dare I say progress?

D has said all along, "at some point things were get easier". Perhaps our time has come.

Met with our design duo, Kevin and Charlotte, and settled on the new home design. If any family members are reading this - you cannot say anything to anyone about this (and yes that includes mother). We are both very excited as it will totally open up living, dining and kitchen areas.

After our design meeting, we dropped in at the government's finger printing agency to see if D could get his visa fingerprints done today and not tomorrow. Suprise, suprise, they let him in! After that, drove across town and got the official copy of our marriage certificate, over to Kinko's and I got my passport photo done (required for his application), then to the bank to get copies of my passport and visa notarized, and then over to FedX to overnight the whole package down to LA! Finally ate lunch at 4 today. I was completely shocked.

Tomorrow must do's: get the kennel for the cat's sorted out. Secondly, off to the design center to pick our kitchen appliances. Current thinking is a cobalt blue Viking range and maybe (if I can convince D) a lime green SMEG fridge.

Oh, and I made it back to yoga this morning after taking yesterday morning off. My back was a bit cranky, so I did a ton more backbending at end of practice and it seemed to work itself out.

And maybe the biggest shocker of the day? I managed to call mom on her birthday, I was the last kid (out of ten, mind you) that called her. I think she was more happy that she spoke to all her children rather than actually having a conversation with me. Oh well, nice I can make her that happy.