New Joan Amani Blog

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Birthday greetings to Matt on this day when he was born 31 years ago. Wow! That day started out with a stomach ache (I thought) which turned out to be labor pains. I had never had a baby before so I called the doctor and said I had pains so bad that I couldn't stand up. They told me to come to the hospital. It's a good thing we did because he was born about 30 minutes after we arrived. This quickness of Matt's arrival caused his dad to miss it because he had gone back home to get our insurance papers. After waiting two weeks past his due date he was ready to come into the world. His grandparents and great grandparents from Akron had come for Christmas, hoping he would be born while they were there but alas had to go home because Matt was tarrying. They eventually made it back to welcome their first grandbaby with love and kisses.

Matt, I'm so glad to have you as my son and I'm proud of you. Have a happy birthday. MOM

MISSION ORGANIZATION. First, it is mission disorganization because you have to first sort through all the stuff and have piles all over the place before you can put away, discard or otherwise do something with all the STUFF! It's the week after new year's day and I am trying to sort through all the stuff we had left in the garage from our move. This week is big trash pickup so I am motivated to get it done and also put away the Christmas stuff. I still in the midst so there are piles of organized stuff that still have to find a place to live. I made a trip to goodwill so some of it found a home away from home. Yahoo!

We had a great Christmas break with Matt and Tracey here a few days and a one-day trip to see Grandpa and Matt and Tracey one more time before they head back to San Diego. New Year's Eve we had a get-together with about 20 people and enjoyed WII and SceneIt games.