India: DAY 6 - 12/15/06

Ananthi left this morning for a wedding and came back with Bobu (Bob – bu) who is the younger brother of Ram & Sham. He teaches English to Indian students who want to go to college in an English speaking country, Ananthi works in the same place.

We didn’t leave the house all day, we played games and hung out with family, read and ate too much.

Today is Sarah’s 19th Birthday! We pretended all day we didn’t know, and around 5pm mom and Ananthi came back with a garland, cake & engraved plate & cup. She was surprised, so that was great.

Ananthi & Bobu left on the night train. Micah is still sick but feeling a little better, his fever finally broke.

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Celebrating Sarah's 19th Birthday!!! L-R Ananthi, my dad's cousin, Patti (Tamil for Grandma) is behind Ananthi, Bobu, another of my dad's cousins, my dad - drum in hand, Buzz behind him, and Drew is the doorway. :)

And just in case you ever wanted to know, Indians DO NOT know how to make a good cake. It make look decent, but they always taste horrible. Something like styrofoam with pastic frosting.

How long does it talk 2 grown men to do ONE sudoku puzzle???? 3 Hours.

Yellow

I love this house, and yes it was me who picked the color. Tell me honestly, it is ugly or do you like it?? Keep in mind, there will be big black shutters on all the front square windows.

Our Little Princess

We have loved having a puppy, although I do feel more like a parent that I thought I would. You have to feed her, take her out 10 times a day, not leave her for more than a few hours at a time, and she constantly wants attention. I get much less down now, I end up sitting on the floor playing with her for hours. She loves to be near you, and will just crawl up on your lap and settle down for a nap if you let her. This is a picture of the way she sits. I dont' think it is good for the posture, but it is really funny. It is like she is riding side saddle or something. We got her when she was 6.5 lbs, she is now over 14! She is going to be a monster! (Her dad was 110lbs and her mom 80.)

Bad Blogger

Ok, I admit it!! I am a horrible blogger! Between not having an internet connection at home and having a puppy that can't be in her crate more than 3 hours at a time, a husband away for 4 days, and blogger not cooperating when I do want to blog I haven't been able to find time to blog. So there you have it... not an exuse just a reason. :)

As always... I will try and post more pictures soon! India is still waiting and Ivy has more than doubled her weight since we got her! She is a little piggy but we love her still... especially since she goes outside and can sit, stay, lie down & retrieve things.

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Momentary Fright

You know those days when you have a really "high high" and then a really "low low?" Well, yesterday was one of those days.

HIGH:

Yesterday we got our "Christmas" Bonus. (Yes, I realize it is February). We had a wonderful day, wrote the final check to pay off our car and life was good... then...

LOW:

Last night Andrew did our taxes and we realized that somehow we had managed to underpay state taxes so much that we OWED $3200. We spent last night staring at each other wondering how we were going to come up with all that money...

HIGH:

I was looking over our W-2's and Turbo Tax this morning and Andrew had forgotten to fill in the State Tax box!! So, now we have a Christmas Bonus, a paid-off car AND a $1200 refund coming!!!