Are We done yet?

Well, after a week of fishing and working on the house, this picture sums up how I feel. I have been exhausted lately. We have so much to do before we bring our little boy home.

Last weekend we had a very enjoyable time meeting some other families who have adopted, or adopting, from China. It was a very informative and fun evening. Two of the couples already have adopted from China and their two little girls are adorable. I can not wait until we bring Sawyer home so we can set up some play dates.

This weekend we are going to do some more work on the house, painting baseboard and the new doors. We may do some more shopping to get some more toys for me, um, Sawyer to play with. We will also finish putting his room in order and take some picture to put up on the blog next week. So, I hope you all will take a look and let us know what you think.

Have a great and safe Memorial Day weekend.

Gone Fishing...

I took some time off from working on the house and the stress of the wait to go fishing over the weekend. Seventeen guys crammed onto a 45 foot boat and went out 25 miles into the Pacific Ocean to go Halibut, Ling Cod and Rock Bass fishing. I was the only one to catch this ugly fish that I forgot the name of, but the Captain said it is good eating. We also caught our limit on Halibut, Ling Cod and Rock Bass. The Halibut is a pain to bring to the surface. Imagine a piece of plywood on the bottom of the ocean, 500 plus feet down, laying flat. Now imagine trying to pull that thing to the surface. You just caught a Halibut. It's a good work out, my arms were tired by the end of the day, but we had fun and we now have enough fresh fish in our freezer to last us a while.

I'm elegant?

Your Personality Profile

You are elegant, withdrawn, and brilliant. Your mind is a weapon, able to solve any puzzle. You are also great at poking holes in arguments and common beliefs. For you, comfort and calm are very important. You tend to thrive on your own and shrug off most affection. You prefer to protect your emotions and stay strong.

The World's Shortest Personality Test

So, I took our friend Holly's "Shortest Personality Test" and I think it's a little screwy. One thing is for sure, I am not brilliant. I am always taking the hard way, instead of the easy way. For example, this weekend, I hung the door in Sawyer's room. It took me about three hours to chisel out the hole for the hinge, hang the door, pull it off again because it didn't close properly, chisel more out of the hole, re-hang it again, then take it off again to do the second hinge and go through the entire process. Let me tell you, that was A LOT of fun. Finally, I got the door hung, but it didn't close properly. I kept rubbing against the door frame, so I took my belt sander and sanded down the edge of the door. Now it fits perfectly. I just have eight more doors to go before Sawyer gets home (hopefully). At the rate I am doing it, he will be well into his teens before I will get the last one hung. At least he will be able to help me out then. I think tonight I am going to sit on the couch with my wife and watch a movie.

As I sit here and ponder about my woodworking class tonight, I realize I didn't get anything done today at work. Our group had a meeting in Seattle, so that took half of the day. The other half, I've just been sitting here looking at job prints, how boring. One of the guys in the office brought in a bag of Boston Baked Beans and I haven't been able to stop eating them all afternoon. This is a bad thing because I need to stop eating bad food so I can lose some of these "winter pounds."

Another thing that's been bugging me is my computer won't stop crashing on me. Sometime I feel it would be better not to even turn the stupid thing on. On top of it all, it's a very nice day out and that makes it very hard to want to be inside to work and I can not concentrate because I want to be at home working on the backyard or on Sawyer's room. Too bad I don't have any vacation time to take right now. All will be saved for our trip to China, which I can not wait for.

Shelby has been busy doing things for Sawyer too. She basically painted the entire room by herself, except the big part that I got to roll. I tend to like to get paint on the places I am not supposed to.

Her mom and dad, back in Massachuettes, are very excited about having a grandson. Sometimes it's hard to tell who is more excited, her parents or us. Her mom wants to make a quilt for Sawyer's room and make Shelby a diaper bag with Sawyer's name Embroidered on the side. That is so cool she wants to do that for us.

My mom and dad are very excited too. My mom brings his picture into work and shows it to anybody that will look at it. She works a the Highlands Ranch Community Center, south of Denver. I swear when she checks a person in and says "you want to look at a picture of my grandson?" I think this is so awesome and words can not describe how this makes us feel that our parents are so into our adoption.

I had better be getting to my class, talk to you all later.
Scott

We've been busy. Over the weekend, Shelby and I painted Sawyer's room in bright colors. I then put his bed and dressers together. I can not wait until it is all done and he is home to enjoy it all.
Let the waiting game continue...