what a week

wow, where do we start? i think it was monday that we were sitting quietly in the living room and started hearing helicopters, we mean big choppers, many of them! oh, did we tell you that president obama was coming into town? the choppers must've been doing a drill on how to fly back to long beach. they were loud, low and very menacing looking. we had to miss the landing of air force one but went later in the evening and saw it. actually pretty close to it really. it's big folks, really big! carole had a meeting at pride so didn't get to go see it take off. remember the helicopters? well, this time it was real, real military, secret service, the real u.s.a. president! once he boarded the plane, he might've had time to make a quick trip to the head, get back to his seat, buckle up and take off. what a sight it was, probably the closest we will ever get to our president.

did we say we also voted for him????

carole had photos taken of her eyes in preparation for the yag procedure to clear up here lenses. have you seen the inside of the eyeball? incredible! we will know what they are going to do next week. she also had another endoscopy, the never ending battle of bleeding and cauterizing in her stomach. now it will be every 4 weeks. she hangs in, it's much better than the alternative.

we have a temporary room mate, for a few weeks anyway. our pastor, duane won't be able to move in to his new place yet and needed to vacate last place. he's so much fun to have around. he even cooks dinners! the room will get finished by the end of the summer!