Ignoring THE BLOG!
Well, I think for months now I have put off blogging for one reason or another and well...I've realized that at this point with 3 kids in the house there never is going to be a good time to blog so you just have to sitdown and do it. Currently, our desktop computer isn't working and so I'm borrowing one of Ruben's work laptop computers...so pictures won't be added to this addition...sorry!
Well, to catch everyone up to speed...my trip home with Baby Ian was really nice and also really tough. It was awesome to spend time with my family after being away for 2 years....but, tough to take a baby to a 14 hour time zone difference! Yikes! On top of that, I trecked him all over town looking out houses to buy! And then, if that wasn't enough confusion, I made a quick trip out to San Diego from Florida and spent 7 days in another time zone. Ugh! What a mess I made of his schedule! Also, everywhere we went (literally) everyone was sick! God was amazing and kept Ian and I completely healthy...really it was only the hand of The Lord that did it. It wasn't until we got all the way home that the vomitting and diaherea started for both of us and then went from person to person in our family. Ugh!
Well, we found the perfect home...but...can't seem to get financing! Apparently, the banks don't like to lend to folks like us who live by cash and don't use credit cards. That is a story I will save for another day...maybe once we get the final word on this 2nd lender we are hoping to get approval from any day now. Please keep us in your prayers as you can that this lender will come through.
So, back to my travels....Ian and I arrived home literally days before Christmas due to missing not one but two connecting flights with overnight delays in both Washington D.C. and Tokyo! LOL! It is actually funny now looking back on our crazy 4 day trip back to Okinawa....not very funny at the time. But, we were definitely blessed to be upgraded to business class for the loooong D.C. to Tokyo flight both going there AND coming back. That was the very best part! Otherwise, traveling with Ian on my lap for literally 20+ hours was much like holding onto a small baby alligator unless he was sleeping he was flipping and grabbing EVERYTHING! LOL!
Soon after Christmas ended and the sickness was leaving our house...we got word that Ruben's dad was not well and during our planning to get Ruben home quickly, his father passed away on 12/30. Armando was 94 years old. As I type this to you, Ruben is still in NY with his mother and sister. We're very thankful to the Navy for paying for his very expensive plane ticket home as we are in financial limbo waiting on this mortgage loan to go through....or not.
Okay, I think I will end this for now as it is very late here in Japan and the kids will all be up early tomorrow. Sabrina, I will do my best to continue my blogging again very soon....I thank you in advance for giving me a nudge to do so every so often. I really do appreciate that about you and it does encourage me. :-)
Blessings to everyone for a safe and healthy 2009!
Well, to catch everyone up to speed...my trip home with Baby Ian was really nice and also really tough. It was awesome to spend time with my family after being away for 2 years....but, tough to take a baby to a 14 hour time zone difference! Yikes! On top of that, I trecked him all over town looking out houses to buy! And then, if that wasn't enough confusion, I made a quick trip out to San Diego from Florida and spent 7 days in another time zone. Ugh! What a mess I made of his schedule! Also, everywhere we went (literally) everyone was sick! God was amazing and kept Ian and I completely healthy...really it was only the hand of The Lord that did it. It wasn't until we got all the way home that the vomitting and diaherea started for both of us and then went from person to person in our family. Ugh!
Well, we found the perfect home...but...can't seem to get financing! Apparently, the banks don't like to lend to folks like us who live by cash and don't use credit cards. That is a story I will save for another day...maybe once we get the final word on this 2nd lender we are hoping to get approval from any day now. Please keep us in your prayers as you can that this lender will come through.
So, back to my travels....Ian and I arrived home literally days before Christmas due to missing not one but two connecting flights with overnight delays in both Washington D.C. and Tokyo! LOL! It is actually funny now looking back on our crazy 4 day trip back to Okinawa....not very funny at the time. But, we were definitely blessed to be upgraded to business class for the loooong D.C. to Tokyo flight both going there AND coming back. That was the very best part! Otherwise, traveling with Ian on my lap for literally 20+ hours was much like holding onto a small baby alligator unless he was sleeping he was flipping and grabbing EVERYTHING! LOL!
Soon after Christmas ended and the sickness was leaving our house...we got word that Ruben's dad was not well and during our planning to get Ruben home quickly, his father passed away on 12/30. Armando was 94 years old. As I type this to you, Ruben is still in NY with his mother and sister. We're very thankful to the Navy for paying for his very expensive plane ticket home as we are in financial limbo waiting on this mortgage loan to go through....or not.
Okay, I think I will end this for now as it is very late here in Japan and the kids will all be up early tomorrow. Sabrina, I will do my best to continue my blogging again very soon....I thank you in advance for giving me a nudge to do so every so often. I really do appreciate that about you and it does encourage me. :-)
Blessings to everyone for a safe and healthy 2009!
posted by The Alvarado Family at 11:35 PM
1 Comments:
I hear there is a way to have a blog printed into a bound book. I haven't had the time to research it but I just tell myself that I'm writing my children's childhood down for them. Hopefully, the book thing is true! :)
And good for you living on cash! Your former pastor will be proud...wish we had the $$ to loan you!
Post a Comment
<< Home