tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27509809780341551982024-03-19T00:44:12.297-07:00My Many Roles as a Adoptive & Foster MomMomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08068835043134713689noreply@blogger.comBlogger208125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750980978034155198.post-89324428454096015862009-03-17T13:45:00.000-07:002009-03-17T13:49:32.756-07:00Happy St. Patrick's Day<div>Today has been nuts, two physical therapy session, both in different directions and both quite a drive, pre-school and tonight dance class. I swear I've been spending more time in the car than at home. But at least she smiles through it all, so it makes it worth while.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314261553303959890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-QMq3tt3-8WZFMzF8UU0WLkGXVkoZPm2G0YunEuc7CdHsIYz8EupWE-670moyWtmQuCyLfYdsnABsjjZDxDm26CTrxSD-waztsNEBs1zM1hiCC6emn9_NjRs_M4XC2_hvelWFlRQF2Hk/s320/03-17-2009+012.jpg" border="0" /></div>Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08068835043134713689noreply@blogger.com51tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750980978034155198.post-45859127554288508512009-03-16T19:17:00.000-07:002009-03-16T19:22:50.115-07:00Don't Get Mad...Just Get Even or Turn off the cell phone you let them borrow over 5 months ago. I've realized over the last few months I have become extremly bitter over some extended family issues. This last week, weekend and today was the last draw. So just a few minutes ago, after 3 weeks of no contact and just having to relay messages through family members telling them they needed to get their own phone because they were costing me over $100 extra a month and refusing to help, I had my phone suspended. Maybe now we will finally be able to get on with our lives.Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08068835043134713689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750980978034155198.post-321565228450831272009-03-05T14:56:00.000-08:002009-03-05T15:13:31.838-08:001st week of Pre-School<div align="left">Well I had been meaning to post this sooner but it's just been one thing after another. K was suppose to start school on Monday but she was sick, so I took her to the doctor and he said wait another week (after the week we had already waited) and if she's not better I'll give her an antibiotic. Eeerrr!! It would have been different if I had ran in there the day after she started getting sick, I had already waited a week, she wasn't better, so don't you think you should treat her? So instead I get to call him tomorrow and say she isn't any better, now give me the freakin' prescription. So K's first day of pre-school was on Tuesday. I'm thankful that everyday they give a summary of what they did in class because whenever I ask K anything about school, she won't tell any of us anything about her school day. Which unlike I guess most Mom's I wasn't upset, weepy or anything at the thought of her going to pre-school, dropping her off or walking her to class. Instead it was the realization, that up until now I pretty much know everything that she did in her life. And unlike most children who want to tell you everything when you pick them up from class, K isn't going to be that way, so I will never know anything more that what is on the summary hanging up outside the classroom. Which that is what makes me sad. </div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309845085176838418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk2OIJ19AI57dwSQ843qkLIhPHxwL_EPgp5-8HeL0H39YsjUI5fTKI4l2rNMhculBqTa3abxKxZJ6kaYonqzeRG56TLGGnTvWXD9aVgva6is4-dzLPqR1gL1JzZnp1WL091B6hqLJ_z7I/s320/03-03-2009+001.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center"> K walking into school</p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309845528386692466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 50px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCaUHOwMj-ihZGbiORYCCl6bEw-wxgSU4VYAQbWQlPuHrPv3XtFcpHP7grqZJ0rL-Hv67FXqvPQ97bEXTLcOeIn9fZS4khbwFSv-b5PBPwy69HzN9Fb-NxPfzoLp5tXK3Q7gZmRr7AzuU/s320/03-03-2009_art.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center">K's first art project from school</p>Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08068835043134713689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750980978034155198.post-71962495884070640652009-02-28T15:41:00.000-08:002009-03-01T07:59:07.643-08:00Happy Birthday Baby Girl<div>Today is my Baby Girl's 3 rd Birthday, it's hard to believe that she's 3 and that we have been a family now for 2 1/2 years. Since last Saturday was her Birthday party, we have spent a low key today at home. Her Uncle called and sang Happy Birthday to her and so did Great-Great and YeYe. Her Godmother has emailed K at least 3 times now. K opened up presents right after breakfast this morning. And what a breakfast K ate, she had 3 eggs, 3 donut holes and a glass of milk, I couldn't believe how much she ate. I'm about to order Birthday dinner, K decided that she wanted to eat out, so we convinced her since the weather is bad that we would order out and bring it home to eat. So she's super excited about the idea. So Happy 3rd Birthday Baby Girl, Momma loves you so very much!<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308249439620745298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_94H1_nrJN-cWJtnGh5GzOY3AWO2nq1JEQBkBb2v8iExI2aBC_R2dlL7zraYRjjJuZmOcqR3s4LHXYIZlFsAXmN5KDTPL-ujJ121-dtyHa2ONWZj0KKDZrilSu2Z9CAtGz2h5A_LmxJ0/s320/02-28-2009+037.jpg" border="0" /></div>Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08068835043134713689noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750980978034155198.post-47626296624561695992009-02-25T20:35:00.000-08:002009-02-25T20:53:13.662-08:00It's been awhile<div align="center">Well things here are down right nuts. We celebrated K's 3rd Birthday last Saturday even though her birthday isn't until this Saturday the 28th. For her real birthday we are just planning a small family celebration like we have done in years past. We have been busy with dance classes, getting ready for pre-school, and a new brace from Shriner's. I was layed-off again at the beginning of February and am still upset about the whole thing. I have a job interview tomorrow so keeping my fingers crossed, I've been on 3 job interviews in the last 2 weeks and so far nothing. Otherwise extended family issues have taken up alot of time up in our life but I'm ready to cut the last remaining strings that are connecting me to the issue and just get back to my life and it's constant roller coaster. <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306963299161386082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCfj9WWSBJKAlgONb7T5BhfKbhFTMhGCTK0VZPliXoctChn4Nyr2lMhMEAKCdaaHclIhN9Ffq24gZKd0KuVgPIgbRA_wL8INwi7GbSjeUHED5aGXWC1daMi8sGl3e-P-N1kjd80kkQBQk/s320/02-24-2009+042.jpg" border="0" /> K is the closest one to the teacher and the only one with dark hair of course<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306963287308206930" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ7JYuemCsP45bk8zQnPD0uqeYg39_QD-ze3MMcD2qWuNiF4hbvoK3OCjD1R40z4rqR8DtJd-OB9-2xsT4ln1tOsSa1p_1wTqfRlAVyqEDimP5AV7j8DaTobe_RN8atI1Ib_O0abu1k0w/s320/02-21-2009+023.