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I can’t even begin to lie about it

Yes, there are pictures.
Even if I wanted to pretend I didn’t dress up like a 27th century bar wench and parade around downtown Tampa with my bosoms hanging out…I couldn’t.
Not only are there way too many pictures out there, some even stupidly self-posted…because these other so called friends photographers are all too willing to just [...]

Celebrating the day our own special way

I saw this great thing!
And then I had a fun idea.
But then I saw that someone else had already done it…actually, a LOT of someones had done it.
However, I’ve never bragged about my originality, so you’re getting it anyways!

We really might as well go ahead and call FEMA now.

Oh, she haz it….watch out world!

I [...]

La La La, I can’t hear you!

Nathaniel - How did you sleep last night?
Me - Oh, pretty ok, except I got sick in the middle of the night (tremendously random 6 hour flu type sick) and then there was a really freaky dream…but other than that it was ok.
Nathaniel - What kind of dream?
Me - Oh, something funny, but not something [...]

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 her side [...]

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 her away to [...]