Monday, July 09, 2007
Progress Report
Before & After remodel of piling columns
The Bay House: Scott, my dad, my uncle and a friend of the family have been working on the first floor patio area covered in cement board. Originally it had greenback board (yes, which is an interior product) used on the ceiling part of the patio. Also, the pilings are getting covered in cement board. The pilings have creosote (hazardous black tar) weeping out of them. The previous owner just painted over them. How many coats of paint can you put on? We just decided to give them a façade with cement board. From the picture, you can also see we have a new roof color. We had the roof replaced about a month ago.
Adoption: We are almost at our 14 month LID anniversary. We let our fingerprints expire. We now have to renew our I-600A (what ever it is called) before September 30th. However, we need to get a new home study done before we set it up and go get our fingerprints redone. We will have to pay for the fingerprints, but may not have to pay for the I600-A renewal. Since the free renewals are a new policy, there is some confusion whether you pay for a I600-A if you let your fingerprints expire. Good grief!
We are speculating we will get our referral around December of 2008. Which is 2 1/2 years after LID.
Recent Book Read: Portrait in Sepia by Isabel Allende. It was an okay book. I am thinking of reading Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire next. I have had the paperbacks of this series for years and have only read the first two. I probably won't get a chance to read the book until September when I take a week vacation.
Recent Movie: None. We are too tired when we get home. However, we buy a lot of $5.50-$9.00 DVDs and take them to the Bay House to watch. Which is good considering we only get two TV channels which are snowy.
Other things: I will start the South Beach Diet on Tuesday. My sister-in-law is an endocrinologist and she read the book. She said she would advocate me being on the plan, but gave me a stern lecture about seeing my doctor and exercising along with the diet. She said (and I have to agree) she hates diets. She said for me to look at it as a life change.
I have gained quite a bit of weight in the last year. Since I am only 4ft 9in in height, any weight I put on is significant. Which makes losing weight painfully slow. Losing weight on a person 5ft 5in is different than a person really short. I am going to weigh myself today, but I won't do another weigh in until I finish Phase 1 which I plan to do for 3 weeks.
I have been on South Beach before, but I quit during Phase 1 in week 2 because my moods swung dramatically. I am not sure why. But one moment I would be sweet and the next moment I would be spitting nails. Literally Doctor Jeckel, Mr Hyde. Also, I was extremely tired. I slept fine, but I was exhausted by the end of the day. I may not have been eating enough. This time I am going to drink a lot more water and fill up on the filling foods like salads, vegetables and get enough lean protein. I also have been planning to get on this type of life change by studying recipes and changing how I cook. I don't think it will be hard to miss the white bread and white pasta because food manufacturers have made vast improvements on whole wheat products.
Scott said he would do the diet with me, but to not criticize him if he chooses to go get a hamburger for lunch. The thing I don't plan on doing is baby sitting his meals. He sometimes wants me to cater to him especially during lunch. If I make a sandwich, he wants me to make him a sandwich. But if he had sandwich material within 3 feet of him in his office refrigerator, he would NOT do it. I haven't been able to figure out that mystery. Very strange behavior. I barely can muster the energy to make my own lunch in the morning, let alone my own breakfast. It takes a lot of effort to make an extra plate! Okay, I guess I should change my attitude considering our little one will need to be taken care of. Scott is actually worried about us having kids because he sees that I have a black thumb with the plants and the dogs would probably go hungry and die of thirst unless they knew how to get my attention at the feed and water bowls. Scooter will whine at his water bowl and paw at it. If that doesn't work, he will follow me around the house and stop at the bathrooms or kitchen, then stand on his hind legs and stare at the sink faucets or get into the tub. He is only 6 inches tall!
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Hi, just checking around for various other people who adopted, I'm a single women trying to adopt a young girl from Kazakstan...
Thought I'd try to document it on film...seems there's nothing like that out there or on TV yet! I now work for a color company in mktg...
Hope to make contact with you...
Vicky
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Thought I'd try to document it on film...seems there's nothing like that out there or on TV yet! I now work for a color company in mktg...
Hope to make contact with you...
Vicky
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