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306963293356767906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX7orYRZavDem8rTOBPUDfyOYzZ54_OsEC5xmxi1ZrFRsUxID8NMZXY8cwgV7JKED5loPByAq1kc_MztQe8_j40_mSmTQOu3RMJQe8RA1MFjTyu2yx9BZFV2tpxr_8MhUIGPDgWJ374_E/s320/02-21-2009+079.jpg" border="0" /></div>Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08068835043134713689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750980978034155198.post-30681952779429620312009-02-17T10:04:00.000-08:002009-02-17T10:14:18.676-08:00We're In<div>Whoo Hoo!! Thank goodness the interview is over. My sweet daughter, who is usually calm, sweet and polite decided to have a bad day today. The downside it got even worse during the interview for Pre-school . I know that she was just overly tired because she decided to wake up at 4am asking for breakfast and when I told her it was too early for breakfast she wanted dinner. So needless to say that by the time the interview rolled around she had already been up for 6 hours, had our exit meeting this morning with our Service coordinator for Physical therapy and she also had her Physical therapy session. Luckily the Interviewer took it all in stide and my sweet Daughter got into the highly private, very elite, very expensive, way out of my budget, excellent educational and overally amazing Pre-School. She gets to start school on March 2nd and we are just so freakin' excited!! <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303831263696818418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7J-OpN5RkeACx1zX2VbdULuAFMOgcpcZI2mNq8A4Cfiwn-ruB6QZhZeYcv1CoZ1etcdOzExJ4GkBDWjgI3uG805Gl2GPKpzBeHbW0DX3QvwN0qge7a3Pd2vnupbynGbRwWRwuObToxLg/s320/02-14-2009+006.jpg" border="0" /></div>Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08068835043134713689noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750980978034155198.post-53885544205114844802009-02-16T19:24:00.000-08:002009-02-16T19:28:59.757-08:00StainWell I couldn't think of a better titled post than this because that is why I'm upstairs right now pouring over K's closet trying to find another "right" outfit for her pre-school interview tomorrow. I totally freaked out when I discovered on the "right" outfit there was this big ole' stain on the front which you just can't have. I mean really nicely dressed with this big ole' yellow stain on the front, I don't think so. So I'm down to two more "right" outfits. Still not happy with either of them but nothing I can do now because I already tired getting the stain out and it's not coming out without a fight or a good soakin in some oxi-clean. So now just to narrow down my choice of outfit and then make sure it stays clean till 10am tomorrow morning. I really just don't know how I'm going to get any sleep at all.Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08068835043134713689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750980978034155198.post-30619434220072975542009-02-10T18:17:00.001-08:002009-02-10T18:21:43.549-08:001st Dance Class<div>Tonight K had her First Dance class. She did so very well even though she was a little nervous at first but I would be too walking into a class with about 10 other high pitch screaming running around little girls. She is the shortest in her class by almost a foot. Couldn't take any picture during class but did take a few before and after to commerate the day. <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301359089122145890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqABN9XJRlshovEB9ImXCS-f9AT69uRU6UGKl8Z426MYyqDMIUvZvZQaaqhRzfS7rAqpUvh6I7Dk9EpHtVVtdKgzdaSPUQjsfwTBNuqOlR0ych9QkRI8pQVG5hBmvmeulpJ5PDY-Ji6GQ/s320/02-10-2009+031.jpg" border="0" /></div>Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08068835043134713689noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750980978034155198.post-22689610380178810372009-02-03T17:11:00.000-08:002009-02-03T17:24:00.825-08:00Free Breakfast & Some SkatesWell we braved the crowds after K's physical therapy and got our free Grand Slam breakfast from Denny's. I guess we were all super hungry because we almost ate everything except the pancakes, which we took home and are having them for dinner. After that needed to get some ribbon to finish an order, so headed 2 towns over to my new favorite craft place, there ribbon is so cheap that no matter where I have looked, I can't get ribbon this cheap, so I'm thrilled because it's will really bring my overhead down. Otherwise K got a pair of In-line Skates today for her up-coming Birthday (can't believe she'll be 3 on Feb.28th) from a friend of mine. So we had to try them out as soon as she got them. She was a little unsteady and nervous at first but then got the hang of them and was skating all around the front room.<br /><br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298745263763594226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfWiwhrV6IUtdbLMUNFK8aLb89ZI6vkisoyB2ahRPzTBjGN92zqVxT1oHEV1biTZFAYeNqwyU1nxzrnYeQKe_rU5gBZSyHAIYYqQaqcuUFVj8s8cXcjTOA_ENb1vNlD9pSQjb5KHXrBVw/s320/02-03-2009_008.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298745265767619234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdfNQq8rvnclmfsfmzShsDyBEdyhJIV_HK9d9fJv2gVdXVs7QKTvX_XnpRuYQZZ9gf3vSTz0KNelxyif9vrPW8Cv7y9avSSB9u7QSesU29DD7LoBxWgovC8hOUzk_tMJJ8V6ujUhWTml8/s320/02-03-2009_011.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298745259609380162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtbdMxWMxVweTkbjUHo7D3qji1ykRrmkizOtdPrP1sq0978xwpaseGe19Hucasjhfjkbqkl2v-WY4M29hvPrlQe0JzOfiW4aAWtzpZqwhw5YUbaZbaLn0Kz7MFfFeL4Ywc_VTk_pxMmxA/s320/02-03-2009_010.JPG" border="0" />Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08068835043134713689noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750980978034155198.post-72201812524056622172009-01-29T06:38:00.000-08:002009-01-29T06:49:34.191-08:00HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!<div><div><div><span style="font-size:180%;color:#3333ff;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJCwJhIVvoxB5fxHEA4XMkGB9m4PUmbVJ02B5FXTHHicCjjluvMge64sOaRDXZfhzMmb_7RVT5TP4oJ-ABiATHW0ZeHKo89BUxnVpsw6mANfhvrqwWTxdGjDbBME6lo8QzFITYvBdbeIo/s1600-h/birthdaycake.