Songs of Our Years Together

Last of the Mohicans. I remember watching this movie together at some point back in Dallas. John had the soundtrack, and we played it a lot when I was over at his apartment in "Old Mill."

Loreena McKennit Another memory of our time in Dallas and that apartment John shared with Joey, Joe, and Joseph. Why did I even bother cleaning that stinky kitchen of y'alls?

Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses This is by one of our favorite bands, U2. I'm a latecomer to the fandom of U2. I bought a ticket ($60!) to their concert because I heard John was going. Talk about putting all your money on one horse! By the time of the concert (during finals of our junior year(!)) we were dating. This song, though, was playing on the radio when we had a major breakup, and I thought we'd stay that way. Looking back, it may seem melodramatic, but we did a lot of growing up then. We both dated other people, and thankfully, found our way back to each other.


Oh, the deeper I spin
Oh, the hunter will sin for your ivory skin
Took a drive in the dirty rain
To a place where the wind calls your name
Under the trees the river laughing at you and me
Hallelujah, heavens white rose
The doors you open
I just can't close

Like the Rain This is Our Song. In college when we started dating, we took a walk one night and stopped at the tennis courts where we kissed and it started raining. John walked me back to the student apartments where he said to make sure I got warm and dry. A few years later, we danced to this song at our wedding reception and now enjoy many rainy days together here in the Northwest. :)


Waikiki (we celebrated our 6th anniversary in Honolulu and fell in love with this song and Na Leo. Magical. Having a "Tropical Itch" from Duke's on the beach didn't hurt either.

Lost Again This is by "Kalapana," which is another group we heard on the radio when driving along a beautiful road in Oahu. We went to see them in concert when they came to Seattle. Our trip to Hawaii affected us more than we ever thought it would.

Chances Are I really like this song. Don't know that John even knows it, but it reminds me of when we still lived in Dallas and had tumultuous times. :) Silly kids.

National Adoption Month

November is national adoption month. This is probably something I should know. This site told me about it. The woman who writes it has a really interesting story, and she and her husband just adopted a little boy.

I'd also like to see this movie which looks great and is based on a true story.

To those who say that every child should be wanted, the best answer to that is:

"There are no unwanted children, only unfound families."

Template

Like the new template? I can't seem to stay with one and am still searching for what I want my blog to be and look like. For the rest of November, the template "Audobon" will be the background. Fall and birds are two of my favorite things.

In a few minutes, I'll be ordering pizza for our Friday office lunch. Pizza and beer at work make for happy employees.

Happy Friday to you!

Quick Update

To make a long story short, we are doing well here. John is extremely busy with school and usually spends one night a week over at his grandpa's house in Ballard. It's a very nice and quiet place to study and allows him to be able to sleep a little longer and have a short bus ride to school. Although he's slammed with work and exams, he's doing well and learning so much.

I'm plugging away at work and look forward to a time when I'm not doing surplus lines filings. But until then, I'm VERY grateful to have this job during times whne so many people are struggling to find work. Jill is fine and wishes we were home more often. :)

3 down, 1 to go!

This week, John has 4 exams. Today is his last one, and he plans to go to bed early tonight and catch up on sleep. He doesn't have to be in Seattle till late morning tomorrow, so it will be nice to have him around before I leave for work. This has been a month full of new things for him, and I'm really proud of him for working so hard for us and our future. Thanks, John!!

Creepy....

Creepy on so many levels.

Thursdays with Jill

Well, not the whole Thursday with her, but tonight John will stay over in Seattle at Grandpa Dion's house in Ballard. It is helpful to him to have a place to stay once a week and helps out the family by having someone keeping an eye on the house. So, while I don't like not having John at home, I do like being able to get some little project done while he's gone. Tonight after the gym, I'll do some cooking and maybe, just maybe get a coat of primer on the walls of the guest room. I HAVE to get that done, since all of our background checks have gone through....FINALLY! Found out yesterday that the reason that John's was being held up was because someone at the state office was pressing the wrong button each time the background check was submitted. And we want the goverment running our healthcare???