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The kids returned home one day and six hours (30 hours) early last Saturday.  My former spouse had something going on.   So at 11:00 AM they returned home and we had a pretty easy going day of it.  It’s amazing how much of a different vibe that Saturday had compared to other Saturdays.  Normally Saturday falls at the very end of our week.  I am trying to wrap up everything for the week and prepare for them to return to their Mom.  That means cleaning the house and massive amounts of laundry packed in between still trying to get some quality time together on the weekend.

This past Saturday the kids came home and really there was nothing that needed to be done…  the vibe was completely different.  Much more relaxed and comfortable.  We rented movies and picked up Pizza.  Our first movie was Meet the Robinson’s followed by Pixar’s Wall-E.

So now my thought turns to what can I do to make every Saturday as easy going as the last….

Its been a while since I’ve posted a Family update.  So here is a bit of the latest…

Hannah spent a week at Camp Geneva over the summer.  She had a great time.  Noah participated in Summer Rec. Golf at Winding Creek. I really didn’t ride my bike like I have the past few years.  Just wasn’t feeling the ride vibe like I have in the past.  Oh well there’s always tomorrow to start riding again.

The kids are back in school.  We  have now transitioned pretty well back into our school year routines.  Up earlier and packing lunches, assisting the kids with getting off to school.  Now that they are both in the same school (for this year) they are on the same bus.  So nice to have them both off together and nice to have Hannah with Noah this year to help him settle into his new routines, riding the bus and the new school surroundings.

This fall we still hope to take a weekend trip away but we are focusing on spending the $$$$ necessary to finish the basement and finally be able to utilize all of the space down there.  Hannah would like to have her girlfriends she met at camp this past summer over during Christmas break.

Until next time…

The week before last Hannah’s hamster Pancake passed away.  We had a tough couple of days at the Kuite household.  I must say pancake was a great little pet.  He had no issues ever being held and he never bit anyone to my knowledge.

We will miss you little guy…

On Thursday of last week, Hanah’s new Dell Mini 9 laptop arrived!  The laptop was a reward for the awesome grades she had received and maintained this year.   The laptop will also allow her homework projects to be done on the laptop and then more easily move between households.

It really is a cute and amazing little device…

• Windows XP Home
• 2GB Ram
• 16gb Solid State Drive
• 9″ screen
• crazy light!
• Wi-fi
• 1.3 meg-pixel webcam

 
Dell Mini 9 about to be unboxed.

Dell Mini 9 in Promise Pink

Open and Ready to Roll!

I received a comment from my previous post from Hannah tat pretty much says it all…

hey, this has nothing to do with linkin park but update update update! write how we’re almost there(thx to dave. ) or hotel for dogs, hannah montana movie, christmas and what u got!, how i got a facebook,and such, how u work for a different boss, how u cleaned noah’s stanky room or how u have an unfashionable pager! or just write! WRITE WRITE! please! ! luv ya!

She is absolutely right… We’ve had a lt of great things going on….  Here’s the bullet point list of recent activities….

• We stuck to our Dave Ramsey plan pretty good and look to be debt free except our house by late Spring / Early Summer.
• The kids and I went to see Hotel for Dogs last weekend.  Hannah loves Emma Roberts, so she loved the movie!
• Christmas was good.  Low key.  Perfect!
• Hannah finallybeat me into total submission and I caved… She now has a Facebook account.
• In the last round of job changes at HMI.  I have a new job, a new manager and my desk moved to a different section of HMI Mainsite.
• Noah’s room got the annual cleaning it needed so badly!
• The new job has me on call every 5th week and during that week I carry an old 1980’s stlye alphanumeric pager!
• I broke down and purchased a snowblower.  Will this winter ever end?

Alright… We’ll see how long before I get around to another update… sorry!