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296725881158133138" style="WIDTH: 130px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 116px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJCwJhIVvoxB5fxHEA4XMkGB9m4PUmbVJ02B5FXTHHicCjjluvMge64sOaRDXZfhzMmb_7RVT5TP4oJ-ABiATHW0ZeHKo89BUxnVpsw6mANfhvrqwWTxdGjDbBME6lo8QzFITYvBdbeIo/s320/birthdaycake.jpg" border="0" /></a>Happy Birthday to me</span></div><div><span style="font-size:180%;color:#3333ff;">Happy Birthday to me</span></div><div><span style="font-size:180%;color:#3333ff;">Happy Birthday to mmeeee</span></div><div><span style="font-size:180%;color:#3333ff;">Happy Birthday to me </span></div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb7bG3LuSa6ppowNpjmrS0ch_-9E1p-LZifLjleESbf1NJU7MPvnqfbXE3_VFnqlV5egIkey-7vBxCF0YFKJuslwDR5PSD4jQF_QvRgR00bWYhxmizL6x_W-SGBuodCzxmDUGbb9j7XHg/s1600-h/birthdayhat.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296725880980973858" style="WIDTH: 101px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 125px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb7bG3LuSa6ppowNpjmrS0ch_-9E1p-LZifLjleESbf1NJU7MPvnqfbXE3_VFnqlV5egIkey-7vBxCF0YFKJuslwDR5PSD4jQF_QvRgR00bWYhxmizL6x_W-SGBuodCzxmDUGbb9j7XHg/s320/birthdayhat.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><div>Can't believe it's my 33rd Birthday today. This past year had flown by. No big plans for today except spending it with my girl and my Mom. </div><div></div><br /><div>Otherwise here are a few pictures from yesterday of us playing outside in the snow. All K kept saying she wanted to do was make a snowman, well the snow wasn't really right for snowman making so we used a box and packed it so it would stay together. I think it turned out really well. </div><div>Otherwise we spent the time sledding down our small hill in the backyard. It was tons of fun. </div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMsXnjpqdKmzE4t7HDc1YXAbD46KkitPkkJlA1qh7-L79mwWjqtIj74cgXvqTFsTjvQWWWjK2TqFaqMKs9fHTdeJypOiqDOfIztAtETbjTN9p9Rv22aw68b5Vng_Rd4EkPA9H16T5N5tU/s1600-h/01-28-2009+011.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296727576786351746" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMsXnjpqdKmzE4t7HDc1YXAbD46KkitPkkJlA1qh7-L79mwWjqtIj74cgXvqTFsTjvQWWWjK2TqFaqMKs9fHTdeJypOiqDOfIztAtETbjTN9p9Rv22aw68b5Vng_Rd4EkPA9H16T5N5tU/s320/01-28-2009+011.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8oqxvPMiiHNhzp0RJ_nBBjoOXVxwg3wD7n2ov3-UhrM2bdN3FSwYTRNgXZPXycjL-OK4wvAXW6TevD5UEMkXBg8ahyjBJk-t3zP2r7Q1f3jRqulHmCgFBijqSq9hkt3l_12QEkyumlIQ/s1600-h/01-28-2009+059.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296727580711128994" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8oqxvPMiiHNhzp0RJ_nBBjoOXVxwg3wD7n2ov3-UhrM2bdN3FSwYTRNgXZPXycjL-OK4wvAXW6TevD5UEMkXBg8ahyjBJk-t3zP2r7Q1f3jRqulHmCgFBijqSq9hkt3l_12QEkyumlIQ/s320/01-28-2009+059.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div></div>Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08068835043134713689noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750980978034155198.post-47888953254644863772009-01-27T15:19:00.000-08:002009-01-27T15:35:39.733-08:00Snow, Ice, Sleet....Go AwayWell it started snowing yesterday before noon, then last night it turned into ice, then sleet, then snow and all day today it's been sleet and about 10 min. ago it started snowing again. This weather is suppose to continue till tomorrow evening. I am so disappointed, because of the weather they canceled K's first ever dance class. So as long as next Tuesday's weather holds out, that will be K's first dance class. She's so excited not because of the ballet part of it but because she's going to learn how to tap. She loves to wear her tap shoes around the house. I was so lucky because I got 2 brand new pairs off of Craigslist for Free and they fit so well on both her feet even with her brace on. Free stuff is so awesome. Too bad I wasn't able to find her some ballet shoes on there. Guess I'm finally going to have to buy her some, that was suppose to be today's adventure before dance class was to go to the local dance boutique and plunk down a good chunk of money for some ballet shoes, ok so it was going to under $20 but if you know me, you know I love to find a bargain so paying full price takes the fun out of shopping.Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08068835043134713689noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750980978034155198.post-40056024631859126672009-01-26T17:20:00.000-08:002009-01-26T17:26:32.186-08:00New Years Dinner<div><div><div>Well we spent our afternoon making our New Year's dinner. On the menu was Crab Rolls, Crab Ragoon, Bun Cha and BBQ Pork Buns. We made everything that I served and I was so very proud at how well it all turned out. K loved helping make everything. So without further adio, our dinner....<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295778630185949602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnHldeBMCp6cdIrILc2_VS4C65qZmTrrD4O0AtXPEkS6XHNOgC7E0YodmJGgx9MAwg40ANyq9_BSaK2Ww2jwIaKNjCwDeznWUGLhyphenhyphen71H714LNNEg4AZNu-nRLfk_Tu3y_MHmIrckeY1nU/s320/01-26-2009+014.jpg" border="0" /></div></div></div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295778644087585298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcWiTgv0owiu_Hl7mAtojRLbcCJ54-oFI3LRvbxcQ6BBB88ChJXvslX8DyEz5qAC2tiPVlZzbwOKzIHwglX4se7TMudVedQP3-fOEGrLHBtwFHmyx-3tVMEbxj33BiZKEsrLz6HUnU2lo/s320/01-26-2009+003.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295778637055205474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy4GZsW1ivgCuiRuSbwYWTkY-xHUv8iIjvbxpntPRFYCfBBzP1MeTyuBq4f_t_DphWBB3VKmIlrQF-opupPubv-n0970bd7tm_FEGQ3dQccVWoSI5D4BPMR_OJzSzcKoLON-eZbQ2PDp0/s320/01-26-2009+011.jpg" border="0" />Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08068835043134713689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750980978034155198.post-82282812114437840532009-01-26T11:28:00.001-08:002009-01-26T11:35:54.069-08:00Our Horoscope for 2009 Year of the OxHere is My Horoscope for 2009, looks like it will actually be a good year I mean read the first line, that's got to be a great sign right!!<br /><br /><em>Rabbit Overview<br />The past year may have provided the Rabbit with many challenges and difficult situations, but this year will be a relief. The Rabbit has a very favorable outlook this year. Though it is not part of your usual plan, you may find that being assertive and bold will allow you to achieve unforeseen success. Your attraction to the finer life may lead you to living it. Personal relations are of great value to the Rabbit and will be emphasized throughout the year. Put your best foot forward in the year of the Ox and you will reap many benefits and rewards.<br />Rabbit Rating<br />67% (7 favorable and 5 neutral months)<br />Rabbit Career<br />This year is one of change. Though the Rabbit is not prone to taking risks, you may benefit greatly from taking bold new steps in finding the career you desire. Complacency in your current job could lead you to such actions. September and October are two months that are favorable for a change. You may want to seek a position that allows you to utilize your social skills and your abilities to relate to people on a personal level. Set your sights high and you will get what you want in this highly favorable year.