I finally started a blog. I guess all the researching I've been doing on Web2.0 applications finally pushed me over the edge. I guess I never saw the point of a blog. Why would anybody be interested in what I have to write about? However, even though I don't expect anyone to care, I think keeping a blog will benefit me a lot.
Thus far 2009 has proven to be quite a year of change and stress for our family. We started out the year with Tonya losing her job. A couple months later my Grandma died. During that same time I applied for the MSIM program at ASU and got in (I still don't know how that happened). A huge change was when we were blessed with Haylee. She is such a special spirit and we are so lucky to have her in our family.
Just recently we moved to Queen Creek to shorten the commute for me to ASU. What was supposed to be a relatively easy move turned into a disastrous one. We signed all of the papers to sell our house in Yuma, the buyers supposedly said they wired the money to the escrow account, and we moved out. A couple days later we found out the buyers had no money. Later we learned the husband of the buying couple has been living a lie since the couple got married six months ago. He's been lying to his wife and everyone else about having a job and money. Now we are stuck with a lease and mortgage and frantically trying to sell our house again.
So join us on our wild adventures and jump aboard Haylee's comet. However, here's to hoping the ride through the 2nd half of 2009 is a little more calm.
Yay for blogs. Hope that your house sells quickly! I'm sure it will all come together. We'll have you in our prayers. Also, come to Utah soon so I can see Haylee =).
ReplyDeleteHooray! Maybe now Vaka will be motivated to make a post or two of his own on our blog once in awhile... :)
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you gave in! We went through the same thing a couple months ago, but we finally gave in and started one, and it's addicting! It's a great way to keep our parents and family updated and also keep a record of what we're up to, especially Cora. And good luck on your house selling - that's crazy. We'll be thinking of you guys and praying for you.
ReplyDeleteYay! I'm your first official follower. I, for one, am interested in what you have to say. And I'm even more interested in pictures of my favorite niece and nephew.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, what does "suteki" mean?
One more thing. The Grammar Nazi in me has to point out that the apostrophe in "Barker's" in your blog's description shouldn't be there. It's not a possessive noun, but rather a plural noun. I know, I'm completely annoying for pointing that out.
ReplyDeleteNot annoying at all. I actually appreciate it because I like to have things correct. I often don't catch mistakes in my own writing.
ReplyDeleteSuteki actually means "Beautiful" in Japanese. I don't use it because of the meaning though. It was actually the name of Tonya's Civic that got totaled and I've just kind of adopted it as my profile name for everything.
I would have been interested in your blog if you would have started it a long time ago - but I guess that's a given since I'm your mom and you have 2 of my grandchildren.
ReplyDeleteYay! A new blog friend!!! I hope the house selling goes quickly! It stinks when stuff like this happens! I think that is why I don't ever want to talk about moving....
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