Wednesday, October 29, 2008

The curse of William Penn is broken!!!!


Way to go Phillies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Sunday, October 26, 2008

Tagged (useless tidbits about me).

Leah tagged me, so here it goes...


1. I'm a Duranie. As teenagers, my friends and I were obsessed with them; our bedrooms were wallpapered with their pictures. We would even bake cakes, and have a B-day parties for John, Simon and Nick...Andy and Roger didn't make the cut. I saw them in concert 3 years ago, and lost my voice for two days from screaming (I was 38 years old).


FYI, Simon turns 50 tomorrow. Happy Birthday Simon!


2. If I were on death row, I would choose my Mom's chocolate cake as my last meal.


3. I hate Injera; it seriously makes me gag. Would it be wrong of me to let Hope believe that Naan (Indian Cuisine) is Injera?

4. I met Joe Strummer while living in NYC. I love the Clash, so this was a really big deal for me.


5. Other career paths I would have chosen ...Primatologist, Zoologist, Paranormal Investigator.


6. For the life of me, I cannot understand the fascination with "American Idol" and "Dancing with the Stars." Give me "The Office" over those two shows any day.


7. I'm spoiled. I have a wonderful husband who loves to cook. I'm treated to gourmet meals almost every night.

I don't know how to link to the tagging rules, so I skipped that part. I also think that everyone I know has already been tagged.

Steph

Friday, October 17, 2008

Court Date!

Today we received our court date for November 25, 2008. The purpose of this appointment is to confirm that the child is an orphan, or has been legitimately relinquished, and to approve the adoption. It is not uncommon for there to be multiple court dates, either due to missing paper work, witnesses not showing up, or power outages, so we do not travel for this date. Instead we have a facilitator from our agency, who represents us in court.

Once we pass court, we wait for an Embassy date. The Embassy date is usually one to two months after a successful court date, and that is when we go to Africa for our little girl.

Everyone please keep your fingers crossed that we pass our first date so that Hope can come home early in the New Year.

This is "Sherman the dog." He is one of many stuffed animals eagerly awaiting the arrival of the little girl who will love and cherish him forever.