<br />Rabbit Relationships<br />The Rabbit's family and friends will be a source of great pleasure for the you this year. They will offer support, encouragement and will be the wellspring for meaningful and enjoyable times. Personal relations are held in high regard and could be taken to a new level. Rabbits seeking new friends or romance should make an added effort to go out more and come in contact with others-you will be well rewarded for your efforts.<br />Rabbit Health<br />The Rabbit should not encounter any major health issues this year, but you may want to take precautions during certain times of the year. The Rabbit's sensitive constitution may leave you vulnerable to colds and flu during the winter months. You may want to get a flu shot during this time and make sure that you get plenty of rest to avoid any setbacks<br />Rabbit Wealth<br />The Rabbit should enjoy a new level of wealth. If you are inspired to make a career change, this will prove to be a successful venture financially. You will be particularly pleased with some of your purchases this year, as many could relate to redecorating or changing the appeal of your home. Beware of any risky investments and continue to do the things that accumulate your level of savings.</em><br /><em></em><br />Here is my Mom's Horoscope for 2009. I mean look at her's a complete opposite of what mine is!!<br /><em>Goat Overview<br />This may not be as favorable as a year that you desire. Coming off the year of the Rat, you may be seeking relief from the difficult year. Don't let up now. The Goat is artistic in nature and you may have difficulties finding a way to express your creative passions. It will take an extra effort to rely on the help of others to make it through these times, but if you keep a steady focus on your goals and display painstaking efforts, you will be pleased to see the fruits of your labor arrive next year. Don't fret, as you may learn a lot about yourself in the process. You may learn that you are more versatile, as well as resourceful, than you ever imagined.<br />Goat Rating<br />32% (5 neutral and 7 unfavorable months)<br />Goat Career<br />Career prospects are fair this year for the Goat. It is wise to take a conservative approach to your work this year. Stay focused on what you are accomplishing, the end result. Projects and goals may not mature until the early part of next year and this could create a sense of frustration and pessimism if you allow it. Break your year down to short term goals and focusing on accomplishing them. This will detract from the patience it will take from your long term situation. Have faith in your skills and don't let anyone deter you from your path.<br />Goat Relationships<br />The Goat may find solace in your family relations this year, as they will offer you the support you need to see through challenging situations. You may also see a lot of new faces in your life, as you are prone to meet new people this year. Relationships fare well for you, but you may have to be a little more outgoing than you are used to being, in order to see your relationship progress to a higher level. The single Goat may be blessed to have several suitors this year.<br />Goat Health<br />If you don't make some changes in your routine, you may experience health issues this year. Watch what you eat, as this will go a long way towards living a healthier life. Be patient, as you may experience an illness in the winter months that zaps your energy for a longer period of time than you desire. Make sure that you get plenty of rest to counter these possibilities.<br />Goat Wealth<br />Finances could be an issue this year. You may find that even with your conservative efforts, you are coming up short on your budget. If you manage your spending and plan your finances, you will make it through the year. You may have to wait until next year to see the fruits of your labor, as it promises to be more profitable than this year.</em><br /><em></em><br />Here is my Baby Brother's horoscope for 2009. So his is ok, not good but not bad. Thank goodness!<br /><em>Ox Overview<br />The Ox can do well this year through steady progress. There may be a number of experiences that will provide great joy for the Ox. One area, in particular, is the Ox's personal life. You may see an addition to the family. You will be surrounded by those who care. Look for the early summer months to attend many social occasions, providing many new faces in your social circle. One area of focus is to be open to the advice of others, as you tend to keep your issues to yourself. Overall, your own year can be one that you will look back on with pride and a genuine sense of achievement.<br />Ox Rating<br />52% (3 favorable 5 neutral and 4 unfavorable months)<br />Ox Career<br />In 2009, the Oxen will be given many opportunities to further your plans and goals, as well as consolidate your position. Steady progress is the position where the Ox is most comfortable and that is where you will find yourself this year. You will also have a chance to impress and gain support from those around you. This is a good year to enhance your skills and add to your repertoire with added training or study. You will be satisfied in knowing that anything you do this year will repay you in this year and the years to come. The months of May, late August and September may mark a change in your career.<br />Ox Relationships<br />2009 will be a year of personal happiness. For the single Ox, there may be a chance to engage in new and meaningful friendships, romance, and possibly even marriage. Others will take comfort in their domestic and social lives. Being an Ox year, this is one that will provide enjoyment for you as long as you allow it. Beware of your strong will and do not allow any minor disagreements to escalate and put a damper on a fine year. May is a month that will highly favor a chance meeting or a heightened level in a relationship.<br />Ox Health<br />Health matters don't seem to be too much of a concern for the Ox this year, as you are good at implementing some sort of physical activity into your routine. The Ox's discipline does well to carry over into your health. It never hurts to find ways to improve in this area, so don't discount anything that will improve the quality of your life. Even though there may not be any large issues, stress can be a surmounting factor to be aware.<br />Ox Wealth<br />The Ox could enjoy an improvement financially, but you may face a number of large expenses over the year. To maneuver your budget through the year of the Ox, exercise care and sensible spending. It would be wise to seek professional advice when it comes to any speculative ventures or risky investments that create some sense of doubt.