Smashing

As you can see from Jenn's blog, I moved forward with our demo on our kitchen over the weekend. Didn't do anything substantial but definitely created quite a bit of debris. At one point I didn't need a ladder anymore because I could stand on the pile. As I continue to be frustrated with plumbing quotes, or just getting them to call me back, I do cheer up when I get to acquire a new tool. I just made my Home Depot list and a crowbar is on the list for this week. I have a small flat bar that I have used extensively to rip out trim, nails, etc. with my hardwood refinishing and it was served well thus far on some of the kitchen demo but I definitely need some more torque and I'm going to get a longer, more heavy duty one like the one pictured to really go nuts this weekend.

FYI, I am most likely doing extensive demo this weekend. Getting a dumpster and everything. I would like a little help. Although there are parts that are relatively delicate, like watching not to cut through wiring, there will be a fair amount of smashing, saw-zawing (sp?) so it will be a little fun. I'm looking for 2-3 people for Saturday afternoon. Let me know if you have interest. There will be plenty of beer.

Princess Chicken

Had some pretty interesting stuff go down for us over the past week or so. We met with a really cool family, (Steve, Kathy, and their daughter Olivia) to officially start the adoption process. They adopted Olivia a couple years ago from China and are in process on their second daughter. Our plan is to pretty much copy what they have done. We talked with them for a couple of hours last Monday night before the storm hit and got numbers, and websites, etc.

Found out the wait period is a little longer than we thought. Close to two years from the very beginning. Unfortunately, after calling to get things rolling, found out that China has a lower age limit of 30 which means we can't even submit our paperwork until November when Jenn turns 30. Slight bummer but I think we are patient. Hopefully, the wait time after that point improves also so that instead of 2.5 years from right now it's more like 1.5-2. We'll see. Just gives us more time to get the kitchen finished. We may actually try to get twins. Who knows how all that will pan out.

They will almost definitely be girls but how cool would it be if we could get a boy too. I would totally name him General with the middle name Tso. That's just a cool sounding name. General.... "AND STARTING AT QUARTERBACK.... GENERAL WIIIILLLLLKKKKEEEEYYYY." Man, I really want a boy too now. That name is even better than Rodrigo. Ooooo, maybe we could do, Rodrigo General Wilkey. I think those may be my grandfather's initials too.

Finally

(Wow, I figured out how to add a picture.)

Sorry for the delay in posting after such a significant victory but I've been busy celebrating. As you saw on Jenn's blog we watched the game at my brother's and then drove home. Got back about 1am which is no big whoop as I planned on taking the morning off to run errands, etc. However, when I was at the oil change place just before I was going to work in the afternoon I saw the ticker mention the parade and the rally at the RCA dome on Monday afternoon that I was contemplating attending... that ticker pushed me over the edge. I got to work about 12:30, emailed Jenn, she was in, and I immediately left. Amy came along also and we got to the RCA dome ~4:30 and waited for the team to arrive. They were supposed to start the parade at 4pm but flight delays pushed it back a couple hours. Luckily, we were high and dry in the packed RCA dome.

It was pretty cool seeing the rally. Good, short speeches, and just the fans welcoming the team home. Very electric.

Tony Dungy has moved into the top spot (obviously still second to the wife) as my favorite person on earth. Sorry Bob Dole and Jim Cramer. His speech after the game, which I'm having trouble finding online, represented him and Christians so well. He didn't try to act like God gave them the superbowl win, yadda yadda, but rather he spoke of how God brought them together as a family which helped them win. God doesn't give a crap about the Colts winning the Superbowl, he does care how we live our lives and Dungy has tried to follow God's will in his job and instill those values in his team. Quality!!!

I can't say that I'm glad the Colts didn't get the win sooner but I will say that it sure makes it feel real good now. Had they won back when everyone just assumed they would win and it wouldn't feel as big a deal.

Now, if someone could just tell Larry Byrd and Rick Carlisle to do the same thing I would appreciate it. Those guys are such thugs. I miss my boys of ten years ago.