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Well, my son woke up at six am this morning, I had been hoping for about two more hours but OK. We watched a few cartoons then I finished making my own dog food. This is a new thing I am doing with my friend. She has been doing it for a long time but now I'm in it too. it's called BARF diet really disgusting (and ironic for the vegetarian to make) but very healthy and the dog LOVES it. It is a lot of work but it is worth it cause I know what he is eating, and besides my friend is sweet enough to ...

We’re home and Matthew is with us and is an official American. We are finally real parents and Matthew is getting acclimated to his new environment. Let me admit it up front – it’s tough being a parent. He’s a handful and unless he’s sleeping he requires constant attention. I guess I’ll eventually blog about some of our parenting experiences. I didn’t have the computer with me in Kazakhstan and I didn’t keep lots of notes. I was able to send off this email to family and friends while out there ...

Just a quick post to let everyone know that we arrived home yesterday safe and sound with Matthew.

It was a long day yesterday with a few temper tantrums along the way but he is napping peacefully right now in his new crib.

Mr. Virgil will be posting in his blog about our adventure in bringing Matthew home.

As for me, I am exhausted but I'm loving mommyhood!!!!

Yikes! How did it happen? Perhaps it is a side effect of sliding down the slippery path towards 40, but I've decided to pick up my studies again. My daughter is now 6, and I feel I have both the time and the inclination to bury my nose in a study book, and so I'm doing it. I've registered myself with the Open University and am starting with their short course in Creative Writing. It's both a reintroduction to formal study and a bit of a springboard to reinvigorate the writing habit. I'm hoping, ...

So the one question asked to me for the past month is, "What's college like?" the second most asked question is, "What major are you taking?"

Well to answer that last question, it's kind of obvious if you've seen my page. I want to be an animal doctor. Having animals since I can remember, and having experiences where I feel I'm able to help animals have made me make up my mind since I was thirteen.

College in American(for other countries) is just ...