</em><br /><em></em><br />And Finally K's horoscope for 2009, so 99% of it didn't relate to anything for a small child. But still didn't want to leave her out.<br /><em>2009 will present the Dog with a number of challenges. Your patience will certainly be tested in more than one instance. You may not necessarily gain the notoriety you desire in your career, but certain advancement opportunities will surface throughout the year. You will find comfort with your family and solidify bonds that are necessary for your well being. You may have issues juggling your family life with your work schedule, but you will make great strides in both areas by the end of the year.<br />Dog Rating<br />52% (5 favorable, 4 neutral and 3 unfavorable months)<br />Dog Career<br />Your work will play a large role in the year of the Ox. You may find yourself working long hours to achieve a promotion or to further your pursuits. Though you may only see minor results this year from your hard work, your ethics do not go unnoticed. Later in the year, you may be offered a step in the right direction, which will flourish sometime next year. Stay focused and be willing to listen to the advice of others and you should have a promising year with your work.<br />Dog Relationships<br />Domestically, the Dog can achieve new levels in a relationship this year. People who know you think highly of you, as you are a well respected individual for your work ethics and your devotion to the ones you love. Be open to communication, as you may, at times, be unwilling to change your views even when your partner has a valid point. If you can work on this issue, then you will find your relations with family members and friends very gratifying this year.<br />Dog Health<br />Your strong work ethics leave you working long hours, sometimes denying the warning signs of the effects on your health. Take the proper breaks and give yourself the time to recuperate from your busy work schedule or you may be out longer than you desire. You are instinctively a very active person and exercise is not something that you need to remind yourself to do.<br />Dog Wealth<br />Financially, you may not achieve the results you seek, but you are well on your way. Keep your spending within your budget, even though there may be items that you desire to purchase to enrich your home. The time will come to make the changes, just focus on the basics for now. There may be a change for the better towards the end of the year, so be patient and exercise care when it comes to spending</em><br /><em></em>Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08068835043134713689noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750980978034155198.post-31264294170030086162009-01-20T17:55:00.000-08:002009-01-20T18:00:30.149-08:00Watching the Inaguration<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293560805969102946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7HrHR1MjZH9nUebVSnJTjXkPzt4YTGeTu3VmCySMj65K7LjYmHkNE53WaLKZdsj-C4Qb8BJDZJtPlx6KRLM_TtA34PJ_5XzyXw7sqSDCH6D5oq8A2RBDFaO1l3_ZpvcZxJlep09ELRZo/s320/01-20-2009+006.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293560807537149858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsBqFoXgQ8Og6iu7itSHvtDrxBkHI3SGDVnAyiQt8rglFzNKOKXilPQZk0SuU8DA1L749YPR-WQr24_jdVsVswsHbdws44j17xRJB7Hg4bEbqi58WO93zUVSRNQT6wecYCam2rMPx2IYc/s320/01-20-2009+010.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293560812437288978" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQEoG_vW401kmYwGxdm14bkHk14nvSu6Sk8OtA_OWX5f7qcp-5lMeVXi7xucnn-iCgB-N5wbNkeJgZ8VkkbFUH3_boeQ7hGg3r_TsZDAcUTj4oleVNrlxEChui82oWwdH_jKoItl5RYeE/s320/01-20-2009+015.jpg" border="0" />Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08068835043134713689noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750980978034155198.post-69730027168779570332009-01-18T14:16:00.000-08:002009-01-18T14:24:13.333-08:00Asian New Year Party<div><div>Yesterday we attended an Asian New Year party in the next town over. We were very excited to be invited. K had so much fun playing and making friends with the other children while Mommy had fun getting to talk with other adults. They also had several craft tables set up so we had lots of fun making crafts. I don't think I've ever had so much glitter glue on me at one time :) They ordered Chinese food from a local resturant, it was ok. K ate almost a whole order of Shrimp LoMein by herself. We are looking forward to the next get together. </div></div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292762754303130098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQejY4finctxwzDUlKPTQn5XivZoJILAgsQROW_wwYJx7kjkGoSmBaRr4G9pEmnOTJqwFQz4IUyxlk4UfCrcjNnuzi83ziL8CKqhbXUzuDwpZXZstZ50tuOFJ9eRFtWDblMZ0B5WP80MY/s320/01-17-2009+035.jpg" border="0" />Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08068835043134713689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750980978034155198.post-50250611649417221752009-01-15T13:17:00.001-08:002009-01-15T13:35:56.907-08:00New Stroller and Shriner'sYesterday we were so excited because our new stroller arrived!! It took the manufacturer quite awhile to send it to us since we won this back in November but it was all worth the wait. And <a href="http://www.goodhappenings.com/">Laurie</a> was so sweet in all she did to make sure we received it! They also because of all the trouble sent us an extra box with a few toys inside it (Thanks to Laurie). We had a blast playing with the little steering wheel driving toy last night. <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291635801928306018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnFqkCcRfQzh6v2qf5YsMNaplF3Peuvs35RKdIyWIqU1Mtg7Pmd3ZjME3_H48MAPktqFUa8NIAKCO2XtyNawMPhgWc5-QAzQ54GkpnMapwzQ9qV7LdwOD_39fgzb4qpMtZ75tkrP8Bp38/s320/01-14-2009+003.jpg" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291635811230864194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijpojMyl7QWzaneCiZ2G7GOE1z8ZZF_29YutUntkhyphenhyphenvKAyOydpfZ9l_vo90WUZGrPDuccF90j0MnyNjYcqyu18OzbQmEtA66BckE9wzzg4l2A0k4vmHVO6D97JGDvVVfC4TMlHfiYBRXA/s320/01-14-2009+010.jpg" border="0" /><br />Today K had her appointment at Shriner's. It was amazing the difference from this appointment to our last because of her maturity level and just think she's not even 3 yet. She had to get X-rays because we are noticing a big difference after her last growth spurt that her legs did not grow the same. They said that this will probably be a problem all her life with a noticeable difference between them (not what I wanted to hear). It was so funny when she was getting her x-ray because they had the camera basically on the ground trying to get the x-ray and then they told her to stand really still because they are about to take the pictures, K goes "CHEESE" really loud. I thought I was going to fall over laughing. Otherwise she never cried at all, she was such a big girl