fuller than their dad's. :)

Sorry about the long "paragraph". I had to copy and paste here and it didn't keep the spaces. Will edit later.