Daryl, 20 lbs lighter

So myfitnesspal says I've lost 12 lbs.  However I have only been using it for about 2 months.  So today I stepped on our Wii for the first time in 97 days.  I had Wii Fit do my body tests, I'm sure it's accurate, it is what told me it's been 97 days.  Anyway Wii Fit Says I've lost 20 lbs!   That's pretty dang sweet.

(I just updated myfintesspal with data from wii fit)

Fun Avery Pictures!

Much like the title suggests these are fun pictures of Avery.  cryhhe5gwq31(That's a special baby message from Avery.  Notice how she typed cry.)  Enjoy!

Our mountain view

The other night happened to give us a great view of part of the Olympics.  When I say great view I mean great view for us.  In reality as you can see the view is more than a little underwhelming.  You can really only see it from our bathroom window; you can kind of see it from our bedroom window, but there's a pesky tree in the way.  So I took this picutre while standing on our tub surround.  Enjoy our mountain view at dusk! 

Our new addition

A couple weeks ago we adopted a new kitty from her foster family in Orting through the Cascade Animal Protection Society.  Her name is Leela and she is three years old.  She loves being held and petted.  She likes to snuggle and sit on laps, and gives "kisses."  Fox is not so much of a fan, but he's learning to tolerate his new cat sister.  He'll actually come in now when Leela's at the door.  Leela is also very curious.  You'll see in one picture that she got into our shower and then laid down on the seat like it was the perfect cat bed.  She's also a sucker for any open cabinet door.  We like her and it's nice to have a new kitty around the house now.  

Reject City

Daryl found out he was not accepted at UW, but for a very good reason. I can only blame myself because I'm usually the brains of this operation, but oh well. It's been a million years since I applied to college, so I forgot that you need to have two years of foreign langauge in high school as one of your core requirements. Unfortunately, Daryl got stuck in Special Ed during high school and wasn't prepared for college because they thought he was too dumb (basically). I'm not sure what Special Ed prepared him for at all to tell you the truth. Apparently he watched a lot of movies. I freaked out when I realized that he didn't even know what a thesis or the five paragraph essay format was. I hope now-a-days they just don't stick their ADHD, dslyexic, discalculic, kids into Special Ed and don't prepare them for college. I'm sure most of those kids are just as smart and capable as Daryl is; they just need a little more help.
At any rate neither of us are very disappointed by this development. In fact, we think it will work out better this way. Daryl will apply to go to UW in the Spring and apply for the Computer Science program at the same time like you're supposed to(something we didn't do this time because of some date issues). In the meantime Daryl will probably take two quarters of ASL to fulfill his foreign language requirement at Bellevue College (Bellevue Community College is now a four year state college. Oh joy). And he'll hopefully find some contract work to pick up as well. Meanwhile Daryl is going to be done with his AA this quarter and finally is going to get the respect he deserves because everyone knows that an AA gets major props.

Avery making noise

Here's a little video of Avery making some silly little noises that I think are just super cute. Enjoy!

In Memoriam Zoe June 2001-April 3 2009

Our fat little fluffy passed away today in our basement around one o'clock this afternoon. She was laying down in front of the big screen. She always did like to get the cards on the screen when we played Ticket to Ride on the Xbox. Around one she made throwing up noises which isn't unusual for her. After gagging a bit she went down to the basement. Her litter box is down there, so I thought that was why she was going. I went down there around four, and I could tell she was dead. She was lying too still and didn't move when I called for her or clapped my hands. Zoe was a good little kitty. She was 13 pounds of pure fluff. She loved to snuggle especially with Daryl. She loved eating and lots of belly rubs. Her death was unexpected and we will miss her a lot. There's another kitty in cat heaven today.