about the whole thing. She did get a little nervous and asked to hold my hand but that was it. Even the Nurse and our main Doctor commented that she never even allows them in the room without dissolving into a crying, screaming mess, they were so excited with this new change also. Our last stops was of course the shop, she has to have a new brace made and this time they are building in a slight wedge in hopes to stop the callous on the outside of her foot and to hold her foot and leg in a better position in her brace. My Baby Brother is home, so we are using a gift certificate we got for Christmas and going out to eat, so gotta go<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291635816287974306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxzlAPtd6HttteUHmgmJaRC9xxhHhIUxZyeH2Vtf9vUNboXwt1Dhz9kZP6EbzgcRckJtE_Y_5f_dlvznp9pOpjkXC6sAjz279mhMbDUj0V17wxSbePRJ8bubHwJvYhIISQM30x9qMbi4I/s320/01-15-2009+002.jpg" border="0" />Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08068835043134713689noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750980978034155198.post-9205241145088276172009-01-12T12:41:00.000-08:002009-01-12T13:15:46.360-08:00Pre-schools<div><div>Well for the last 3 months we have been looking really hard at pre-schools for K. We went to quite a few that I just wasn't thrilled about and a few that my Mom and I walked out of and said hell no! Today I was finally able to see what I had considered my top choice for a pre-school. I have heard that they are very inventive in their teaching and ahead of the curve. I had meet them before at a local festival where they were hosting an art project booth for children and I was very impressed by them then. I have to say during our visit today my opinions did not change. The funniest part was when they asked about my child's age and I said she would be 3 at the end of February and then they looked around me and saw K standing there and goes "You can't mean that this is the 3 yr old". I laughed and go, "yep that's her." We visited the two 3 year old classrooms, I did find it interesting that the ones that were only their for Preschool for all was in one classroom while the other classroom were tuition based Preschool students. The explained to us that it was because Preschool for all was only 1/2 day, while the tuition preschool was for all day and this way it caused less confusion. I was concerned at first but by watching both classes there was no difference in their teaching methods or what the children were learning. I guess one other thing I really liked was they didn't even look down on me or my Mom and we were dressed like slobs today with our hair slicked back (hey it's freezing here and super windy). Plus they didn't even assume that she was adopted and it wasn't until I was explaining how some of her paperwork is in her English name and some is still in her Vietnamese name did all of a sudden they go "oh is she adopted?". I'm so excited that we have Preschool for all in our state because that enabled everyone to have a chance to send their children to whatever preschool they wanted no matter what the cost. I mean heck even when I was making $70,000 plus a year, I wouldn't have been able to afford to send K to this preschool (it costs more a year than what Baby Brother is paying in total for grad school). They also said because of K having a special need that there was a good chance she would qualify for all day preschool through Preschool for all. Whoo Hoo that would even be better! As for K, I think she will be a perfect fit in this school, she was so excited to see the other children and really wanted to go and play with them. I was also so excited to see other Asian children in the classes there. So everything should be set but they have to make sure a spot stays open till March 1st, we have some paperwork to fill out, a home visit and finally waiting till K turns 3. I'm praying that everything falls into place because I really believe deep down that this is where K is suppose to go to school at. Otherwise I wouldn't have walked out of there with that this is where we are suppose to be feelings that I didn't have at any other of the preschools. <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290518613506082898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOIJuXCjnrJq1MoBHdj80SUDczIyMg9Rv3mmmaO1mmJw5J-LEFsIxUYn_jWfC6JKdvJsrwqRdPR8bdXxBSNr1eRTRMHeWKrhbPoQTRsq7KS0aHx6bQOOL71ChPySu4OAxwCkqnCJq24Cs/s320/01-10-2009+002.jpg" border="0" /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290518607753783618" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0GtEcBIvQFMfy-Ak5lkcL0SMfkRvhR8Cuq4zVgm_Im0F-JcE3Gi1e98gcAy-l-YneNkz-eJ_jO3beRwiHsVvnMMszul3p1Hw4KRx7DB5NrVNFlTk_5eZ9NDJA3FDyab4leqx53GMjsX0/s320/01-09-2009+002.jpg" border="0" /> <div></div><div>Also for those friends and family who have access to K's private journal it's finally updated except for Christmas day (because we ended up losing like 400+ pictures from that day and I'm waiting for copies from some family members).</div></div>Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08068835043134713689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750980978034155198.post-57066580300155228542009-01-10T15:06:00.000-08:002009-01-10T15:10:26.707-08:00Everyday I'm more amazed by her<div><div>Look what K did today, she wrote her first word, "WOW". She had been helping me write Thank You notes and on the opposite side she would draw our friends or family a picture to go along with their Thank yous for their Christmas present and when she was explaining this one she goes "spider with tongue and the word "wow". I then took a second look and there it was. My daughter is so smart <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289806156991010418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMtlqQw7_NNgYZ8O37aryTX6gFJh-_kJAgHfuiJBYm7rY9itKyKyfKKm7dSvc2fV86L8OQoxs74iPuvJOeC2iQLsocog9llGmMlklzL5ijw_dTLUmdoGx5d7iBDKT8GN6vSrLewRxidIU/s320/01-10-2009+009.jpg" border="0" /></div></div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289806160654683362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvtorXu5YbEhNzb5-N6A7R6y8w5tGItcnytVGwvFepFELWeeVuiIa9QOUI91gfH9mj_7QmLzLBwDTB1ePZSrjUIsoYdo3-61TlfkBCDhlBiSSKeuoP6Ly8Jmu3q68TCO4agw6sHg7B-Rc/s320/01-10-2009+008.jpg" border="0" />Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08068835043134713689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750980978034155198.post-50697783954301073272009-01-07T20:40:00.000-08:002009-01-07T21:16:33.974-08:007 Days<div>I can't believe that it's already 7 days into the new year. And so far the New Year SUCKS! I really believed that 2008 was going to be different and I guess in so many ways it was but I really thought that by the end we would be living Happily Ever After instead of being sucked back into the depths of unknown.