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Sunday, November 30th, 2008
posted by K | filed under Adoption, Kitchen, Mysteries | Leave a Comment
One of the many projects we tackled this week was the kitchen. As I mentioned in my last post, the paint on the ceiling, walls and trim was all peeling off in an unattractive – and potentially unsafe – fashion. So we had to scrape, sand, and repaint all of these surfaces. For the low [...]
Saturday, November 22nd, 2008
posted by K | filed under Adoption, Kitchen, Nursery, Simplify | 4 Comments
We just got word that our paperwork for the home study is complete (even our fingerprint clearances, which we just got today!), and that means we can now be assigned a social worker. I was so antsy for this to happen – thinking it was taking for.ev.er – but now that it has, eek, that [...]
Monday, November 17th, 2008
posted by K | filed under Adoption, Shopping Disease | 13 Comments
You guys have heard I like to shop, right? I would love to turn my shopping talents toward our future child, but it’s virtually impossible to do when we don’t know the age or gender of the bambino (race either, but that doesn’t factor into shopping). Shopping for baby clothes is out of the question. [...]
Sunday, November 16th, 2008
posted by K | filed under Grumpy Bear | 4 Comments
The other day, I got an unwelcome letter in the mail, a summons to jury duty. This is what I get for voting for the first time in eight years (I just registered to vote in this county a few months ago). It was worth it to vote for the first black president and the [...]
Thursday, November 13th, 2008
posted by K | filed under Adoption | 29 Comments
I’ve been writing this blog for more than four years now, and in all those four years – until recently – no one ever attacked my personality or way of life. Now that I’m adopting a child, though, apparently I’m fair game. Every adoption and infertility blog I’ve read has encountered people attacking their personal [...]
Tuesday, November 11th, 2008
posted by K | filed under Adoption, Exterior, Pets, Uncategorized | 4 Comments
Of all the many trees on our lot, my favorites are the two maple trees in our side yard. They provide terrific pale green shade in the summer and, best of all, turn bright orange, red and yellow in the fall. This year, their color is even more vivid than usual. These days, this is [...]