Friday, November 28, 2008

I Learned Something New!


I have always wanted to know how to make bows that would look professionally done. Wednesday we got early at school and a bunch of teacher-friends got together and had the "bow-making Queen, Donna" teach us how to make these beautiful bows! She makes them and insisted that she could teach us! I had tried before years ago and my bows looked HORRIBLE, but Donna was GREAT and taught us ALL how to do it like a pro! Today I put mine on a wreath that I put together and hung on our front door. I'm pretty darn happy with how it turned out and I might make another one to tie around our mailbox! It's always fun to learn a new craft!!!! Let me know what you think!

This Is Soooooooooooooo True In Our House!


Everyone that knows us, KNOWS how much we spoil our cats so when I saw this little plaque today while shopping, I showed Doug and we both KNEW we had to get it for our house!In case you can't read it from the picture, it says, "Dogs have owners; cats have staff!" hahahahahahahahahahahahaha

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Happy Thanksgiving!


Well, tomorrow is Thanksgiving.....another one without our baby Rebekah. Oh do I dare say it???? I can't believe I'm going to say it.......here goes.........maybe this will be our last Thanksgiving without our baby! Ok, there, I said it.....
hahahahahahahahahaha. Actually I have a lot to be thankful for even though we don't have her. I have a loving Heavenly Father who has blessed me with a home, family, a loving husband, a job I love, my talents and abilities, good friends, pets who love me unconditionally, this beautiful country where I am free to be who I am, my friends I have met in the adoption community, my religion that gives me hope and strength in trials, my health, all the luxuries that we enjoy and often take for granted, and many many more things that are blessings in my life. I hope that by this time next year, we will have the blessing of a daughter in our lives and that we will be enjoying being parents!!!! So......with that said.......I will try to look on the bright side of things and not dwell on what I don't have, but instead on what I DO have. Happy Thanksgiving!!!!!!!

Sunday, November 23, 2008

WE KNOW OUR SECRET PALS!






Well after all these many many months of being spoiled rotten by our Secret Pals, we FINALLY know their identity.........Kelly and Joseph Shook! We got the final package of goodies yesterday and couldn't WAIT to see who they were.......
They sent us so much stuff! Kelly made me a scrapbook for Rebekah and included a travel checklist,a travel book about China, an ornament with a plane/globe, a Chinese purse, learning Mandarin CD's, a panda, Shaoey and Dot book, a notebook that has a beautiful Chinese silk cover, and pictures of the two of them. How can possibly thank two people who have become our friends over all these months? There just aren't really any words that can let them know how much their thoughtfulness has meant. Even those months when we were discouraged and felt like dropping out, they would send us anonymous letters of encouragement and support. They have truly touched our lives and now that the Secret Pal program is over, we can move on and be great friends with them as we continue to wait for our babies AND after we become parents and raise our girls! Thank you Kelly and Joe!!!!!!!!! We just had to say THANKS!!!!!!!!!! And YES, we are going to STAY friends!!!!!

Monday, November 17, 2008

A Lifelong Goal/Dream Achieved!


Ok, this may sound silly but I'm going to post it anyway because I am so proud of myself AND shocked that I achieved something that has been a goal, dream, and New Year's resolution for my entire life! Don't laugh too hard when you read this......I have grown my fingernails! hahahahahahahahaha Yep, I have the cutest little nails and they are longer than I have EVER had! I have always had the bad, ugly, disgusting habit of being a nailbiter and no matter how hard I tried and how many tricks I tried, I could not stop more than a week or two. Now I have been going almost 2 months and haven't bitten my nails! Don't ask me how I did it. I honestly don't know. I didn't even TRY to stop. I just noticed about a month ago that I had some little nubs of nails that I hadn't bitten in about 2 weeks and then I just kept going. I wish losing weight and exercising was that easy! hahahahahahahahaha I'll have to take a picture of my little nails so you can see my progress.....let's just hope I don't post it and then go nuts and bite them all off! hahahahahaha Actually they are pretty darn thick so I don't think I'll be biting the darn things now....I might break a tooth!

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Renewing Fingerprints AGAIN!

Well, tonight we are staying in Durham so we can get our fingerprints done first thing in the morning. This will be our THIRD time doing fingerprints for INS....maybe the "third time is a charm." We can hope can't we? Anyhow.....just wanted to post this so that one day Rebekah can see all that we have done to get through this journey that hopefully will end with her being placed in our arms....then the new journey will begin with us being a FAMILY. Gosh, I hope it happens soon! Will 2009 be our year????? Or will China slow down even more???? They only did two days this month.....how much slower can they get???? Do I dare even SAY that???? Oh well.............

Wednesday, November 05, 2008

LID-iversary #31

Oh good gosh.....why do I even bother to post these anymore? I can see me one day posting "LID-iversary #183".......I can't even explain what I'm feeling right now sitting here typing this .........geez! And then today I read that CCAA might have only done TWO FREAKING DAYS of referrals for the month.......what is their excuse NOW??? I think I need to just close this post before I say something really ugly...