<br />Last year I said too many good-byes and not enough hello's. I cried to many times to count. I felt lost more times then I ever felt any kind of direction. I wondered too many times, how much more can I take, home much more can I handle and why do you think I can handle so much.<br />So now that it's 2009, what do I do? Write out more resolutions that won't happen or finally say enough is enough. Should I follow the advice of a fellow blogger who decided not to control anything in her life for 2009 and just see where the path God has chosen lead her or being the control freak I am, do I try to control my own destiny? What a fine line to choose from, so in the hopes of making my life better, I'm going to try my best to let go, see where life takes me and the path God has chosen for me, remember to say more Hello's than good-bye's, remember my friends who I've neglected so much the last year and try not to worry so much. So let the adventure begin.....<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288787403776090018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiF_DuxepDVa7xOijuOQPvfwDehSg2HdcR22UZERyImoCfst6xbKICWocMIsbAEpfs-KCndfDJ3Hu8Fbz53lAKe1e_3baqqaZSUkuwVAdEU4uCrXYdK1RTrMJ3zQc1SmenEzzrumbqqYQ/s320/01-01-2009_001.jpg" border="0" /></div>Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08068835043134713689noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750980978034155198.post-26792788603337655662008-12-31T13:54:00.000-08:002008-12-31T14:03:08.267-08:00Happy New Year's EveSo I'm totally down in the dumps about the job but if I can't depend on it then I've got to look for one that is going to provide some security, ok so I know no job out there is secure but I can't live in limbo. Otherwise spending tonight with my family, well at least some of them, Baby Brother is going out with his girlfriend to celebrate. We'll probably stay up and watch the ball drop and then go to bed. Yep, I know fun filled evening for this single Mom.<br /><br />A little ray of light has been that quite a few of our friends have received referrals from China in the past 2 days, so please go over there and offer them some Congratulations<br />Sara at <a href="http://lanechinaadoption.blogspot.com/">http://lanechinaadoption.blogspot.com/</a><br />Kelli at <a href="http://www.kelliinportland.blogspot.com/">http://www.kelliinportland.blogspot.com/</a><br />Lisa at <a href="http://lucyin09.blogspot.com/">http://lucyin09.blogspot.com/</a>Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08068835043134713689noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750980978034155198.post-16476708819470571222008-12-30T11:54:00.000-08:002009-01-07T21:23:28.595-08:00Just When You Think....<div><div><div>life is going good, something like today happens. The job I've been counting on isn't looking so good, seems the bad economy has hit the businesses we deal with hard and so that means no money coming in, which in turn means no money to pay me. So we are praying here that the economy gets better really quickly!<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288789106126761378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Ya5mxAG4jFDWppNL0PeHCVNQ2h-Qlf3dd11r-Wz8YgNQvaNRERFX3vuuDeoMA7z5NX6FBKdDQiKj8CdsDi8bwcGHtPsuuy1dX0ZlPlXy_Q8cYZuj1k375tWK9rtlciBn3yrD8a4p-aE/s320/12-14-2008+011.jpg" border="0" /></div></div></div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288789101133390930" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdDxODxV8ZAZ0tGUjH31Gn76c_JoWZwTYUk8yifHpDfrsY0qGe72YWPP_7GuUYYVtcjWXhEpOqVhOrFqpccXCuuDdxqGV0hrCe4vfwGjL7l9NVJ1lGl1zz2_L9OMur2Cc4wxyIf_5Z_yg/s320/12-28-2008+009.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288789095057205106" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMaZ_vfTiciAF0YDODUFmkBSYwsvBIVLqnb65UxTM0G6HK29_K1ncU-mtoYRz44R56tCVCizc7_hT4ERxWztIZcymITmtOX885XNUUEagdbn1gqpYeH4dZeJiwZ0vBeTGNQV8aQvFxx3w/s320/12-17-2008+003.jpg" border="0" />Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08068835043134713689noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750980978034155198.post-55331480652832838452008-12-25T20:27:00.000-08:002008-12-25T20:48:25.661-08:00Bah Humbug, Sort of....<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix9hNM59nLizR6EhHBE8xNAs3J-A0AqbvP4uLAu2Du90EkQNrRjuzm4CPJoQmvWFO_NRgNOALIzDBnzCqVC2trICfuRa_7DtO5ALiMlRbuKXHuzBuFvN_a1gnj0X5UAKLYKb9yBmoAuPU/s1600-h/12-25-2008+039.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283954927179538322" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix9hNM59nLizR6EhHBE8xNAs3J-A0AqbvP4uLAu2Du90EkQNrRjuzm4CPJoQmvWFO_NRgNOALIzDBnzCqVC2trICfuRa_7DtO5ALiMlRbuKXHuzBuFvN_a1gnj0X5UAKLYKb9yBmoAuPU/s320/12-25-2008+039.jpg" border="0" /></a>Well, I'll just say it...our Christmas was pretty much ruined by 2 people. Instead of sticking to the plans and celebrating Christmas with us, having Christmas breakfast with us or even Christmas dinner with us, they decided to lie to us all freakin' morning and afternoon until they decided to finally show up at 430pm. So basically because we were under the assumption they would be opening gifts with us, I made K wait to open the rest of her gifts from Santa, Us and her Great-Grandparents because they stressed to me how much they wanted to be here to watch her open them. So instead by the time she opened gifts she was totally burned out, she was tired of waiting and basically she had almost a melt down. And then they were pissed because she didn't want to open their 1 gift, well hell she didn't want to open almost any gifts at that point. I am just so upset, I should of just let her open her gifts, I should have put my daughter first instead of thinking about their feelings. I am so through with this crap. I mean if it would have been her grandson then things would have been completely different, she wouldn't have made him wait to open his gifts. I am just so pissed off and upset, because number 1 they did this and number 2 I didn't just tell them to f*** off and let my daughter enjoy opening her Christmas presents this morning when she was so super excited to open them and instead made her wait all freakin' day. So I hope everyone elses holiday was great, I'm just so thankful I don't have to deal with them for another freakin' year!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMqRIlEmuqyCGmkcKjyBbTYpcb1A_JFMj3QTk0V8JjD3PsuAoCTWC7CYNptI8n5A0_nyG9b9pOhqTL2qEooRQmu28a1pIYe3Ip4G4UCDUULTeRtOhGf-0seU0ZL8w8gMU346rL3DULu9U/s1600-h/12-25-2008+014.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283954920009538050" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMqRIlEmuqyCGmkcKjyBbTYpcb1A_JFMj3QTk0V8JjD3PsuAoCTWC7CYNptI8n5A0_nyG9b9pOhqTL2qEooRQmu28a1pIYe3Ip4G4UCDUULTeRtOhGf-0seU0ZL8w8gMU346rL3DULu9U/s320/12-25-2008+014.