McComb Family

The date is finally set......June 20th. Yes, it will be another two and a half months before Adam's surgery. The good thing is that it will be during summer vacation, and we won't miss any school. The bad part is that it's another two and a half months! Ugh!!! Not that it is slowing him down much. Here he is just a bit ago....

Bret has a couple of new projects going on now that he is about to get a final at the other house. He had his inspection Friday and just missed the guy, so it's postponed again. Kind of frustrating, but at least close!! So, now he is dismantling our deck (which was never even finished in the first place!!!). He wants to add a den on to that side of the house, and the lumber he is removing will be used at the other house for stairs leading up to the door. I guess it takes care of two problems at once.

The other project (and the more important one, I might add) is the tree fort. The kids (and Bret!) have big plans for it. Here is the future home of the McComb Tree Fort/Rope Swing.

Posted in: on Saturday, April 05, 2008 at at 5:51 PM 0 comments  

After my wonderful week last week, I wasn't so keen on going back to work this week....but off I went Monday morning like a good little employee. Got home that night to put the kids to bed and practically fall in bed myself. Nothing like a nice 12-hour day to welcome you back to the work week. To top it off - midday I started feeling pretty lousy and now have a full-blown cold. Just figures, doesn't it!!? Tuesday was a normal 9-hour day (hooray!), but I was so stuffed up I had to sleep sitting up! That's always fun! Then Wednesday I left home at 7 a.m. and got home that evening at 9:00. OMG -- they're trying to kill me!!!! That way they really don't have to hire me back next year! : ) To top it all off, I picked up my mail on the way home and have a notice letting me know I have a certified letter I need to sign for at the Post Office. Yep, my layoff paperwork. Yippee!! And their hours are 8 - 4. Are they kidding?? Who could possibly pick something up between those hours?? This is definitely not my week. Hopefully next week is better!!!

Posted in: on Thursday, April 03, 2008 at at 5:30 PM 0 comments  

My mom sent me an email with an idea about how to get Adam's surgery moved up.....


"Two patients limp into two different medical clinics with the same complaint. Both have trouble walking and appear to require a hip replacement.
The FIRST patient is examined within the hour, is x-rayed the same day and has a time booked for surgery the following week.
The SECOND sees his family doctor after waiting 3 weeks for an appointment, then waits 8 weeks to see a specialist, then gets an x-ray, which isn't reviewed for another week and finally has his surgery scheduled for a month from then. Why the different treatment for the two patients?
The FIRST is a Golden Retriever. The SECOND is a Senior Citizen."


She says to just tell them he's a puppy!! Hmmmm!!!!

Posted in: on Tuesday, April 01, 2008 at at 5:51 PM 0 comments  

View from the patio

Storage and bench when you come in from the garage

"Briana's" bathroom is already decorated!?

The kids playing video games

Posted in: on Sunday, March 30, 2008 at at 8:46 PM 0 comments  

I did some different adjustments on this last picture while I was messing around with things, but here is Briana in her "rocker pose"!

Posted in: on Saturday, March 29, 2008 at at 6:45 PM 2 comments  

Alright, well I'm glad to hear that you've all been checking out the blog (in your own quiet kind of way!!!). I guess that means I'll have to keep it up. Let me just tell you right now though, that when I go back to work next week I won't be able to update it as much as I have this week. I'd love to be able to provide daily glimpses of our life for you, but unfortunately that thing called "a job" keeps getting in my way. Sure do wish I could get rid of that thing (okay, okay....after that other house is out of our hair!!!). This week has just been wonderful!!! Brie still had softball practice this week, so I took a couple of pictures. It was a small turnout, but I guess that means more practice time for her! She missed one of the balls her coach threw to her and took it in the chest, so she was a little teary-eyed for a few minutes. I heard the thump from the bench, so I know it must have hurt!! Here she is:

Ready position

Got it!

Today she had her friend Mackenzie over (who also happens to be in my class), and we decided to go bowling. They didn't want to go Miniature Golfing and there were no PG movies showing, so bowling it was. Let me tell you......not a good idea for Adam. He still did his thing, but was definitely hurting a bit when we got home. Poor guy, it sucks to have to slow down and take it easy!! Here's the gang on the lanes!!

I really want to take a class in digital photography that will help me take better pictures. Went out today and thought I'd try taking some around the house. I didn't get many because, of course, my batteries died -- isn't that always the case!?! Anyways, here are a couple I did take before it shut down on me.

Posted in: on Thursday, March 27, 2008 at at 7:49 PM 1 comments  

We've certainly been enjoying our time off so far this week. Adam has other plans though besides staying home and cleaning. He came into the office this morning and announced, "I'm ready for vacation!" He had two backpack/suitcases packed and his sleeping bag. I'm not sure what he has packed in there or where he's planning to go, but he obviously is a boy with plans!!

Posted in: on Tuesday, March 25, 2008 at at 10:50 AM 5 comments  

Today was Easter and Spring is finally here. My first tulip bloomed this weekend. I can't wait for the rest of them to come out -- this is definitely my favorite time of year!!!The kids got Easter baskets at home this morning and then we headed up to my parents' house. The kids had their own Easter egg hunt out in the yard. Briana tried to rush around and get all the eggs before Adam could get them. They both had fun though.

Then they counted and divided the eggs up.
Here is Adam sorting his loot!!!Briana was officially the first person in the pool this year. So she didn't exactly go "swimming", but even touching the water is a lot more than I would've done. They took the temperature earlier and it was 46 degrees. Yea, just a tad bit cold still!!!
Bret and the kids took a little "cruise" around the pond. They checked out the fish and Bret gave them the official tour of all the "Iggy" trees. I think they might have done a little reenactment of the boat almost tipping over. Better him than me this time!!! : )And finally, here are the kids walking on water.

Posted in: on Sunday, March 23, 2008 at at 9:02 PM 2 comments  

It's been a while since I've posted any pictures of the other house. It's easy when the house is being framed and there are big changes happening, not so easy when it's electrical and plumbing. Anyway, the house is coming along. Here are a few recent pictures.

From the front

Because tomorrow is Easter and this is what Bret does, we have a new batch of chicks. We'll see what happens to these!

Finally, I called the doctor yesterday to find out when Adam's surgery would be. It had been over a week since we had been to his office and gotten the message "We'll call you." The scheduler said he's booked through April, so it will be sometime in May. She'll start booking those in a couple of weeks and, you guessed it, will call us!! This is going to be a long month or two. He can now push on it and it makes this squishy noise which he thinks is hilarious, mostly because it kind of grosses me out. We'll see what happens! : )

Posted in: on Saturday, March 22, 2008 at at 3:25 PM 2 comments  

Adam and I headed down to Sacramento this morning for his surgery. His appointment wasn't until 11:30 and since you can't eat before surgery, the poor kid was starving. We had toys to keep him entertained, a book for me, the camera......all to find out we were only "meeting" the surgeon today. The surgery never actually took place. They'll call me and let me know when his actual surgery date will be. Are you kidding me??? What a mess. So now we sit and wait for them to call us. Who knows when that will happen. On a happier medical note.....I just got my thryoid results back and it looks like all thryoid tissue (cancerous and not) is gone!! Seems that the treatment worked!!! Yea! : ) Oh, and then in the middle of all this, I got served my layoff papers yesterday afternoon. They have the option to bring me back next year if there is a position but gave me no reassurances that there might be one. Anybody know of any good business opportunities around here???

Posted in: on Thursday, March 13, 2008 at at 6:22 PM 1 comments