Oh the day I have spent...

Ohio makes life exceedingly difficult when trying to get legal.  By legal, I am referring to transferring title, getting license plates, and obtaining a driver's license.  We went to 6 different offices and one of them we went to twice.  What a pain!  After all of this driving, stopping, waiting, paying fees, etc, I am still not totally legal.  My hubby is, but I am not.  Why do you ask?  I was born in Puerto Rico and apparently in an effort to increase security all birth certificates obtained prior to October 1 2010 are not valid.  This law went into effect in July and since I don't live there, nor do I watch the Spanish channel news, I had no idea. I called my Mom to make sure that she was aware and she had just found out about it recently.  My Aunt who also lives in the states is in PR now for the Christmas holiday and is planning on attempting to get our certificates on Monday.  If she is not able to, I will have to put the request in for myself.  I had to take the written exam to get my license and I passed so that is valid for 60 days.  I am hoping that either my Aunt can get my certificate or that they can process my request quickly.  From my experience, PR does nothing quickly.  So that is my story.  Thankfully B had the day off for the holiday so that we could take care of all of this.  Seriously we had been out from about 9:30 this morning until just before 3 this afternoon trying to get all of these items processed!

I am having trouble downloading photos off of my camera so my recent shots are unavailable.  Insert sad face here.  I am hoping it is just the cable and not something more serious.  Because of the move and busy-ness, I had not downloaded photos for some time.  Needless to say I would like to leave you with a shot from Halloween simply because it is cute.  Merry Christmas all!

Christine--thank you for your sweet comment.  Things are going well.  Slowly I have been trying to get organized, but in some cases organization has been difficult.  The Christmas holiday has just compounded my slowness because I have had to spend time finding decorations, and decorating, making treats, shopping, and everything else.  We are getting there and I hope to be able to start making some friends soon.  I have not made much progress on finding a church beyond having a short list of places to visit.  I am hoping that this Sunday is the day!  Take care my friend.  I am thinking of you always.