Babysitting not included.

Picture this: Langford, end of March. You are attending a wonderful house-warming party at Jeremy's new bank-owned acquisition and enjoying the awesome company, great snack food, and generally having a pleasant time. Your host announces it's time for the draw! Since you are a great fan of romantic evenings and wanted to support the Krahn's adoption endeavours, you eagerly purchased a ticket prior in the hopes that you and your significant other can spend a night at the spectacular Morningside Bed and Breakfast.

How does the story end? How does it start? It starts by you talking to Jeremy. How it ends, nobody knows.

I don't quite have a date in mind yet. For that matter, we haven't even moved in yet. I'm just looking for a good excuse to have you all over.

If you're reading this, you are invited. The fine print: We're trying to raise a little more money for the adoption. We have another $10K or so to go, with $3000 in fees, and the remainder in airfare. The draw is one way of doing this. Only 50 tickets will be sold. Get them in advance for $20 a piece. The one night stay at Morningside will have to be in the off-season (check their website for more details) as the summer is completely booked. Breakfast will be served by yours-truely. That alone is worth the price of the ticket :).

Updates and apologies for no updates

OK, I admit it. I'm no 'l33t' blogger. There you have it. It's in bits and bytes for all you to wisely nod your head to. This is long overdue. I know. Get over it. So, what's happened since May of 2006? Where shall I start...probably June 2006. So the Garage Sale went fairly well. We should have advertised better, hopefully that's a lesson I'll remember. We raised $160 or so and are now proud owners of 2 lawnmowers. My dear bass amp went to a new home. Sniff. Time for another Garage Sale, perhaps later this summer, but that'll be another story. We still don't have our little girl, or even a proposal. Sigh. Perhaps late summer or fall of this year we'll have one or both. This means that there are some challenges that we have to work through, some of which will be bigger moves, and some which are smaller. First of all, the bigger moves. From Colwood to Langford, from a 1180 sq.ft. half-duplex to a 2000 sq.ft single-family renovation. We completed the sale earlier this month and are moving in on the 28th. That's in less than 2 weeks. Stay tuned for more information. Some of the smaller moves and challenges we can 'enjoy' are finding a way to get a minivan. This may require the trade-in of our Civic which I must say is the best car I've ever had. Don't mind me if I get all sentimental about it. But I'll cross that bridge when I get there. In the mean time, I'll keep driving the Civic, and see about getting the little Geo to unlock on the drivers side and open from the passenger side. Yes, getting in can be a problem. Maybe I can trade the Geo in? Or anybody wanna buy a Geo? We have passports to sort out, which can be interesting. There are also immunizations and other shots, and figuring out how to pay for the remainder of the adoption. Speaking of paying for the adoption, through the very generous donation from many of you, we've raised over $8000. Thank you all so much.