tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53216322011-08-20T07:54:25.123-07:00stuff along the wayjakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06699110420349018299noreply@blogger.comBlogger1251100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321632.post-48867555574431570042010-04-30T23:34:00.000-07:002010-05-01T01:34:52.721-07:00

I decided that a post-quake trip to Haiti was good enough reason to blow the dust off this blog. As you will see, I have not posted in, ahem, quite some time. The other reason I'm writing is because I'm chilling out at Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport waiting for someone to show up at the Spirit Airlines counter so I can check the incredibly heavy bag I'm toting with school supplies

jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06699110420349018299noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321632.post-84879070169763792972006-12-08T16:57:00.000-08:002006-12-08T17:02:49.160-08:00

Grace was less then pleased to be getting her picture at the hospital. But, it does kinda look like one of those photos you can get while on the roller coaster . . .

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We're home and everyone is doing well. If I were a good father I would blog more but we'll see. This is where we see the reality of the old adage - with your first kid you fill rooms with the pictures you've taken. With the second there are several boxes. By the time you hit #3 their birth and their graduation are on the same roll of film. . .Funny story - Isaac was sure he was getting a baby

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Baby Grace was born Sunday morning, 12/3 at 2:23am. She was 6lbs 15oz and 19in long. More coming later.

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Hey. We're doing good here. Don't really have time to get into the details but we're just about a month away from kid number 3. I say Nov. 29 but the wife says Dec. 3. We'll keep you posted.Also, I gave a talk at the university. Here's the link to download it from iTunesU:https://deimos.apple.com/WebObjects/Core.woa/Browse/fhsu.edu.1194869154.01194869157.1222329139?i=1454980371It's called The

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right?i do appreciate the two folks who stop by the blog to check in on us. i'll post some verbiage here and then look for some pixiage to go along with it.we're good. at the end of the semester i will be 2/3rds finished with my masters in higher education and will have increased my child quotient by an additional 1/3rd. all things happen in 3s the barb has been known to say. i am pretty much

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Amy was a little nervous she wouldn't be able to produce but she did just fine. Things are a bit "underwhelming" this time around but still just as fun, you know?Stuck the little mic to the host organism's tummy and there was little pitter patter going on in there. And only one, I had been teasing that there could be more. Just one little heart. 160 beats per minute. All is well.So we celebrated.

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if you've ever followed the links to the right and checked out the orphanage/church project you'll be happy to learn that it's finally completed! don't have final pictures of the dedication but that will come in the next week or so. i'll post when they arrive. pretty cool.all in all life is going really well but it's not without it's drama. amy is stomaching pregnancy as well as can be expected.

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much is going on with us these days. drop me a line and i'll be happy to give you the particulars. here's the outline version:i'm finally seeing fruit, healing, victory in my life from life long habits of passivity and escapism. that how i've been put together: talents, gifts, calling is not being put to effect. they've been dormant and suppressed.in the process of chasing this down, really just

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rocky, slugger, babe. we ran through the possible new nicknames over dinner. this picture doesn't quite do justice to the event but you might get the idea. his eye doesn't normaly look like that.i was outside painting so i can't be certain of the order of events. i came inside after amy called to me from the front door. no exposition just - jake, come inside. no panic in her voice but i could

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i had tried a week or so ago to post with a handful of pictures but blogger choked. good intentions, doncha know?things are good with us. God is really good and we're finally seeing some really cool things happening. things we've been praying and waiting for for quite some time. i guess i'm being intentionally vague because this is a rather public setting to hang the laundry and all. but, i don't

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it's been awhile. but it's been a good while. the other night joy slept through the entire night - didn't wake up once. maple was exhausted from being at the kennel all weekend (she just barks non stop the entire time, doesn't even stop to eat) so she only woke me up once. isaac slept well. amy, as always, slept soundly. i actually got nearly 8 hours of sleep! amazing. that hasn't happened in

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right now i'm icing my neck down with a ziploc snack bag of frozen peas so excuse any typos. i'm recovering from a tonsilectomy i had on monday. i was supposed to get a week at home to rest up and get back on my feet but joy and isaac both decided to get sick wednesday so amy has been home taking care of all 3 of us. i grab bits of sleep here and there but after two hours of open mouth breathing

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since i know the 3 people who read this blog this link will be particularly interesting. for any other poor soul who just happened by - spare yourself. Do NOT click here.

