Baby Shopping.... oh no...

Well, it wasn't really baby shopping.... but of course - things just got away with me and next thing you know... and actually it was kind of exciting knowing that I were getting stuff for our little Shauna's room... I can't put the Hutch up until the bottom part gets fixed... grrr... the fan needs to be bought and put up... maybe one or two things and it will all be done. It was actually nice being out of work on a warm sunny Summer's day and driving my new wheels on my own... stopped off at Target to get these Storage Bins that I had wanted for the closet... not sure which shelf they will go on yet but I will figure it out... her few winter clothes will most likely be put in the Hutch - it isn't like I have a ton of them... you don't really need Winter clothes here in Florida... oh and I bought some stacking cups but these are meant for the bath... they have little holes in the bottom of them... actually, I love 'em... It was time to finally drag out the Tinkerbell lamp I got so long ago... so it was nice to see it out in the fresh air again... Not sure where I am going to put it when the top of the Hutch is finally up...

I got a letter from Lisa See (Snow Flower and the Secret Fan), well, an invite to go to the book signing of her new book 'Shanghai Girls', but she had a note inside that she knew that where she was having the book singing that it was to far for me to go and so offered to send me an autographed book... oh I cannot wait... I tuly loved 'Snow Flower'.... I have read that book SO many times...
Well, I had to do it... I finally had to clip little Barack's wings... oh... it kind of broke my heart... I would love him to have his little wings to fly free around the house... I don't want to have to keep him 'caged' by not being able to fly... alas... he had finally got his flying wings back to elevate and sure enough... up on the blinds he went... I was thinking then that it was time to clip them... I left him there for a while but later in the day he flew over the upstairs balcony to the room downstairs and all I could think was the ceiling fan was... I tried to catch him but to no avail... then I hear a clunk... "OH NO!"... I thought he had ended up in the fan and I would have to sweep up his feathers etc then I heard him chirping... after having my heart in my throat like that I decided it was time to get them clipped - what is worse... not flying or getting sliced by the ceiling fan... ahhh... that is a no brainer... so I called a friend who works in a Vet's Office and does this often... she came down... we had him wrapped in a towel and of course he hated it and just as she got the feathers that needed to be clipped back, he moved and she got his blood feather... oh... the screech from him was awful... he was hating getting his wings clipped right back... like I said... I don't want to hold him back but I don't want to have him end up in a ceiling fan. These bottom photos are before the clipping...
The photo here is Barack up on the blinds... oh, he liked being up there... then sometimes he ends up walking into the bathroom while I am in the shower and likes to stand near the water of the shower and has a little bath himself... so, I open the door and a towel on the ground and he has a little shower... it is so cute to watch... can't you tell he is my little baby...

We just booked our hotel for Georgetown, Colorado... oh... I am so looking forward to heading there... I just love that state... then at the end of this month we are going down to Sth Florida to do a little fishing etc should be nice but touch wood - no hurricanes, since we just started the season... I think I will still go either way... well, not so much fishing... :)

Work is driving me crazy... the stress... it is everywhere I know but my boss is so controlling and doesn't want to listen to anyone else. So, I have gotten to the point of going in, do my job, get my pay cheque and go home... our boss wants to do everyone's job and make decisions on what to do there... fine by me... let me do what I have to do and I won't think... then again I have gotten to the point where I am not going to let it stress me... I have to think all about China... that is my main concern right now... getting a referral... getting to China...

That is it for now... the next few days... work, work, work...