Random Acts of Mind by Dones

As smooth as the actual hearings went to terminate the birth father’s parental rights and finalize our adoption, it sure was a crazy day. We got to the Leavenworth County Courthouse at 1pm as directed (since our adoption attorney is based in Leavenworth, this was the most expedient place to take care of the court [...]

Okay, both realtors on the purchase of our new house have definitely been earning their keep: they’ve been working non-stop to convince the lender that the appraisal’s too low, and everyone’s guardedly optimistic. So I guess I will be, too. Thankfully, the seller is going to be out this weekend and will let us begin [...]

So between the appraisal on our new house coming in stupid-low (in a bad way), to finding out this morning that there was a glitch in the negotiations for our current house, inasmuch as we now have a single day to move…well, the title to this post pretty much wrote itself.

Note to Readers: This is my final research paper for my Interactive Communication Form class. I thought I’d share it with you. -D Electronic book (e-book) readers have long been a technological goal for hardware manufacturers and publishing companies. The benefits would seem obvious: convenience, reduced waste, and easy distribution. Using an e-book reader, a [...]

Our adoption finalization hearing is set for May 28th. This is a week after we close on our new home, and Josh will be six weeks old on that day, his ‘Gotcha’ day. We signed all of our sellers’ closing documents this morning and found out the handful of work that needs to be done [...]

Wow! My ‘Last 10 Seconds’ video of me watching the KU-North Carolina game in Allen Fieldhouse made it to #9 on the highly respected Jayhawk fansite PhogBlog.com run by one of my former college roommates. Check out the rest of the top ten: #2 happens to be another friend’s video of the championship victory in [...]

Here is a great video my friend shot of the final moments of the game, as watched by 10,000 wild Jayhawks in Allen Fieldhouse. It gives me chills when they play U2 as the fans storm the court! Way to go, Jayhawks! You’re the best, and you’ve earned it!

8:12pm CDT Instead of going to Allen Fieldhouse, I’m being a bum and watching at home with my wife. So much the better for the readers of this blog. I’ll update throughout the game as necessary. (I’ll keep the random ‘woohoos’ to a minimum.) 8:19pm CDT Coach Bill Self’s outstanding locker room speech. What a [...]

Baby Jayhawk Clothes Originally uploaded by metamorphilia. This is how you know our baby will be well-loved.

Here is a series of videos I took last night surrounding my Final Four activities. First a bit of a prologue: We went with some friends to Allen Fieldhouse, the home basketball arena for the Kansas Jayhawk basketball team. The university had opened the arena up to fans for free to watch on the giant [...]