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there's more to view on the flickr site - see link to the right.life is good here. better call if you want anything more specific than that at this point. i'm happy to just get photos online let alone any kind of real commentary. i'm still kinda hyped up on all the sugar laying around. the crash will come soon and hard.joy is really settling into life. she's quite the character. and the two of

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a punkin Originally uploaded by jiglover.

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at the pumpkin patch Originally uploaded by jiglover.

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at the pumpkin patch Originally uploaded by jiglover.

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i'm sitting in the mostly constructed playground set i've been working on (with help) for the last three days. i'm in the second floor club house as i type. i think i can get my wireless signal from here but my neighbor's has better signal strength . . . i'll give you pictures of the project eventually. still have the roof and the major accessories to go - like the swings and the rope for the

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my dad asked me what was new and as i typed i figured this was good material for here. i'm certain i've gone from 3 readers to 1 or even .5 readers. hope those who are still standing enjoy the latest from the frontlines:all in all, life is good. between isaac and joy they find ways to keep us awake at night. it's some sort of sleep deprivation torture to get more ice cream and tv during the day.

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just a quick note to say we are officially moving into a routine. joy did well yesterday at her first day with the babysitter. isaac is doing well being in the big kid class at pre-school (which means he's doing great at pooping and pottying in the appropriate places and at the appropriate times - may not be a big deal to you but to my poopy fingers, it's awesome), and amy's first day back on the

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i was up most the night last night with a migrane. ended up taking tons of medicine and watching rain man. joy and i slept until noon. now it's the next night and i'm still up. doesn't bode well for tomorrow's activities. nor does it for the quality of this post.i don't really watch much tv. i rarely miss it. occasionally i'll hear about some great show that everyone is watching and i'll wish i

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getting caught up here. getting used to life as 4 and it is going well overall. i'm back to work already. amy has just a short week left. joy is doing really well. still a bit on edge when it comes to sleeping - she hates to wake up where she didn't fall asleep. and she usually falls asleep with me or amy holding her. that translates into not much sleep for us, so far.both kids had a doc appt.

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we're home and getting used to life as usual. at least, as usual as it will ever be now with two kids. i think i've seen other folks who've managed to survive it so i figure we have good chances of doing likewise.life is good. joy is good. brother, dad, mom - we're all doing good. here's another pic and there are a few more on flickr to check out as well. just wanted you to know we made it

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it's 3am and we're in wichita. amy, isaac, and jake are all wide awake. the rest of the house is passed out. of course, to them it feels like 3 in the morning. to us it feels like 4 in the afternoon. primarily it's joy that has us up. we slept all day yesterday. literally. we were awake for about 4 hours total. which also explains the heretofore lack of posting. it's been nice not to be all the

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i'm typing on wireless internet access from our hotel room at the hilton across from the airport in LA. we've had room service. the total at the end of the bill was the same for what we paid for room service in china except this isn't in RMB. but it was sooo good. and we're taking turns drinking water straight from the tap. i want to stay up all night just reveling in being back in the USA but i

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zai jian, wode pengyo. i think that means goodbye my friends. i wish i had studied harder before coming out here and i hope to at least retain what i've already learned. i haven't given up on the dream of actually living here for a while. just not right now.we're packing up, sorting out stuff we're going to leave behind (the store i mentioned earlier, a gift from china, also has a spot for

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it's almost 10p here. amy just got back from the massage place. you'll have to ask her what she thought of it. joy is sleeping fitfully, like usual. i used to think that meant sleeping well but really it means having little fits throughout the sleeping. for now she's out cold. i hope she stays that way. but if not, maybe she'll sleep better on the plane tomorrow night? but if she doesn't sleep

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i'm feeling kinda sentimental right now, just woke up feeling that way, and i feel compelled to get this stuff down on "paper". i hope this blog becomes more than just an amusing scrapbook for an amazing trip. i want to be able to go back and remember how i felt through all of this. i want joy to be able to go back and relive vicariously something so vital to her life but at the same time

