Archive for June, 2003

Bon Voyage

28 June, 2003 | Amy | No Comment

Sam and I saw Robert off on his trip to the midwest where he’ll attend a friend’s wedding. We all originally intended to go, but plane tickets were outrageously expensive. We could have taken a trip to Europe for less. Unbelievable.

Sam was inconsolable as he watched his father pack for the trip. He really seemed to know what was going on this time. In the past, he?s enjoyed similar moments since they were opportunities for him to climb into suitcases, to run off with a favorite tie or pair of socks and to generally get in the way and wreak havoc. Not this time. He knew his daddy was going away and he wasn?t happy about it.

As we watched Robert board the bus later on, Sam became hysterical. He reached out towards the parked vehicle and sobbed, ?daddy, daddy.? To hear him so distraught broke my heart. We watched the bus drive off and then I packed him in the car and drove home.

Later that night, we were sitting in bed reading the ?uh oh? book (a Clifford the big red dog book?Sam exclaims ?uh oh? every time Clifford appears), when Sam sat upright, looked out the bedroom door and called ?daddy!? Perhaps he thought his daddy was in the other room and was going to come in to kiss him good night. I?m not certain.

The next few days are going to be difficult if he remains this upset. Poor little boy.

Oh! I almost forgot to mention something I’m very excited about. I’m going to be having lunch with Alicia and her beautiful little girl, Ashleigh, today!

Long Time No See!

13 June, 2003 | Amy | No Comment

Here’s a summary of what we’ve been doing since the cat got my tongue:

We recently spent a week in Montana. Robert helped his mother clean out their old family home in Thompson Falls since they finally sold the place. She has been living in Boise, Idaho for a couple of years now. Everyone’s really happy about that since it takes a big burden off their shoulders. They didn’t even have to repaint it before the new family moved in because they wanted it as-is. What a relief!

Since they built the home from the ground up, they were also quite sentimental about saying good bye to it as well. It was nice for them to be able to get together there one last time.

While they were working and visiting with old friends, Sam and I drove down to Conner to visit my family. We thought it would be easier to keep Sam out of the way since he’s fairy wild ;) Within a very short time after we arrived at their place, Sam ran across the driveway much faster than he was capable of dealing with, fell down and ended up with a HUGE goose egg on his forehead. It was horrible. I freaked out. My mother freaked out. My father freaked out. Sam cried for one minute and was done. LOL!

He had a marvelous time at Grandma’s and Grandpa’s. The found my old wooden wagon, took off the license plate with my name and put on one with Sam’s name proudly emblazoned across it. He had a grand time riding in it up and down the porch and all around the driveway. He also loved to push and pull it around, but tended to bash it into the side of the house, which quickly wore on his poor mama’s nerves ;)

The weather was very warm. One day, in an effort to help Sam cool off, my father brought up the old rubber raft, inflated it and filled it with water. Sam had a grand old time splashing around in that. There are some photos of him in his primo swimming pool on my photoblog.

When we returned to Seattle, we got right back into our old routine, which means I have very little to talk about *sigh* It’s been incredibly hot, which hasn’t helped my mood any. I don’t like the heat. Oh, we put up a couple of new doors in our house and installed a new bathroom vanity. It looks much better than the old one.

Also, I’ve created a couple of new Poser images. I guess they’re not very good since few people seem to be commenting on them at Renderosity and 3dCommune. Such is life. My Bryce images seem to go over much more favorably smile Anyway, here they are:

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