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fishheads fishheads

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fishheads fishheads Originally uploaded by filthEdesign

John's name in Chinese

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John's name in Chinese Originally uploaded by filthEdesign Yes, he leaves for Japan at the end of the month...but he was invited to join a summer class through the KU Confucious Center to begin learning Mandarin Chinese :) After installing our new front door, I painted the inside with chalkboard paint and Saturday, John conditioned it and left us this note :)

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www.filthEdesign.com

My domain is live, with a decent little site if I do say so myself :) I used a site called weebly which is a lot like iWeb, but for me it's easier...not sure everyone would agree with that. It's still a work in progress, but check it out if you like: filthEdesign fine art & design by emily eakes

getting a passport for a minor child under 16, the drama

Didn't know there'd be drama. I've been married to my husband for nearly 3 years, together for 7 and the only dad that my 15 year old son really knows. So the boy was accepted to a sister city exchange trip with scholarship to Japan this summer. He had to fill out an application, provide 2 letters of reference and go through an interview with 2 members of the city committee. Pretty big deal IMO. We found out in October that he was accepted and in November we learned we received a scholarship to help pay for the trip - awesome :). So in January, we went to the post office to apply for the boy's passport. He had his birth certificate and picture ID (took drivers ed last summer) and my husband and I filled out the application...we waited our turn and sat down. Then we learned that the father's signature has to be the "father" listed on the birth certificate. It's a LOOOONNNNNGGGGG story that I'm not sure I want to fully go in to here, but despite the