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i've added a few short movies we took with our digital camera over the last two weeks. not very high quality and rough around the edges but you can see life in action around here. go to the journey to joy files link to the right and you should be able to download and view them.quick update on the end of our wednesday. the massage place we went to was even better then the one in changsha though no

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it's 1:51a on wednesday, august 17 back home in kansas and i just went across the street, in the middle of the afternoon in china, during a pouring rain to the 7-eleven primarily to get a slurpee. i want joy to try one here and a snoball in hays and let her be the impartial judge. unfortunately the rule of one-click-off comes into play and all they have for flavors of slurpees was a fanta

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as absurd as it sounds i think we're getting into a groove here. it seemed like an average day, you know? i mean, we did walk to the mall we went to earlier in the week and passed many shops, stores, people living their usual lives in guangzhou, china and got to spend a good deal of time with a great couple - boston dave and his wife - but that's just kinda how life is these days. when we get

jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06699110420349018299noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321632.post-1124107898499555152005-08-15T04:52:00.000-07:002005-08-15T06:27:21.400-07:00

morgan is a slave driver. and it's awesome. yesterday he said we'd be back to the hotel by 3:30p and we were pulling in at 3:29. today we had a couple items of business to get done but otherwise it was a couple group pics and you're on your own. the island is not very big so it's easy to cover the territory quickly. it's a blessing and a curse because it's easy to feel claustrophobic and that you

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it is really remarkable being here. most folks speak english. many folks know why we're here so they don't stare. and many of the folks here run shops specifically to cater to us being here. so the laundry gal, sherry, comes to our room and gives us a special discount. she takes our laundry and delivers it the next day. all the folks at the restaurants ask us, in english, to come in and eat in

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hey! we have internet in our room. woo hooo. amy kept saying she felt like we were going to disney world. and this place really is a whole other world compared to changsha and especially compared to yuanling. the island we are on, which i've only seen one tiny bit of as we drove here from the airport, dates back to when guangzhuo was called canton and was a colony of, i'm guessing england? the

jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06699110420349018299noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321632.post-1123824202915170052005-08-11T22:17:00.000-07:002005-08-11T22:23:22.916-07:00

it's nap time. i'm blogging. just got back from shopping again. we hit the wal-marts (that's how they say it in hays, don't you know. but in china they call it war-mart, no joke. and the name is fitting) and the mall that surrounds it. the war-mart is on the second floor of a mall. then we crossed over to another building and ate at mcdonalds. so there are more pictures of our hotel, chinese

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i've never had a massage done. i think on a not so subliminal level i'm afraid of what might happen to me. something could snap or unravel. how do i know that the tension within my muscles isn't precisely the thing that keeps my whole body from just coming apart all at once? then there's the whole personal space issue involved. i'm a very ticklish person so having a stranger rub and prod me can

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i think there was an entire post that blogger or the great firewall of china has lost for me. i'll have to double check and repost it, eventually. in any case here is the latest for today:just a few minutes here in the business center before we go on a group trip to the health clinic. some of the folks want to try acupuncture. i want to take pictures. amy wants to see how cleant he needles look

jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06699110420349018299noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321632.post-1123598884938775262005-08-09T07:48:00.000-07:002005-08-09T07:48:04.946-07:00

journey to joy - free day in changsha Originally uploaded by jiglover.

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hey, i think this might actually work. maybe. sorry if the formatting is all screwy on this post but i can't view it from here. but i can get your comments! thanks so much! we love you guys. and, there's more like that chicken one. i almost took a picture of a dried pig face - for buying and eating - but didn't get up the nerve. won't make that mistake again. amy said she saw tonight a street

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i'm back in the hotel business center. not only can i not connect to the internet but iPhoto has croaked on me. i can't upload pictures into the program. i can still load them to the laptop but not into iPhoto. i probably can fix it with some online research but then getting online is a problem. so, keep checking flickr (see link to the right). i'm emailing pictures there a bit at a time. i type

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did i mention that the road to yuanling is not for the faint of heart and fraught with many dangers? (don't get to use fraught that often.) we made it back in 8 hours. but it was 8 hours of terrorized, screaming infants; chinese nannies babbling; knees crammed into the seat in front of you; brain cells dying left and right as your brain sloshes in the noggin'. man, what a trip.how do you sum up a

