Monthly Archives: March 2010

my best friend

I love this man.  He’s been my very best friend for 15 years now.  I married him when I was 20-years-old, and we’ve grown up together.  He’s loved me through the good times and even when I’ve acted half-crazy.  My favorite place to be is in his arms with my head resting on his chest. ...

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there’s a first time for everything

Yesterday Brad and I went downtown to the Criminal Justice Center to be fingerprinted.  Call me crazy, but I thought they would use ink for this???  Well, times have changed my friends, and it’s all digital now.  So, we got those done and mailed off to the Criminal Justice Information Services Division of the FBI. ...

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Ethiopia or bust [ x 2 ]

I spent over an hour on a conference call with our adoption agency today (along with over 100 other people).  The call was to inform us of some brand new changes to Ethiopian adoption.  Basically it comes down to the fact that we will travel to Ethiopia twice rather than once.  While this will affect...

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guess what we had for lunch

I met Brad at Abay for an Ethiopian lunch date today.  It was a fun first Ethiopian dining experience.  After ordering the Sambusa, we ordered the “special” which was more than enough food (think sampler platter).  There were seven items including: Kitfo, Doro W’et, Yebeg Qiqile, Quanta Firfir, Gomen Be Siga, Bozena Shiro, and Ayib. ...

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netflix finds

We got a six-month Netflix subscription for Christmas, and we’ve been having lots of movie nights (great gift, by the way, Barry & Leslie!).  A couple of weeks ago, we watched God Grew Tired of Us.  It’s a documentary about the “Lost Boys” of Sudan and is especially focused on the journey of three Sudanese...

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