More Prep ... for my Sweetheart .

As the time moves closer to the 21st. of November date , I am keeping busy with many things . Knowing that my LaoPo , needs to learn how to drive here in America ( I mean our way ) . I know it will not be easy for my Sweetheart , but I'm not going to rush her in that area . I do want her to feel comfortable and I want her to be safe on the Road , before I would let her out on her own . So , the last week or so , I had my little Toyota Pick-up all re-done inside and out . Carpeting , Upholstery , Dashcover with Logo ( BBB loves TTT ) , Doorpanels ... the works . Today , I picked it up from the Paint Shop . For a Car with over half a million miles on it , you would never know it . This Truck has done me a great service over some 20 year's now . It has carried all my Landscape material's , including many of the 600 to 900 lbs. solid Landscape Rock's that I picked up from the Canyon's myself ... some with the Cherry-picker . My Neighbor's are still in awe , how I ever managed to move them on my own ... to my Backyard .
I live by the Motto ... where there is a Will --- there is a Way . So , I can not see myself selling it . I had many offer's from Gardener's , but I told them all NO .

Anyway , she will have an easy to drive Car . Automatic , Air Cond . , Power Steering , Sirius Radio and CD player and with all around good view ... off what's next to or around you in Traffic .

Otherwise , my House ... is quiet now , as all the Tape and plastic and the noisy Fans have been removed . Next week , they will being to patch things up and paint everything in the effected area . Then , I can have my new Water Heater installed ... finally . I have been without Hot water now for almost four weeks . As the Weather is getting colder , I don't appreciate the Cold shower's as much . Who would ?

Just have to hang in there a little longer and then , I can concentrate ... nothing but my Sweetheart's arrival .

Two People ... happy , excited , in Love ... and finally together .

Why is everybody telling me the same thing ?

As today is the 21 st , this means ... there is only one Month of having to wait , for my better half ( Qing ) to finally be by my side . Looking at that , this doesn't feel so bad ... because it has only been not even three weeks that I was with my LaoPo . Another Anniversary for Qing and I is also coming up next month . When Qing get's here to Los Angeles on the 21st , this will be only four day's shy of knowing each other for two year's now through Chnlove . My first letter was send to my Sweetheart on the 23rd. of November '07 .

Now with Her arrival coming up real fast , many People that I gladly tell of this great News ... alway's tell me the same thing . With very few exception's .
You better start cleaning your House , before she get's here !!!
Of course I have an answer for anybody facing me with that question . My House is alway's clean !!!

Even now , with the House torn up in three Rooms and the Garage ... I never have to feel ashamed to have somebody over . It is just , pretty much the same People ... that alway's tell me " Your House is alway's so clean " . Well , I do not have Maid's coming to clean at any time . I just like to have a somewhat alway's presentable Home , one never knows who might drop in ?
Do I take this to Heart , them telling me this so many times ? Of course , I do not ! I know they are just saying it , to have some Fun . They know all to well , how I live and like things in order . Like 128469375 ... so anybody that knows me , knows this . Hahaha

Coming back to my torn -up place . Tomorrow the Inspector will show up and now take an Air sample of that damaged area and Analyse the sample on Friday . If all check's out clean , they will take down all that Tape and Plastic . Remove those Noisy fans that been going no-stop for a week and a half now . Maybe I can get some better sleep after that takes place . I have not slept more than four to five hour's a night , hence they were put up .
Work like this ... the estimate of when will all this be done with , nobody will or can answer you this for with any kind of certaincy . I don't care , as long it is done one week before Qing arrives . Because .... I have to clean the House !!!

Happy Day ... times two !

I can really say that it is . First off , the Contracter's are finally doing what I had hope would happen day's ago already . The walls , that got wet from the leaking Water Heater are taken out and now ... I have two large Fans running day and night to try things out . I will include Photo's here , they took out one of my Toilet's , my Wash Machine , the Hot water Heater and pretty much taped up half the Garage , my Walk-in Closet ... my Master Bathroom and my Wash room . At least , I see things are moving along now quite well . I have trouble sleeping though , due to the two Fans running all the time . They are somewhat noisy I must say . Here are some Photo's of what I'm faced with coming Home each day .