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the road to yuanling got much worse. chinese driving is quite the thing to behold. it's almost like a dance. whether driving a 200 lb scooter or a 20 ton people mover the drivers weave in and out of one another with an amazing grace. we had lots of grace on our 10 hour trip into the mountains. i'm not the kind to get car sick but there was one point there where i was glad to be stopped. it was

jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06699110420349018299noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321632.post-1123475982680126122005-08-07T21:37:00.000-07:002005-08-07T21:39:42.690-07:00

the road to yuanlingas i type we are on the highway heading to yuanling. pretty bumpy. the road isn't nearly as crowded as i thought. pretty interesting. and the A/C on the bus is great. in fact, i'm kinda cold. i think we've been blessed with some mild weather. it looks a lot like mexico to me. except different. there are fairly large houses dotting the way there. not fancy like something in the

jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06699110420349018299noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321632.post-1123250827346656902005-08-05T06:50:00.000-07:002005-08-05T07:24:25.443-07:00

hey! i'm typing this from china! but not on my laptop. unfortunately i can't get the hotel network to play nice with my mac. but i'm still working on it. so i sneaker networked some pics and short movies for your viewing pleasure. go to the journey to joy - files link to the right to view them. if that doesn't work try the flickr link also to the right. just some raw footage of us landing in

jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06699110420349018299noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321632.post-1123080535601917552005-08-03T07:44:00.000-07:002005-08-03T07:48:55.606-07:00

have i said this already? how can something you've been planning for so long sneak up on you? we're leaving in just a few hours. unless i find some wifi at one of the airports this will be the last post until after we get joy and get back to changsha. that will be tuesday.as a refresher, here's how this will work. use the links to the right. you can see photos posted to flickr there. the homepage

jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06699110420349018299noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321632.post-1123028511988212182005-08-02T17:13:00.000-07:002005-08-02T17:32:36.496-07:00

it's interesting getting ready to travel to the other side of the planet and at the same time get ready to have a daughter. there are elements very similar to waiting for labor to fall upon you like a 20 ton boulder off the side of a mountain. there are other elements of the world adventure sort. you would think it would be non-stop fun but it really does start to get old. i wish i could make up

jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06699110420349018299noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321632.post-1122872308272450782005-07-31T21:58:00.000-07:002005-07-31T21:58:28.276-07:00

Qu Le Mei Morales: our adoptive dog... uh, oh. it has begun. i feel bad. like i've unleashed some sort of lethal virus on unsuspecting, innocent people. i'm a pet sitter's terrorist. one plus, we'll see if our friendship with kim and nixy can survive the carnage!

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we're in wichita now. i'm ripping movies to the hard drive (who would've ever thought 100Gb would be too little space?) and recording some more bedtime stories for grandma to play for the boy while we are gone. currently, the boy is ecstatic to be here. i think the way things will fall we'll head to the airport during his nap time on wednesday. even remotely thinking about saying goodbye to him

jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06699110420349018299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321632.post-1122769241971365282005-07-30T17:12:00.000-07:002005-07-30T17:20:41.976-07:00

i just got home from plains, ks where i did the wedding for a wonderful couple who were acquaintances this winter and are now solid friends. it was an awesome time and i'm grateful that our journey to joy still allowed for me to be there this weekend. at the same time, i didn't get nearly the time with them that i would have liked.i get less then stellar cell phone coverage pretty much any where

jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06699110420349018299noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321632.post-1122639589823372132005-07-29T05:09:00.000-07:002005-07-29T05:19:49.830-07:00

with our trip hitting in the time of year that it does we get some special bonuses. higher plane ticket prices. crowded flights across the pacific. hotter then the sun temperatures in subtropical climates. and we miss the transition from summer to the start of school here in the states. with that we're having to say goodbye to dear friends incredibly early.last night was the last meeting of the

jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06699110420349018299noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321632.post-1122495753054526402005-07-27T13:19:00.000-07:002005-07-27T13:22:33.066-07:00

i've been asked this question multiple times today. instead of trying to answer in extended prose i give you this self portrait.i'm too wore out from the journey (mostly life in general at this moment in time) to really be excited. talk to me again in a few days.in other news, we have the tickets in our little hot hands. now the only thing we're waiting for is the end of the waiting.

jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06699110420349018299noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321632.post-1122385979734230222005-07-26T06:46:00.000-07:002005-07-26T06:52:59.746-07:00

this is about as detailed as it will get. i really enjoyed being able to see day by day what brendan and january where up to so hopefully you'll get a kick out of this, too.mostly, i'm stuck in this vortex of stress. time is simultaneously moving incredibly fast and painfully slow. i feel like bill murray in what about bob - hi, i'm bob, would you knock me out, please? good thing i'll have 24

jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06699110420349018299noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321632.post-1122328962633001842005-07-25T15:00:00.000-07:002005-07-25T15:02:42.640-07:00

here is the latest from "uncle morgan" our guide on our journey to joy:Updates from China regarding our Possible Trip to YuanLing: From Director Ms. Zhao last night, everyone @ Orphanage (including the foster families) even the YuanLing County Magistrate himself is exciting and expecting to meet all of us on Aug. 6. We may expect a feast dinner with Orphanage staff & some top-level officers of

jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06699110420349018299noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321632.post-1122149329263661732005-07-23T13:06:00.000-07:002005-07-23T13:14:03.713-07:00

oh the marvels of technology. thanks to Google Earth you can see what our trip will look like - from the sky. after we get back i'll fill in the details with pics from the ground.the overall trip, as the crow flies, is 9,112 miles one way. go here to see for your self. (i recommend the "view slideshow" option.)

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while we don't have the tickets in our little red hands they have been signed and paid for. we have our appt's in China scheduled and now all that has to happen is the planet must keep spinning in order for Wed, Aug. 3rd to get here.here's the rough over view. i'll post a more specific itinerary when we get it from the adoption agency.aug 1 & 2 - head to wichita, get the boy settled in with the

jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06699110420349018299noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321632.post-1121876871572273462005-07-20T09:27:00.000-07:002005-07-20T09:47:16.503-07:00

thanks to all the well wishings in response to our happy news! even though i only have 3 readers they managed to ask a staggering number of questions. out of sheer callousness, i'll answer them all here instead of individually.1 - isaac is as ready as an almost 3 year old can be to get a little sister. i don't think any of us have any clue what we're getting ourselves into, including joy. which

jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06699110420349018299noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321632.post-1121833873971766872005-07-19T21:31:00.000-07:002005-07-19T21:40:17.756-07:00

jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06699110420349018299noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321632.post-1121806662808313592005-07-19T13:50:00.000-07:002005-07-20T13:42:08.023-07:00

new email just came in. 85% chance of traveling to china on Wed. 8/3. back to LA on 8/19. we'll know for certain tomorrow. and we are going to go to yaunling, hunan province - where Joy is now! the journey to joy has shifted gears. tune in often.

jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06699110420349018299noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321632.post-1121718428147483682005-07-18T13:27:00.000-07:002005-07-18T13:30:00.050-07:00

----- Original Message ----- From: "Amy" To: "Jake" Sent: Monday, July 18, 2005 3:05 PMSubject: Fw: Travel> HOORAY!> ----- Original Message ----- > Sent: Monday, July 18, 2005 1:13 PM> Subject: Travel>>>> Hi Group 39!!>>>> We received your travel invitations today. We have sent our request for>> consulate appt. for 8/11, 8/12, or 8/9. We should have an answer in >> 24-48>> hours. We'll let you

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as all three of my regulars know, i was pretty excited about going to mexican prison. little did i know that the folks who run the mexican prison were less than organized. i had it all planned. they were coming to my office, arresting me and i would cause a major scene. i put it on the company calendar so even the co-workers had plans to bring cameras, etc. but 30 minutes after i thought they

jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06699110420349018299noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321632.post-1121108398547038262005-07-11T11:49:00.000-07:002005-07-11T11:59:58.556-07:00

one quick reminder - there is still time to donate to the Jerry's Kids/MDA fund raiser i'm doing on wednesday. follow the link to the right and donate online. it's a good cause. i wasn't looking to help them fund raise but couldn't tell them no when they called. i will actually be going to a mock jail at a local mexican restaurant (mexican prison). i'll post pictures.but i'm more excited about

jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06699110420349018299noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321632.post-1120985562521573762005-07-10T01:32:00.000-07:002005-07-10T02:00:44.123-07:00

had a wonderful day at the mckracken rodeo, also known as nixy's birthday. never been to a rodeo. we had to sit, on the ground, right at the fence. dusty, yes. thunderous when the animals blow by, you bet. can't wait to go to another rodeo. isaac wasn't really all that impressed. could be he was terrified and dealt with it accordingly. he mostly ran around playing batman.but that's not why i'm

jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06699110420349018299noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321632.post-1120598722101435892005-07-05T14:20:00.000-07:002005-07-05T14:44:32.546-07:00

we had a massive influx of family this weekend. still do. it's been fun watching the kids play. favorite memory so far - three completely gleeful children taking a speed ride in the wagon through the back yard. when two "horsies" (grown-ups, let the reader understand) tired and i stepped in to take the reigns, glee turned to carnage. like some old driver's education video. we hadn't even made it

jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06699110420349018299noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321632.post-1120187774750739302005-06-30T20:04:00.000-07:002005-06-30T20:16:14.756-07:00

we had our "welcome to thursday night, colleen/joy's referral" party tonight. man, we have come a long way since the first of the year. it's a lot of fun to watch the new parents with their wonderful daughters. but bitter sweet, too. not so much because it just makes me long for baby joy all the more, tho that is true. but because now everyone has to leave at a respectable time to get the kids to

jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06699110420349018299noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321632.post-1120061269862601622005-06-29T08:57:00.000-07:002005-06-29T09:09:07.443-07:00

ok, now this is better. morgan, our travel guide and our agency's resident chinese expert, emailed the growth report with an update from monday including the foster family she's lived with since november. leaf and morgan pretty much agree with a few minor differences (like RuanLing and YuanLing but morgan had more inside info so i won't count too many strikes against leaf for that one :)). here

jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06699110420349018299noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321632.post-1120008676485976862005-06-28T18:23:00.000-07:002005-06-28T18:50:09.943-07:00

new info comes in every day. our agency sent us an updated growth report (size and weight, etc. that is current as of yesterday). but they sent us one for another daughter from our group. hopefully we'll get that tomorrow. it's interesting to see how alike the reports are - makes sense, they are writing one of these for a different baby girl probably 10 or 15 times a month. also, every girl from

jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06699110420349018299noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321632.post-1119985909142953912005-06-28T12:02:00.000-07:002005-06-28T12:13:33.263-07:00

we recieved the actual referral packet via fed ex yesterday afternoon. amy was wise enough to list her work address with our agency (seeing as how that is one of the most likely places to find her, especially in the summer) so we didn't miss it at our house. by 5:15p we had everything signed, notarized, and back to fed ex on its way back to the agency. there wasn't a translation in our packet,

jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06699110420349018299noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321632.post-1119762902446620002005-06-25T22:00:00.000-07:002005-06-25T22:15:02.453-07:00

leaf, the wonderful friend she is, translated our faxed copy of the referral docs that came with Joy's pix. it starts like this:Zhao Meiwen (female) was found by Ms. Sun Yanfei at the lawn of Ruanling County Track Field in the morning of November 6, 2004. Besides the baby, a bag of powdered milk, a milk bottle and a bag of glucose were found. Ms.Sun Yanfei reported to Ruanling Welfare Institute

jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06699110420349018299noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321632.post-1119761142322070572005-06-25T21:45:00.000-07:002005-06-25T21:57:32.220-07:00

homecoming queen Originally uploaded by jiglover. even though we were getting ready to leave town we had to swing out to colleen's house. she hadn't even settled in there yet, really. but she was an excellent host none-the-less. colleen is beautiful. precocious. she talks and babbles all the time. loves people. and it was really fun to see the jet-lagged mom and dad settling into their

jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06699110420349018299noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321632.post-1119712920383622492005-06-25T08:21:00.000-07:002005-06-25T08:22:00.396-07:00

i had my cell phone on. and i had my on cell phone on me. but i never heard it ringing. i come back from lunch and everyone at work is asking me if the wife had found me. she had actually come to the office looking for me. i checked my phone. 3 or 4 missed calls and a couple voice mails. i start to play the messages (i had a pretty good idea what this was about but still wondered if the boy's leg

jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06699110420349018299noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321632.post-1119656059262596062005-06-24T16:34:00.000-07:002005-06-24T16:34:19.266-07:00

introducing Originally uploaded by jiglover. zhao, mei wen (joy elizabeth *chinese name* glover)from hunan provincedob: oct, 3, 2004more later . . .

