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Posts from ‘January, 2009’

Yeah, I cried…a LOT

We’re breathing again…it is DONE.  We got to the hospital at 7:30 for Peyton’s surgery at 9 and the waiting was agonizing. Peyton? Totally unaffected. She did ask me several times if I would be able to stay with her and every time my heart puddled a wee bit more. She had her daddy at [...]

Getting De-ported

I’m only going to say this once: I’m totally legal, I’m a citizen! No one’s getting deported.  What we’re doing is getting DE-ported. This post is about Peyton. July 14, 2006 saw us here Peyton looking petrified and me trying my best not to.  That was the bed that she laid in as they wheeled [...]

Should I cut her ear off NOW?

THIS is the photo that was displayed at Peyton’s art class as the project of the day. THIS is the picture that Peyton painted. Do you hear that? That’s my heart overflowing with pride at her talent. Girl’s got some MAD skills!

Fashionably late to the party

I hereby swear that I will not talk about the house unless I have an actual answer…on here. Which leaves me free to whine, moan and basically be a big fat baby about it on Facebook, Twitter and any other possible method of communication. But not here. Instead, I will talk about something that everyone [...]

and the house goes to….(guess who watched the Golden Globes last night)

Guess who’s going to be the owner of a beautiful Barbie Dream House (no, not the Barbie meth house) in Georgia?? Do you want to know? Do you REALLY want to know? So do we. Contract FAIL. NO no no, they didn’t reject it…we just don’t have an answer yet. The seller’s broker’s dad went [...]