Random

I am such a dork listening to the ELLEN show on a video on Joey's blog. Steven and I are sharing his ear phones and laughing outloud. People are looking at us.

We are flying out of Richmond and I am going to pick up Maggie. Then, we are headed back to Manteca.

We talked to some missionaries in Florida that speak spanish. We told them where we were from and they thought that it was hilarious that our town was named Manteca. Manteca means lard in spanish.

Last night, the Church of the Brethren had a peace march around the Marriott. I'm not sure what they accomplished from their walk, but it was fun to watch from the top of the convention center.

Camping pictures

Last week, Ryan (one of steven's best friends from college) and his family came to visit us. We joined them while they went camping. Here's some pictures.

http://picasaweb.google.com/coleminer77/TheMonroesComeToTown

I'm in the South

I forget that I love the south. I love how friendly people are. I was in the bathroom. There was a mom with 4 boys under 4. How do I know this? Every lady in there was helping out the mama with her boys and talking to her. While this was going on, 2 ladies met and realized that they had gone to the same high school. Only in the south would this happen!

I'm in New Orleans. I spent the night with my dad and stepmom. They are taking care of Maggie for the week. They all seemed excited. I hope they are excited when I pick her up!

I'm delayed by 30 minutes and then going to Atlanta. I have a 2 hour lay over there. I hope that I make it to Richmond in time. i have a back up flight. Evidently all the flights are delayed coming in and out of Atlanta. I should be in Atlanta at the exact same time that Steven is there, but he leaves on a later flight.

AND...he left his cell phone at home. If anyone needs him this week, call me. I hope he reads this or gets the email that I left him about my change in flights.

Can we go to the mall?

We were camping this weekend. I don't think Maggie is a outdoorsy girl! She hates bugs and being hot.

At one point during the weekend she said: "does anyone want to go to the mall with me?".

Then, she said:" I just want to go home and watch some tivo!".

I don't think we have a girl scout on our hands.

Emailing your doctor

I love this concept. I can write an email to my doctor and she will write an email back to me. This is an awesome idea! I had some more questions about our adoption paperwork so I wrote her an email on Sunday. She writes me back. This is so awesome. I don't have to wait on the phone to leave a message. This is so lame but it's very exciting to me.

Happy 5th of July!

This is a test for my husband. I think he will geekily love it!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25461301/

flip flops

Okay, I'm kind of torn about this. Steven and I are watching what not to wear. There's a girl who loves flip flops. Clinton just said" flip flops give the impression that you just don't care about yourself and you've given up". Steven made me watch this part twice. He said that Maggie and I only wear flip flops.

I don't know what to think about this. I admit that I just don't dress very nicely right now. I work from home and where do I go? To the park? To the coffee shop? I wear shorts and flip flops. Clinton and Stacy would say that I should care about the way that I look. It gives the impression that I care more about myself. But, it seems weird to wear nice clothes to run errands and go to Target. Besides, it involves a sense of style and money to do that.