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it's certainly not good news. and there really isn't any specific news to report. i've talked with our adoption agency and have scoured the rumor mill on the e-boards. Apparently the Chinese official who signs the referrals is on a business trip in Sweden right now and is not home to sign our referral so it can get in the mail to us.our agency said we should have them by the end of the month (

jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06699110420349018299noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321632.post-1118862857922342932005-06-15T12:10:00.000-07:002005-06-15T12:21:08.796-07:00

the wife purchased the boy a batman mask at wal-mart yesterday. so he and i took pictures of each other. one each, serious and crazy. you decide which is which.and - i still have not raised my bail for the MDA Lock-Up. i even got a call from my parole officer yesterday. this is serious folks. follow the link to the right and send some love. it's for a good cause . . .

jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06699110420349018299noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321632.post-1118719125354759532005-06-13T20:18:00.000-07:002005-06-13T20:23:39.980-07:00

meet colleen. she has been with her family less then 24 hours and will be home in a little under 2 weeks. i can't wait for her to be here. to watch her play with mei mie. but really i'm excited because we should have pictures of joy by the time colleen gets here. that's really what's behind my excitement. colleen is my harbinger of light.check out brendan's blog for more tid-bits. though, not

jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06699110420349018299noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321632.post-1118420490601213602005-06-10T09:15:00.000-07:002005-06-10T09:21:30.610-07:00

since no one is exactly rushing to donate to my bail fund i thought i'd kill time with this little tid-bit where scientists think we might have the computing power in the pipeline enabling us to talk with animals like our dogs, cats, etc.talk about a waste of technology and space. my dog doesn't listen to me when i speak in english, why would she start listening if i spoke in dog?please, save

jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06699110420349018299noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321632.post-1118256096002235522005-06-08T11:27:00.000-07:002005-06-08T11:46:11.906-07:00

ok, let me esplain. no, there is too much. i sum up . . .somehow i was suggested as a person who would help the MDA raise funds for kids with muscular dystrophy and the like. so the scheme is i go to a mock jail - put on a striped suite and everything - at carlos o'kelly's (a mexican/american restaurant)for an hour. they take my pic, throw some chips and salsa at me, and a handicapped kid gets

jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06699110420349018299noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321632.post-1118159500633313072005-06-07T08:49:00.000-07:002005-06-07T08:52:08.756-07:00

it looks like i have yet another thing in common with russel crowe . . . i've been ratted out and am due to be taken to jail if i can't post bail. so i am shamelessly appealing for help from one and all.and i'm gonna find the sucka who turned me in, too.

jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06699110420349018299noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321632.post-1118035119119467492005-06-05T22:15:00.000-07:002005-06-07T08:55:26.280-07:00

so i have some new toys to play with. at first i thought i would just play with filming in 16:9 (widescreen). but then the boy took it from there.i guess it is somewhat justified. i do need to be practiced up for the trip to china . . .

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i sit back and marvel at how awesome God is and how fortunate I feel. we celebrated mei mei's first b.day today (see a few pics below). and we sent brendan and january off on their trip to get colleen, which starts tuesday. we've only been getting together since the first of the year and i surprise myself with how much affection i have for these people. the best thing of all is i really feel we

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Mei Mei turns 1 Originally uploaded by jiglover.

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these three posts are of mei mei's first birthday party which we were happy to host. for those new to the site mei mei is kim and nixy's daughter who just arrived last month. go here to see their blog or follow the link on the right. Mei Mei turns 1 Originally uploaded by jiglover.

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Mei Mei turns 1 Originally uploaded by jiglover.

