Updates...

In March John's brother Adam came up from Arizona to do this:

and this:

John will sheetrock it when he recovers from this:

Subcutaneous Ulnar Transposition Surgery.

While it will hopefully improve his quality of life by taking the pain away and returning feeling to his ring and pinky fingers, it has diminished my quality of life a bit. Everything is on me now: diaper changes, putting to bed, getting out of bed, lifting anything heavier than 5 lbs, driving, dinners, laundry, picking up -- oh wait -- been doing all that anyway.

There have been a few bright points of light in all the craziness lately. Who can not be happy when threadless.com has their $5 shirts sales and you can get beauties like this:

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this:

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this:

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this:

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and don't forget this one:

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Plus, when the perfect bag to replace Hello Kitty arrives in the mail,

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and then the next day Mom and Dad Kim arrive from New Mexico for a visit,

who can complain?

When my parents were up we went to dinner at Red Lobster (the boys were squeamishly fascinated when they were introduced to the live lobster that they later, with horrified expressions, watched my mom dismember and eat, after it had been cooked, of course).

We made bul go gi and kimchee, hiked up Rock Canyon, lunched with Grandpa-Great at the Olive Garden, and generally had a good time. Thanks for visiting, Gomma and Gompa Bim (as H so eloquently calls them!)