Thinking of you.

There are some big, not so promising things happening in the Dough families life right now, and I'd appreciate it if you could keep us in your thoughts over the next couple of weeks (NO, I'm not pregnant mom!) that would be wonderful.

I hate to be cryptic, but I can't share right now.

THANKS!

Happy Birthday Danny Boy!

32!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HAPPY DAY!

We love you!

Spill the beans...

I guess now that it's official, it's time to spill the beans...

Dan has accepted a position with another company here in Maine. Although he enjoys his current job, he can't pass up the opportunities available to him with this new company.

He will be in a product manager role and is really excited about the change. I hope this brings great things for Dan. He doesn't like the job hopping thing, and the last 2 years has been hard for him. We're hopeful that this company will be a long term place for Dan. It certainly seems like a good fit!

So... GO DAN!

Hello again, hello

Hi!

We've been busy with the gorgeous weather. Well not today, but rainy days are fun too.

Still looking for a house. Kind of a problem since we get the boot June fifteenth.

My computer had not one but two run ins with a juice box yesterday. It's sad. My little keyboard is crying. Some of my number keys don't work. Not sure what to do about it. Right now I'm just writing out the numbers.

Girls are spiffy. Em is climbing tables and since she has 3 teeth coming through, she's biting everything within reach. It's pleasant.

Anna is sure that her 3rd birthday means she's now a big kid.

Julia is excited and sad about school ending. We have quite a summer planned so I think it will be great. I don't want to be too busy, since I think summer is about spending a lot of time looking at the grass and playing at the beach and just hanging out. We have some great opportunities for activities though so I think we'll find a nice balance.

Dan is busy and has some potential great things in the works, so hopefully I'll have an announcement about that soon.

As for me, most of my time is spent with the kids, finding a place to live and working on my business. And some packing. And finding a place to live. I think I have a new client, and it's someone I'm super duper duper excited to work with. It's a huge deal for me and I'm hoping to have the details ironed out this week.

So, that's us in a nutshell. Once we find a place to move and I have a little bit more free time, I'll be back to my normal monotonous droning.

THE MAN........

Seriously - my husband is great - I've talked about him before and he's a wonderful guy.

Sometimes though - I'd like to just, well, hurt him. Or leave him. or kill him. Just a little.

Last week was not a good one in the world of Dan, this week, not looking good either.

To sum up last week - was half an hour late to watch the girls so I could go to my appointment. I missed my appointment and it cost me the $90 cancellation fee since she can't bill insurance if services aren't provided. Nice. Then the next night he was half an hour late coming home from work so I was late for my physical. Then the next night he couldn't find another ride or take a cab home so I had to drive while partly delusional to pick him up. Do we see a trend here?

I thought all of this was behind us as now that we have 2 cars, I can just go, right?

You'd be sooo wrong.

Today I have to go to the doctor to get a flu shot and some lab work done. No biggie. I pack the diaper bag, get both girls in clean diapers, change their clothes. Get their jackets on. Get ready to leave. No keys. Weird.

I check my jacket. No keys. I check the basket where we keep our keys. No keys.

I call Dan. He doesn't know where they are.

He calls me back. "ummm, I seem to have BOTH sets of keys."

Yeah - somedays I just want to hurt him a little.