An Update
It has been a long time since I have updated my blog. Not that anyone reads it anyways, so I'm sure no one will mind.
What has happened in the past 6 weeks?
Well, we did end up getting all the cars fixed, a nice little dryer off of ebay, and we got a great new vacuum. The garbage disposal is still broken, but we'll deal with that soon enough. At least things are generally working in our house and that is comforting.
The biggest thing is that Andy and I went to San Francisco a couple of weeks ago by train. We went because Andy had an AAG (Association of American Geographers) conference and because we just wanted an excuse to go to SF. You can read our travel blog and see pictures of the trip at twotravellers.theshears.com . I must warn anyone who reads it that the blog is really long. No, really, it is ridiculously long. Andy wrote most of it, and I must say that, he did a great job at logging all of the goings-on.
The other big thing is that we adopted another dog. Yes, we officially have four dogs. I know that we're insane, and a little scary to say/type out loud, but that is okay. I think people that have four or more children have to be a little nuts - so, yeah.... Our newest addition, Kody, is a 6 month old Boxer/Terrier Mix (like his big brother Charley). He is amazingly smart (and cute) and already knows our routine and many commands including sit, stay, speak, shake, down and drop-it. He is also almost completely house trained. He is going to be a smart little guy like Charley. He gets along famously with the other three and brings out the puppy in all of them.
Other than that we have mostly been working and going to school. Andy is finishing up his last semester of classes. I am just taking whatever I'm able to, which amounts to two classes per semester, which is better than nothing. After this semester Andy will be teaching a class over the summer and taking two (one of which we're taking together). Then, in the fall he will be teaching one class and then working solely on his dissertation and other original research. If everything goes according to plan he will have his PhD by next summer. I'm so proud of him! I can't imagine getting my PhD. He makes it look so easy (when I know, for a fact, that is an amazing amount of work) because he is so blessed academically. Things just seem to come easily to him and he can remember the smallest details and facts. Crazy boy!
What has happened in the past 6 weeks?
Well, we did end up getting all the cars fixed, a nice little dryer off of ebay, and we got a great new vacuum. The garbage disposal is still broken, but we'll deal with that soon enough. At least things are generally working in our house and that is comforting.
The biggest thing is that Andy and I went to San Francisco a couple of weeks ago by train. We went because Andy had an AAG (Association of American Geographers) conference and because we just wanted an excuse to go to SF. You can read our travel blog and see pictures of the trip at twotravellers.theshears.com . I must warn anyone who reads it that the blog is really long. No, really, it is ridiculously long. Andy wrote most of it, and I must say that, he did a great job at logging all of the goings-on.
The other big thing is that we adopted another dog. Yes, we officially have four dogs. I know that we're insane, and a little scary to say/type out loud, but that is okay. I think people that have four or more children have to be a little nuts - so, yeah.... Our newest addition, Kody, is a 6 month old Boxer/Terrier Mix (like his big brother Charley). He is amazingly smart (and cute) and already knows our routine and many commands including sit, stay, speak, shake, down and drop-it. He is also almost completely house trained. He is going to be a smart little guy like Charley. He gets along famously with the other three and brings out the puppy in all of them.
Other than that we have mostly been working and going to school. Andy is finishing up his last semester of classes. I am just taking whatever I'm able to, which amounts to two classes per semester, which is better than nothing. After this semester Andy will be teaching a class over the summer and taking two (one of which we're taking together). Then, in the fall he will be teaching one class and then working solely on his dissertation and other original research. If everything goes according to plan he will have his PhD by next summer. I'm so proud of him! I can't imagine getting my PhD. He makes it look so easy (when I know, for a fact, that is an amazing amount of work) because he is so blessed academically. Things just seem to come easily to him and he can remember the smallest details and facts. Crazy boy!