Charles Manson

As I worked for my old doc last week, I updated him on the latest “happenings” around my house. Specifically the dog/pooping incident described below if you were lucky enough to have missed that particular posting. He informed me that I had incidentally misspelled Maysen’s name, and missed an “N”, for MANSON. The most recent lovely incident with Maysen had not yet happened, which would have solidified his comment. It happened like this:

Papa and Sherrill happened to be over visiting, when Maysen decided he needed to show them his new fishing pole we purchased so he can fish with Grandpa Dave when they come this week. He was gone for an inappropriate amount of time, and when he reappeared into the house, Nathan says, “Maysen! What is that on your face?” You see, he had happened to “pass by” the black spray paint on his way to the fishing pole, pulled the cap off, and the nozzle (thank goodness) happened to be pointed in a weird position. Thankfully, it only got half his head. Yes, he was covered in black spray paint on the right side of his face/head. Papa and Sherrill were here to back up our true testimonials on the livelihood of raising our darling Maysen.

I haven’t posted any pictures of Fin’s latest two teeth. He is our “Two-Toothed-Tooter”. Try that one real fast 5 times. He is now crawling warp speed when he sees something he wants, and will pull himself up on your hands if you put them in front of him. He wants to be walking so bad and cranky while crawling as if to say “this is SUCH a waste of time”. Sounds like a grouchy old 80yr old.

After getting our hopes up when a realtor called to do a private showing over this last weekend, we spent 5hrs on Sunday cleaning. When the time came for the realtor to come, he called saying his clients were “no-shows”. Augh!!! Last night we talked with our realtor and agreed to come down $6K. In the meantime, we found a lot we are in love with, and after watching 2 others we loved sell while we’re waiting, we’ve decided to do what we can to just buy it that way it is ours when our house finally goes. We’re required to come up with 20% down cash (OUCH), so we’ve been busy and stressed with that venture. Onward Ho!

We're getting a lot of use out of our Wii. Here is Nate, boxing! Tomorrow we are going camping with my dad. They have left KY and after stopping through Kansas to visit Jo’s family for a few days, they entered Oregon a few hours ago. We are meeting htem at the lake tomorrow and then they’ll follow us home this weekend where they’ll remain until they find new jobs. So nice to have them back.

I think that’s it for now, and Swimming Lessons are calling my name. Until later….

PS: Our thoughts and prayers are with my sister-in-law’s family as they mourn the loss of her grandmother. Drive safe, have a safe trip, and we love you!!