A little photo story of two dogs and one sleeping bear. Start at the last one and go forward, because that’s how the story goes, and you know, I think I’m kinda funny and stuff, so humor me.
If anyone is on their toes, they might wonder what exactly Max was doing during all this other than snapping photos. The answer is nothing, unless you count laughing. So helpful, that Max. So helpful.
Ok that was just a tease, thanks to some hard work forwarding by Mom tonight, there’s lots more to look at. Some are family-only, so login to see them.
I’m an uncle!!! Dear Lord. So freakin’ cool. (Max is too but we cannot settle on which honorific to use so as usual we are doing with “Just Max” … 
Anneke Taryn Lake, 6 lb 11 oz, 10:11pm ET 8/16/2008. 7 hours in labor. Brown eyes, a shock of black hair (runs in the family, all falls out later to be replaced by actual hair color, probably brown — I had it too).
YAY!! We leave later in the month to go visit for a week. We can’t wait!!! Yay Zanne and Tyler!! And the new Oma and Opa!!
Oh and — sorry Sweetie you get second billing today — we adopted Sweetie today! She’s ours. Names currently on rotation are Sammie, Mopsy, and Gizmo.
Well, Sweetie won our hearts and Matty seems to be ok with her (they play like mad all day!) so we’re going to adopt her! Perhaps this is what the shredded mon(k)ey plant foretold. Adoption fees aren’t cheap. Now for a new name!! We’re trying on Gizmo because her ears look just like a gremlin’s, but it doesn’t quite fit.
Rosanne hasn’t ‘gone’ yet but she is darn close!! We both talked to her today. There’s a good chance the day I picked (tomorrow, the 15th) will be the day. So exciting!!!
One of our friends Rupu (who recently visited) is really sick, so send good thoughts her way.
I’m going to sell my motorcycle to a guy at work. I haven’t ridden it at all this year, and it just doesn’t fit with my other hobbies / lifestyle (Max, dogs, house), plus all the gear is just too darn hot to put on in the summer. On the plus side, my computer is getting up in years (3, just had the first part fail, lost a stick of RAM) and the motorcycle money will buy a sweet, sweet new gaming rig *koff* I mean new computer to use for my new business ventures now that I have my green card.
Max’s procedure today went really well! All is well and Max is napping lots and not experiencing too much discomfort.
If the cat persists in shredding the mon(k)ey plant, does that mean the cat will get rich, or we’re going to have bad financial luck? I hope it isn’t a portent of high vet bills.
National Night Out was a hit tonight, fun because it happens on our street right outside our house, so we contributed some tables along with the obligatory dish-to-share. Our neighbors are great, and it’s a very tight neighborhood association. We keep vowing to get more involved but time and other causes are always against us.
Rosanne is due REALLY REALLY SOON!! She’s betting on the 14th, I picked the 15th. We are tickled about having a niece.
Sweetie the foster dog is doing great, no accidents in the house so far today (a first). She may just be “the one,” Matty is warming up to her quite a bit and being much less neurotic. I think it’s good for her.
We’re exploring a special sort of fostering called the Host Home Program, where you foster a teenaged GLBT kid who has become homeless (variety of reasons, one of which might include being kicked out for being GLBT, we gather). This is one to ponder and get into slowly (and of course they don’t make it too easy so they can make sure you’re not a psycho) … we’ll be starting with an info session on the 19th.
As promised, you can see a pic of the pool on our Flickr stream. Also, we have a new foster dog, Sweetie.
We just finished a quick but fun visit with my good friend from college, Trudi, her partner Rupu, and Trudi’s mom. Trudi is moving from LA to Steven’s Point, WI. Yes, really. So we are a natural stopping point, and probably Trudi’s future “home in the city” when she needs to visit somewhere more city and less country. We went to the Mill City Museum which none of us had been to yet, and it turned out to be much more fun than we expected. Get ready families, we will be subjecting all of you to it eventually. As usual, see Flickr for photos. One thing we don’t have pictures of is the fun “elevator vignettes” ride which went up and down 8 stories (sort of up 2, down 3, up 3, down 2) with different narrated vignettes of a flour mill displayed at each stop. You sit on risers so you don’t get off until the 8th floor, you just watch the show. It’s very creative and surprisingly entertaining. Flickr photos are here
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