So we do get smarter....

Tonight the Mrs. and I were having one of those deep conversations that we love to have with each other (a.k.a., I was re-packaging chicken and she was finishing the dishes). Suddenly she turns to me and pronounces that she is having deja vous. In the process of her sudden motion she spilled some water out onto the counter and looks at me...followed by this:

Mrs: "That happened too in my deja vous"
Rob: (pause - aaaaand....nothing)
Mrs: "In my deja vous you told me 'Way to go' and I told you 'yeah, like I meant to do that'"
Rob: "So I am getting smarter"
Mrs: "I guess so"

Just proves that practice makes perfect...even when you are not aware of it.

Also, we finally got our Air conditioner installation completed....only took 12 days. Of course today is like the coldest day of the year here....so being a man and all...I still turned the one in our master to the lowest setting to see what it could dish out...

Finally, Payton's eye is finally starting to look a little better. I think Jen has been taking pictures...once she downloads the pictures I will contemplate putting together a photo-time journal of the rise and fall of the cyst....gripping stuff I know!

Facebook Saved My Marriage

First let me start by saying that I am not a huge fan of the "social network" websites...since you know..."being social" and sitting in front of a computer do not really go together if you ask me... BUT, today I got an email from that woman who lives in my house....and you would never believe what it said....it said that "we were friends"!!! Holy smokes. I decided to up the ante and list her as my wife...and guess what...it sent her an email asking her to accept ?!?! And low and behold she ACCEPTED!! As you can plainly see...we are now officially married as per the wibbly-wobbly-web! I am so excited...now I am hoping that this turns into another honeymoon night.....THANKS FACEBOOK!

Little Miss Payton....

Just a quick update to let everyone know that Payton's procedure went just fine. We were at the hospital CIMA by 5:30 am, by 6:30 she was with the doctors, by 7 we she was done and by 8:30 we were paying the bill. Turns out that not only did we have a pediatric ophthalmologist and a pediatric anesthesiologist....but we also two pediatric doctors (our normal one and the one that we ended up seeing since our normal one was out of the office when we originally took her in for her eye). So I have to say that we had at a minimum 120+ years of experience in the operating room...discounting the nurses! I think she was safe ;-) In the end it only ended up costing about $700 (pre-insurance since in CR you have to pay out of pocket and get reimbursed) which works out $5.83 per year of experience in the room ;-)

Here are some pictures of the little trooper pre and post-op. When she came out of the operating room and her anesthesia started to wear off....she was uncontrollable. They say that kids feel like they are drunk for about 15-20 minutes after, this disorients them and most kiddos cry. I remember that Kade was fairly bad after his ear surgery but this was "Son of Chucky" bad! Finally after about 20 minutes she started to settle down ... and from there she quickly returned to her normal independent self. In fact, when we got back to the house she refused to let me open the front door....she had to do it herself ;-) At least we know that no "piss and vinegar" was removed with the cyst!!! Thanks to everyone for all the great thoughts and prayers.

Well the verdict is in...

After 2 hours at the hospital, we finally were bounced to a pediatric eye doctor who spoke English. She looked at Payton and immediately set an appointment for Thursday morning. Seems that little miss Payton is going to have her first minor surgery in Costa Rica. They think it is a chalazion ( a cyst in the glands within the eyelids - drawing on left) so they want to sedate her, then go in through the back side of the eyelid and remove the cyst and capsule. Maybe in the states we would be a little more calm about the whole ordeal....but being here, as usual, ensures that everything interesting.

While we were waiting (and waiting and waiting) at the doctors office, Kade finally lost his patience and said the following:

"Where is our doctor?" followed by a stern "Who's in charge here?!?"

Well stated Kade....your mom and dad were thinking the same thing! And where did you learn that ;-)

G-MEN!!!

Give me a break! Talk about a terrible game to watch as a fan. I thought Jen was going to get out the defibrillator after that TD was called back for "holding". And again I had to watch the whole thing in Spanish. Even the Spanish commentators (who generally do not add a lot of commentary value) commented several times about the officiating. Anyway...good game Rhonda :-)

Speaking of the Giants....today over dinner (home-made chicken noodle soup...and I mean home-made...Kade and I even had to make the egg noodles), the fambly was entertaining me while I tuned everything out and watched the game. During a break in the action Kade turned to me and asked me "which of the Giants are your friends" since I liked them so much ;-) It was very cute.

After dinner, I painfully put the Giants game on hold (since I was recording it with my media center) and we all went up and did the bath, PJ, book, bed routine. I got to put Payton to bed tonight and while we were reading books every time she saw a river or lake she would point to it and say "agua"...I think we need to start working on her English. Then we picked up another book called "Toddler Two Step" and there are two kids in the book that look like Payton and Kade. Every page she would point to each one and say "Patin" and "aid". Again...very cute. As you can see, she has developed a large bump under her eye...we are a bit worried and plan to get her to the doctors quick...but she is still smiling!

So it has come to my attention that some people were still wondering what was the answer to my question a while back regarding the Giants and the Packers. Well, at the time it was simple...they had both come off victories on the Detroit Lionesses.....but now...it has more meaning...they just happen to be the only two teams left standing in the NFC! If we were still in Fort Collins I can bet you that we would be having a party with the Scaffidi's this Sunday...although I am not sure John would enjoy the decorations ;-)!

I also ran across this article today which came to me as part of a Giants news update....What the heck? Rhonda, are all cheese-heads this crazy? And where is Farzad? I saw this morning that Duluth wasn't going to get above 0 degrees....he must be burning all of his global warming pamphlets to keep alive up there!

Upset that his 7-year-old son wouldn't wear a Packers jersey during
the team's playoff victory last Saturday, a Portage, Wis., man
restrained the boy for an hour with tape and taped the jersey onto
him.

Mathew Kowald was cited for disorderly conduct in connection with the
incident with his son at their home in Pardeeville, Lt. Wayne Smith
of the Columbia County Sheriff's Department said. Pardeeville is
about 30 miles north of Madison.

The 36-year-old Kowald was arrested Monday after his wife told
authorities about the incident. Kowald was taken to the county jail
and held until yesterday, when he pleaded no contest, paid a fine of
$186 and was released.

I want to know....how do they come up with a fine of $186....and is that really a fitting punishment for something like that? I think they should strap this guy to a chair and make him watch the Dec 23 game against the Bears at least 5 times.