The first Photo , I find very strange . In the Photo ... one can see the " ROSE " that came from my Late Wife's Casket and just above it ... their appear's to be a HEART on my Wall . Right above the Rose . Now , this is something I did not expect or know how it got there ? But . as I have mentioned it many times ... I get many sign's . May it be in my Dream's or now in this Photo , which I think are messages from my late Wife ( Nancy ) that she Loves me . Of course is very happy for me to be happy again ... having found my LaoPo " Qing " . Some P
eople might not believe in those strange ( coincidences ) they might call them or something wrong with the Camera , but I see it ... as I have said here . This really shows me that Life does not end after someone Die's . I knew that all along , because I can not only see those little thing's that happen ... but I can " FEEL " them too .

Anyway , now to the second part of my Post .

Happy times two , yes ... it certainly is that !

As I came Home today , Qing's letter was waiting for me . This I know , because she writes at least two times a week and this was about the time to expect a letter . So , as it happen's , it was what I have been thinking since I got back from my Trip a few weeks ago . She send me the Flight Information for her coming to America ... next month . Of course , the date has to be 11 - 21 ... two of our four Lucky number's ( 8-11-21-26 ) . 8 = for our Wedding of course ; 11 = the Roses I alway's send ( one to the other one , because of the Love between them ) ; 21 = My LaoPo's address , my Mother's address , my Sister Min's address and all of Qing's Phone number's are 21 or add up to 21 ; 26 = of course that is both our day we celebrate our Birhtday's .
So , calling my Sweetheart right after receiving this wonderful News ... you can imagine , how this Phone call proceeded ? You ever want to hear two People in Love and as Happy as can be ... just take a look at Qing and Myself , you will know that this is NO ordinary Love .

36 day's ... this is now like a drop in the Bucket . Had to tell my Flower ... I wont be " LATE " too much . Hahaha
If anyone thinks , that will happen .... YOUR WRONG !!!!

This is a wonderful time , to look back .

This is a time , most of us ... that married a chinese Lady are looking forward to . To finally bring her Home , where she belongs ... to be with her LaoGong . Wherever that might be . This is where Qing and Myself are at this very moment . Waiting one last time to be together for good . This time it will only be for a few more weeks and you can bet the BEE is happy as can be . Of course the same goes for his FLOWER . Knowing my Sweetheart almost two year's and anybody that thinks waiting is easy , have not done it on our scale . I think this is by far the hardest thing we both have done in our Life . Does that change the Relationship ? You can bet it does , this is a foundation to build a marriage on and keep it strong .

This keeps me thinking of course ?
What my LaoPo will and will not like , ones she arrives in the States ? this is now on my Mind , full time . As I want her to be as comfortable as I can make her under the circumstances . I know my Sweetheart " thinks " she know how it's going to be . All nice and beautiful in America , freedom to go and do as one pleases . But that is far from the thruth , it maybe was like that a long time ago . Things have changed and sadly to say , not alway's for the better .

So , what worries me the most ... for my LaoPo ?
I guess , most would say the Culture change ... or the Language difference ... the People ( not as friendly ) ?
I truely think it's none of those , that Qing will have trouble with . The one and only thing on my Mind is , the difference in the Food we eat in the west . One might not think of this as that important , but that is exactly what has me worried . I know , for me it was easy to adjust to chinese Food . Because , I love to try everything ... well that looks good ... anyway . I had no problem to adjust there . Knowing Qing and her eating habit's somewhat , from my Visit's to China . I can conclude honestly ... she will not be too happy with what we are used to eating . I of course wish that I'm wrong , deep inside me say's no you're not .
Can I not say , us westerner's eat at least 50% of our meals from Fast Food places ... either for Breakfast , Lunch or Dinner . Why else , would those places be alway's packed with People ? My Sweetheart , does NOT eat at any of those places , does not eat Potatoe's or Cheese . Go figure ... how much we consume of these two item's alone ? I don't mind the change to chinese Food after she get's here , but will she ???

This say'd , there is one more thing ... that also needs attention . Driving a Car , which is an obsolute must here in the Los Angeles area . The public trans-portation is just about as good as walking ... aweful to say the least . But , I have two Car's ... so I'm getting my little Truck ( which is easy to drive ) ready for my LaoPo . All she needs is lesson's , easy ... right ?
I dont think so , as our Laws and driving style is like day and night . But my LaoPo is smart and will learn fast , I'm sure of that .

So as far as I'm concerned , it's the Food to worry about .

How things are going , since I'm back Home ?

