And for you women, please do not skip to the end and spoil the men's fun!
As with the previous submission, there's not to much in this edition as well. Just a brief update on the what's, where's and welfares of our favourite family in the deepest, dampest, darkest, etc., etc., etc., West Midlands, UK!
Our lovely Taylor was in the clinic on Monday (just a regular check up) and she's now a healthy 10 lbs 11 oz! The nurse is coming - or probably has been - to the house today for another check up! I have been informed (by an unimpeachable source) that Ms DeLong is the perfect baby! Sleeps alot of the day and night (unfortuneatley in 3 - 4 hour spurts), receives nourishment several times during the day and night, and enjoys life to the fullest (in some cases the fullest diaper) in between all this sleeping, slurping (burping, sneezing, and clearing of sinus cavities)!
A word of encouragement, for LifeFORCE UK, comes from the news that 2 more schools have expressed an interest in getting involved with Project Gambia! But the main problem still lies with the fact that corporate and government funding, i.e.: grants, is next to impossible to get! It seems grants are only for in-school presentations; in the UK projects; or buying the odd box of crayons! Funding to help students get those crayons to The Gambia doesn't seem to be available!
On another encouraging event: LifeFORCE teams have finished their "tours of duty" and are joining up in the UK for the-end-of-the-season debriefing! It was decided to do the wrap-up in England this year because about 90% (my guess) of the young people are from the UK and sending everyone to Calgary and back to the UK would have cost a little more that just having the leader of LifeFORCE (Lindsay Hodges) come to the UK! So that's what happened. Lindsay is now in Wednesbury (sleeping on Alycia and Danny's chesterfield) for a few days! Danny was a blurr in motion yesterday (but then again, when isn't he?)! He went to London in the morning to pick up the team from Canada and then had to go back to London in the afternoon to pick up the team from Malta! The team in the UK actually finishes their tour today, so it's going the be a very interesting weekend and first couple of days next week! There is bound to be some stories coming out of that!
Now then, as for Danny! He is scheduled to have the "collector" (I hope I got it right) implanted in his chest on Tuesday, May 20th! As that is right in the middle of the debriefings, I wouldn't be surprised if they won't have to sedate him a little be more than normal and then strap him to his bed if order to keep him from running all over the place!
Alycia is going to go the the doctor again about the trouble with her vision! The treatment for that old tumour is still playing games!
So, let's keep both of them (plus the others) at the top of our pray chains, requests and devotionals!
Now for a bit about the blog! You may have noticed a second link to another photo album and how at first it worked, then didn't work properly, then didn't work at all, and has now been deleted! There is a perfectly good explaination for that! IT DROVE ME NUTS! After several conversations, discussions, arguements, and threats between myself, the computer, the album program, and the blog program, I decided to take a break and go watch the grass in the backyard grow while I let my ego and hand heal (I was surprised at how well my computer monitor took that right jab and some slaps-up-side-the-head)!
But, seeing as how there aren't any new pictures for me to post anyway, I won't be facing any aggravation for a little while longer!
I hope you are as happy as I am, to see that Alycia got an update on her blog site (refer link at left)! I enjoyed it immensely, until I realized that in 1 fell swoop she has overshadowed 4 months of my hard fought-for accomplishments and efforts to keep you all up to date - how can I ever top those mental picture of used diapers; "fresh linen" air spray; and twin jets of stomach overflow shooting from 2 tiny nostrils!
Well, once again I thank you for your time and will leave where I left you at the beginning - the title! Now gentlemen, I must congratulate and thank you all on being there for your wives as they ooohhed and aawwed, chuckled and nodded their heads at what usually ended up as series of stories for them! I know there are only a few "guy" things in those earlier bogs (besides the mad rush of Danny), so here we go - this one is for you:
Men of all ages, take heart - Shania and "Mutt" have split!
Until next time, remember: GOD LOVES YOU!
1 comment:
Great blog, Dad! You filled in all the gaps for my update - ie the LifeFORCE stuff. And better than I would have done. Debriefing finishes today and then everyone starts to go their own ways tomorrow. (Yes some of those "ways" are passing through our house).
Small correction for you though, Danny's 'collector' is actually called a 'revealer.' Although it could be called the other. Really, it does 'collect' the information and then 'reveal' it. Medical terminology - it's Greek to me!
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