Wednesday, July 22, 2009

It's Back To School Time!

Well, my summer break is officially over as of tonight. Tomorrow I start a new school year (the 5th school group that I've had since we started the China Adoption) and we have two workdays this week and a whole week next week. The students start the following Monday: August 3rd. As usual, I'm excited about starting a new year and meeting my new students. But, it is also kind of sad that our summer went by pretty quickly. Oh well, I got a lot done and had quite a few days of rest and relaxation. Too much sitting around gets on my nerves. I know I say this EVERY year, but hopefully THIS will be the year we go to China and become parents to our daughter. Dare I even say that AGAIN????? hahahahahahahaha

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

MEAN PEOPLE ARE ALIVE AND WELL!

Well, I had a pretty nasty email today from someone on one of my adoption yahoo groups. Let me tell you the whole sordid story. Yesterday when I found out that the CCAA only matched two days (March 21st and 22nd) I posted a note on this particular group just venting my disappointment. I had really gotten excited lately since CCAA had matched 6 days one month and 6 days the next month, and I had let myself get a little excited that "maybe" that trend would continue and we'd get our referral in September. I made the comment that "China had kicked us in the teeth." Now, first of all let me say that I did NOT mean the Chinese people......I was referring to the China Adoptive Process....the agonizing process where one minute things look up and then they immediately look down again. I was not meaning that I was holding anything against CCAA or the Chinese people. WELL.........
This morning I wake up and am getting ready to go out to a doctors appointment and I quickly check my email. THIS PERSON has written me a nasty little email reprimanding me like you would a two-year-old child and professes that the Chinese owe me nothing and that I should be ashamed of the way I have talked about the birthplace of my future child. This is not the first time she has attacked me for my own personal opinions either. I was fed up with her and I told her so. I also proceeded to explain what I meant by my statement and that I didn't mean to offend anyone by saying it so that it sounded like I was holding something against the Chinese. Well, she got her butt in an uproar because I stood up to her and also told her that a lot of people quit posting on that group because of her and she sent me another email and said the meanest thing to me: "I feel so sorry for your daughter." What the heck??????? Here is this woman that has never met me, never had a conversation with me, and she is implying that I am not going to be a good mom to my own child just because I was frustrated with the news of a 2 day batch and was venting that frustration. She had NO right to say that to me at all! At first I was going to snap back at her with my southern temper and let her have it......then I stopped, said a quick prayer asking for patience and decided to take the higher road. I just replied that it was a mean to say. Of course she didn't reply. The sad thing is that this person has scriptures and everything all over her blog and portrays herself as this nice person.....but she thinks she can talk to someone like that.......I think they call that hypocritical. At least MY daughter will have a mom who will allow her to express herself openly and even if I don't always agree with her opinions, I will respect her enough not to come back with a cutting remark to hurt her feelings.

Monday, July 20, 2009

Just Call Me Charlie Brown! UGH!


Well, it is confirmed that CCAA only matched TWO FREAKING DAYS this past month: March 21st and 22nd! I feel like that old gullible block-head, Charlie Brown.....Remember when Lucy used to tempt him every time to kick that football and he would at first refuse to believe that maybe she'd hold it still for him to kick it, but then she would convince him that this was the time....he was going to kick that football. And he would get so excited and run with all his might.....believing it was going to happen this time........and then she would be a big jerk and pull it away and he'd kick with all his might and just land on his back with a humiliating UGH! Well, that's me! Every stupid month, I let my hopes get up that we are soooooooooooooo close.......China is going to match 6 more days and then 6 more days and then US....oh boy I've been just letting my imagination run wild picturing us getting a referral, starting back to buying little things......oh boy going to "kick that football."
UGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! And then China (just like mean ol' Lucy) pulls that football away and here I am laying on my back, with the wind knocked out of me just wondering why I do this to myself every time. You can't trust the rumors, or China, or your growing hopes........you're going to get the wind knocked out of you every time and be left just laying there like a big fool. UGH!

Friday, July 17, 2009

Kitty Helps Remove Wallpaper!


One of my projects for the summer is to redecorate the bathroom. So, I removed the old wallpaper. Lo, and behold, my kitty cat, Chelsea (the mischievous one) decided to build a cave in the old wallpaper. I guess she thought she was helping Mommy in her own silly way. Gotta love those furrbabies!

Only Two Days???? Oh I Hope Not!


The rumor mill is stirring and one source says that China matched March 21 and 22, 2006. Oh PLEASE tell me they did more than TWO DAYS! I know they are supposed to be days with large numbers of people logged in, BUT I was so hoping they would continue to do 6 day batches so they would get to us in September......geez....just when you think that things might be looking up, they knock you down to the ground and laugh in your face! ARGH! (Yea, the angry cat picture expresses how I feel right now...I hope I find out later that more days are included......)

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Where Are The Referrals???


Ok, this is driving me crazy wondering how many days worth of referrals CCAA is going to do this month. Last month referrals didn't come out until June 19th so we are getting close to referrals coming out again soon. Last month they did 6 days and 6 days the previous month, so I am hoping they will do another 6 days or more. Some people are saying there are some HUGE days and that CCAA might only do one or two days.....oh gosh I hope not! If they keep doing 6 days each month, then we will get a referral in September! Oh my gosh, wouldn't that be WONDERFUL!!!!????
I pulled out the paperwork to doublecheck expiration dates on paperwork after a lady posted a message that she had let her I171H expire by accident!
Our fingerprints expire in February 2010 and our I171H expires in October 2010 so hopefully we won't have to update any of that stuff. I hope we're good to go! Bring on the referrals!!!!!

Tuesday, July 07, 2009

Johnsons Diaper Creme


Well, I was looking at "THE LIST" of things we have to pack for China and decided that every time I go over town, I am going to buy one more little thing to check off the list so when we get that referral, we won't have quite so many little things to get. I'm sure we'll be busy picking out CLOTHES at that point because we'll know the exact size of our baby. So, today's big purchase was diaper rash creme! hahahahahaha I also bought a little travel pack of Q-tips and a travel plastic container pouch of wipes that would fit in the diaper bag easily. Of course I know we'll have TONS of those things, but the skinny plastic container looked easy to refill and pop in my purse or diaper bag. It's pretty fun to start planning again and getting little things. I also put a couple more wishes in her Scrapbook where a couple of people sent me cloth and wishes for Rebekah's 100 Wishes Quilt. YAY! I think I have 100 now so I can take that next week to the place that is going to make the quilt for me. If anyone else is out there that would like to send one.....speak now or forever hold your peace. hahahahahahahaha I don't mind having over 100 but you need to let me know that another one is coming from you. It's only been almost 4 years that I've been collecting these things! hahahahahahahahahaha

Sunday, July 05, 2009

LID-iversary #39 Today

Normally, these milestones upset me but I truly feel like we don't have too many more to go before they match us with a baby. They are already up to March 20, 2006 dossiers and ours was logged in on April 5, 2006 so they are inching closer to us. I hope they get to us by about Sept. so we can travel before Christmas. Wouldn't it just be WONDERFUL to have a baby in our home to celebrate Christmas with???? Oh, I am praying that it really will happen for us this year!!!!!!!!!!