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you can all stop holding your breath. i think it's pretty safe to say we missed this last batch of referrals with that latest LID being 11/19. it's usually a full month before the circus comes to town again. but, fear not, i shall continue posting anyway. and, let the reader understand, there are lovely links to follow to the right. visit early. visit often.

jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06699110420349018299noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321632.post-1116875883406545462005-05-23T12:05:00.000-07:002005-05-23T12:18:03.416-07:00

referrals are coming in. for those needing a refresher on what i'm talking about click here. tho i doubt any of my three readers will need the link.in spite of what i've already told myself and anyone who happens to ask, i'm actually getting some butterflies in my stomach that we'll be in this batch of referrals. on the boards so far we've seen one person with a LID of 11/22 getting their

jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06699110420349018299noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321632.post-1116875122194504632005-05-23T11:58:00.000-07:002005-05-23T12:05:22.196-07:00

this really isn't worthy of a full post but thought i'd toss it out there anyway. maybe we'll have some interesting comments? why do angels have wings? does it imply that there are supernatural physics? or does it imply that even angels are bound by the same physical laws we are? if so, that does give credence to the idea that there are spiritual laws, too. we know by experience that what goes up

jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06699110420349018299noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321632.post-1116527247980266862005-05-19T11:22:00.000-07:002005-05-19T11:27:27.986-07:00

so the show is fun. i had fun. go see it. i'll see it again. i might actually look forward to my required DVD purchase now. i almost feel a bit sad that this is it. no more movies. but i had more fun hanging out with jason2. the "show" outside of the show wasn't nearly as entertaining as it could have been. folks were a bit too subdued for my taste. i mean, if we're all going to be up and out

jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06699110420349018299noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321632.post-1116436992873165472005-05-18T10:17:00.000-07:002005-05-18T10:24:11.243-07:00

ok, i can't help but be publicly honest here - i am really excited about seeing episode 3 tonight at midnight. inspite of myself, i think this one might actually be good. i'm a nerd. it's too late for me to try and watch all the movies in one sitting before going to the show tonight (i do own them all - but, my one face saving aside - i have the original three on VHS before they were edited and

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Exciting developments as we live vicariously through our other friends who've already been or are shortly on their way to getting their daughters. Last night we had an impomptu welcome home party for baby mei mei! See below for the pics. (I'm blog challenged or these would be displayed in an intersting fashion instead of just "film stripped" one after the other. Sorry.)

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Originally uploaded by jiglover. (well, to our home, not Mei Mei's "real" home)

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Originally uploaded by jiglover.

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Originally uploaded by jiglover. Mei Mei was very taken with Leaf

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Originally uploaded by jiglover.

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Originally uploaded by jiglover. Surprisingly, she was more afraid of me then what appears to be a very frightening (due to the angle of the picture) creature. Ok, maybe that's not so surprising. . .

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Originally uploaded by jiglover.

jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06699110420349018299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321632.post-1116293343552433282005-05-16T18:29:00.000-07:002005-05-16T18:29:03.556-07:00

Originally uploaded by jiglover. They should be leaving in just 3 weeks to go get her!!

jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06699110420349018299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321632.post-1115923711367817212005-05-12T11:37:00.000-07:002005-05-12T11:48:31.420-07:00

i feel much better. not one hundred percent, but better. (tho now my back is acting up on me. man it stinks getting old.) i even attempted going to work today but alas, now the boy has pink eye. so, instead i stayed home with him and manhandled some drops into his eyes. he should be right as rain in a day or two.he naps now. i just finished the paper for my chinese class final. my wife's boss's

jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06699110420349018299noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321632.post-1115830350656705122005-05-11T09:43:00.000-07:002005-05-11T09:52:30.663-07:00

i used to really enjoy myself when i was home sick from school. i lived it up. but now it's just a pain in the - well, this time around, head, neck, ears, nose, and throat. i feel a great obligation to my 3 readers so i have drug myself out of bed, to the computer, to make this post.i had hoped to post from colorado but was not prepaired for the 16 hour days i put in on the job, nor was i

jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06699110420349018299noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321632.post-1115145035901973622005-05-03T11:24:00.000-07:002005-05-03T17:43:46.003-07:00

There are many things I wish to be writing in this space but honestly can't right now. No, they're not illegal or elicit in any fashion - that I know of. Mostly the mundane truth is I'm fairly busy. I have many things to do and Gilda to frame for it. I'm swamped. But, I do have my health.A Big and her "Little?" and two potential bowlers! Don't let them down! Donate now . . .What I DO want to take

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