Allergic to Kansas

Ryan left the Kansas rolling hills for five days to go to the annual International City Managers Association conference in Richmond Virginia. When asked the most remarkable parts of his trip, Ryan lists his tour of the capital building, getting to know Frank from China, and an absence of sneezing and runny nose.

Since returning home Ryan’s runny nose and elephant sneezes have returned full force. He tried every over the counter antihistamine there is, plus some prescriptions. So far, stuffing golf ball sized wads of toilet paper into his nostrils is the only effective solution to his drippy nose. The campus doctor says he’s allergic to Kansas. Ryan says we definitely won’t be staying in Kansas for the full time internship next year.

Random Pictures

Bella, almost crawling

This is a little outfit Anika gave Bella.
Isn't it adorable?




Marlene sent this Halloween outfit. Cute!


My new phone!






A baby spinster

Tagged

I got tagged twice in one week, but it took me about that long to think of anything for the list.

The Rules are as follows:
- Link the Person who Tagged you.
- Mention rules on your blog.
- Tell about 6 quirks of yours.
- Tag 6 fellow bloggers to do the same.
- Leave a comment to let them know.

1. I don’t like any meat besides chicken.

2. I am known for indecorous sleeping positions. Most of the blackmail pictures ever taken of me were when I was sleeping.

3. I’m ticklish every where.

4.When I was little, I would rather eat butter on my sandwiches than mayo or miracle whip. Now, I would rather eat it plain or with ranch.

5. I changed my major from a career with almost guaranteed employment opportunity, to graduate with almost no earning possibilities.

6. I would rather go hungry than decide what to eat.

Trial, Error and Finally- Success!

Neighbors made many comments as they walked along the communal front patio to their classes. A dining room table, a chair and a dresser/desk in front of our apartment diverted traffic to the grass. The Chinese neighbors told me it looked really great when I had primed the table.

“Thanks, it isn’t finished yet.”

“Oh, but what happened here?” They asked the next day, pointing to the place where I had done the crackle finish.

“I put something there to make the paint crackle. I want it to look old.”

“I see.” He nodded his head, “Do you need to paint it again?”

As I was finishing the table a couple days later the same neighbor gave me a tip.

“If you go to the store, you can buy a table like this, and it will save you lots of time.” I laughed. Mine were free!

I finished the dresser, and must say I out did myself. I hit a few snags at each phase of the process, but after quick panicking, a little scraping and improvising it worked out.

Bella and the Rice Cereal

She slurped it okay the first time we gave it to her, although I’m sure she regurgitated 90% of what went into her mouth. Over the next three days she decided she would rather starve than eat from a spoon. Celia decided to take a break from the Rice Cereal for a few days, to save her strength.

Today we tried it again, this time we took her clothes off. She liked it! We’ll see if it lasts.