Random Acts of Mind by Dones

Sorry for the work-related post today, but this was something I’ve been meaning to share. Despite the title of this post, I want to say that I really like my job. I think it’s a good fit in a lot of ways:

- It’s mostly sedentary but I can stand up while working if I need […]

5 new baby videos (son & nephew) & my first Spore creature creation on my Youtube channel. It’s a lot for me to embed here. Check ‘em out!

Alas! when it rains it pours, and our 10-month-old corgi has taken ill. I won’t regale you with the details: sufficed to say that she’s got diarrhea, and it’s not pleasant for anyone involved. She has been like this since Thursday, and she hasn’t eaten since (at least) Friday, so we’re going to have to […]

You’d think a 25-year-old pickup could withstand a sudden loss of oil pressure, instead of welding its own motor together. Oh, well, I was able to find the owner of some repair shop to buy it off of me as a project. It ran pretty well (before it died), just needs a new engine. Since […]

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 […]

First of all, the season finale of The Office last night was absolutely brilliant. I think that as an episode, this was better than the Jim & Pam cliffhanger a couple seasons ago. I can’t wait for fall!
But the actual purpose of this post is to point out one time where the jackass boss Michael […]

Nothing graphic in this video. Since I’ll be at home with Joshua 3 days a week by myself, I wanted to show my chops during the dreaded diaper change. Being able to do it in my sleep is a good sign of experience, don’t you think?

We got the loan we were hoping for, and we’re starting to get everyone paid for our adoption expenses. Thankfully our tax credit will cover the loan without difficulty as soon as I can get our 2008 return filed next February, so I’m not even that worried about the extra debt. Granted, it’d be much […]

I start back to work today. I’m working this weekend, Friday-Sunday, then taking 2 days off as intermittent FMLA leave each week until our little boy is about a month old. That’s the earliest the sitter would take him, and I can understand why, given the amount of attention a newborn needs.
So Jessie will be […]

The social worker just called: the birth mother finished signing all her papers to relinquish her parental rights. Now the social worker is coming to the hospital to deliver those papers and to have us sign the placement! God is so good! We’ve got about 6-8 weeks until the adoption is finalized (after the unknown […]