Well , as I have writen already about what was waiting for me ... when I returned Home from my fourth Trip to be with my Sweetheart . This is what I saw , going into my Garage on Friday night after getting Home tired and beat . I was so ready for a nice Hot shower , especially after such a long flight and long day . But as it happened , I had to turn off the water supply to the Hot water Heater and also the Gas supply to it . There went me nice Hot shower , that turned into a Cold one . Anyway , it's been a week tomorrow and all that happened so far ... was somebody from my Homeowner's Insurance come and take some Photo's . Boy was he surprised , I don't know why ? I told them over the Phone how bad it was . The Water Heater can't be replaced till the base and the three walls on all sides next to the Tank get replace or repaired , only then can they bring in the new one and I can have my Hot water back . This is a 9 year tank , so it's only four years old and under full Waranty of course . The rest my Homeowner Ins. will cover . The thing is , I don't know how long this will drag on now . Obviously the wall's , as one can see has Molt on them already . That goes also for my Master bedroom - walk-in Closet , the little Toilet room next to it and the Washroom . All have damage , as they are the same walls as the ones surrounding my Water Heater . Now , I'm taking shower's over at my Neighbor's house every other day . I don't want to bother Him too much , so it's a cold one inbetween . I can live with this just fine , reminds me of my Camping day's .

One the other hand , the Main break of my sprinkler system ... I fixed on Sunday myself . It was not in the easiest place to repair . Almost under my walkway leading to my front door . I was sore the next day from being on my Knee's and digging almost two feet down . Alway's in an awkward position to be in , where your knee's hurt and the rest of your Leg's fall asleep every 5 - 10 minutes .I guess , I'll be thankful it was not worse .

Tomorrow , the People that remove Molt ... will come to the House and see what to do next . As this stuff needs to be handled with care and with Breathing apparatus's and special bag to put in . I can imagine what's inside those walls by now ? I want it to be done right and have it in writing that it is done so . As it will be on file with my Deed to the House , so if Qing and I ever decide to sell it ... there will be no problem later on that subject .

I certainly will make sure , they will also install under the Tank a metal pan with a drain to the Garage floor . So this will never happen to the walls again .

Back to my Blog of worries !

Oh how nice my last Trip to be with my LaoPo was . How can I not be over- joyed seeing my wonderful Wife again . Especially after her passing the Visa Interview and soon be here with me ... finally . That by itself is making both of us , as happy as one can be .
But , coming Home ... had a few surprises waiting for me . First , I was greeted home ( after my Neighbor's greeting ) to not only a bad leaking Hot Water Heater . Which of course meant , no Hot water til it get's replaced . But the three walls surrounding it in the Garage are all badly damaged to the point it wet the walls in my Washroom and Floor , but also the Masterbedroom walk-in closet and carpet as well . Which has mold on the walls there already . So now it's a big repair to cut out all that , before the Tank can be replaced ... as it's base is also damaged . the good part is , Homeowner's Insurance will cover all the repair work necessary and I have extended warranty on the Heater too . But it's the incovenience that this all brings along with it . I do have to go back to work , so when and how is all this going to be done ? Haven't figured that all out yet , as I got to get someone to come out and make a estimate of the whole thing . So , it was a COLD shower this morning ... after only sleeping for three hour's or less , worrying about this of course . So as I ran some errands in the early morning and was to go have Breakfast with my Neighbor that was watching my House while I was away , I received some more news that I did not really want to hear . The water main to my front sprinkler system sprung a bad leak also , which meant turning the water off completely . So now I'm up and it's passed three in the morning , not being able to sleep over all this . Now , no water at all till this sprinkler thing get's taken care off well today ... to have at least cold water in the house . How we take this for granded until you don't have it anymore ? I guess , it is with everything one needs or is so used to having ... not realizing how important they all are .
I did dug up the water lines by the leak , but have not decided yet to do it myself or have someone do it for me . Not having sleepped but some five hours total since being back does not make for a happy plumber for sure .
I hate to worry my Sweetheart with this , as she will read this ... but this is just part of owning a House . There really is no end of alway's needing something or something going wrong or wearing out . Ahhhh ... what do I do , not to get carried away and cry ... think of my Sweetheart of course and knowing she will be all part of this soon . It's so nice to share everything , including the Headaches . Hahaha .
Is that not right , my LaoPo ?
*** I LOVE YOU ***