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Ok, so I've cooled down just a little bit while uploading pictures. Overall K had a great Christmas Morning, she loved her doll house from Santa. My Baby Brother and K had a great time playing with each other. And things were really good with my Mom. So really if I reflect only on my family, things were really great and Christmas wasn't a total bust, we had fun together, it was just the added stress of extended family and their intentional lying that upset me.Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08068835043134713689noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750980978034155198.post-61424052874284771342008-12-06T18:46:00.000-08:002008-12-06T18:53:39.555-08:00K's visit with Santa<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIxyzK5ni8Uuzhj33IyNRVFMj_NOEGtERYs8JBrJQX5yPbH8cEEbLft6t0fEyyD3VIgVo6vqVq8UaZ-bC58sfwvTJkc6AEFciF69mWv9dASAdtAeLkmAJ8mUqwY6Uyy0c9QbLEHjU8YAA/s1600-h/12-06-2008+010.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276874420918553458" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIxyzK5ni8Uuzhj33IyNRVFMj_NOEGtERYs8JBrJQX5yPbH8cEEbLft6t0fEyyD3VIgVo6vqVq8UaZ-bC58sfwvTJkc6AEFciF69mWv9dASAdtAeLkmAJ8mUqwY6Uyy0c9QbLEHjU8YAA/s320/12-06-2008+010.jpg" border="0" /></a> While participating at a local craft fair (if you could call it even that). They also had Santa set up so kids could sit on Santa's lap and get pictures taken/or take your own. K was amazed by Santa but actually spoke to him unlike years past (1st year dissolved into tears upon her first meeting and last year just wouldn't talk to him at all). When he asked her what she would like, she said some toys and when he asked her what kind of toys, some nice toys. It just made me smile. Otherwise for what the craft fair turned out to be (not even 14 vendors) it really surprised me that we made any money at all. It was a far cry from even our normal 1 day craft fair totals but alot better than we expected. So all in all a good day.Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08068835043134713689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750980978034155198.post-21624195570392423632008-12-04T20:38:00.001-08:002008-12-04T21:11:45.175-08:00I think I'm going crazy?<div align="left">Ok so right now I'm working 5 days a week on overnights (10p till sometime after 6am), 2-3 days a week I'm working my daytime job. Of course we still are running our online business and doing quite a few art festivals on the weekends. I don't think I sleep more than 2-3 hours a day. And I just realized after all this that I thought my 171-H had expired and I was ok with that because I was just going to renew C's adoption under the I-800 but instead my 171-H doesn't expire until January, so for the month of December, along with working like a crazy women, our weekend art festivals selling our wares, trying to spend quality time with K, all our Christmas parties and festivites, I'm now going to be running around trying to get all the paperwork together so I can resubmit my 171-H since I won't have to pay since I get a 3rd extension on it. I guess like everything else with C's adoption it has just fallen into place and so far my faith hasn't failed me concerning my Little C's adoption and I'm thinking there is no way it's going to fail me now. </div><div align="left"><br /></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left">Also I got hurt at work tuesday night, a giant box was dropped on my head. I still have the headache and blurry vision. Luckily didn't have to get stitches or anything like that. Once I got home on Wednesday morning within 2 hrs of stepping in the door I come down the the flu or some virus. I was so sick yesterday and today, I'm feeling 100 times better than yesterday but still not even close to 100%, heck not even close to 70%. Also over the Thanksgiving holiday, my best and oldest friend came to visit and meet K for the first time. We have know each other since 7th grade, we stayed at each others houses almost every weekend and once we were able to drive we were together every moment of every weekend cruzing up and down the river getting ourselves into all kinds of trouble. He moved away 7 years ago, the big reason was to get away from his family but he had also meet what he thought was his true love. Which I knew from the beginning it wasn't but whatever, I was supportive because I loved him. They didn't even last 2 years but until this year he has never been able to bring himself back here and be strong enough to survive his family. I'm am so thankful that he was this year and that we got to spend all that time just hanging out. You look at the picture we took of us and K together and you think what a happy little family they make but alas even though we love each other that deeply and trust me the goodbye was a Hallmark moment it would never work out. I just can't believe how much I miss him already. </div><div align="left"><br /></div><div align="left">So here are a few pics from November, I've really been lacking in downloading and updating but I know everyone understands that I'm basically a warm-blooded zombie like I seem to be every holiday season. </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">K playing in the pit<br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276164917089850866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCBYDpwNFYREgmiX_oONBeksttE2T-XiPXCh4XzD9gBiryz7zzz329H63ChvrodUDLvOwH-cze2sUKzazueqKOIADKNvS4y19gQUgnE4dmS5rZByPuMxkKUzndD-eX-tS4h0koUFISq68/s320/11-21-2008+001.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center">K's first experience with a gumball machine<br /></p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276164911731251378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3_aNjhmfE5dz22ISp2Ywi-89aAomLciWwsc7BP2lHiDmOlp79LeBKZa_kWccTobjr4-MDZjsNXCoal5RHOlTPxDInCZY01sT0_KI0p_CPJlulo9bhyphenhyphen2CLEIkVuoOEnQym9cUKwc0KIMI/s320/11-13-2008+011.jpg" border="0" />K was getting super fussy or having a temper tantrum, so I ran some warm water in the sink and let her play in it, next thing I know she has sat down in the sink and was splashing water everywhere. <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276164921165729714" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_dv2eOM-qV5QWy22dWrhSFjnIy2mqcS5BqOnorM-7ghBHRhnoY1Nb4MzmQbrYGyIZ1hRF7PPx2n-Rhtib49AprTMllJkGqUHE5Q0_Te_a4tKsxIfziNF0rrddWa8djR0rDD2IRVSUKAw/s320/11-22-2008+007.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center">mashing potatoes on Thanksgiving<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276164924425595362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqG8rMZj4KfbBdc5IlRArtwPkK0zCNgL6crrNMNoOHaa_zdZmsse5bOLOguDFisdyR3t7pPVp4qccCw0vw8hkT8Uv9nfbMKGYk5efWapC8MvpVqcH44nLjUVAxboBo1Q5owIc99xsEb8s/s320/11-27-2008+020.jpg" border="0" />laughing outside after getting home from braving the stores on Black Friday and we didn't buy a single thing either<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276164928993492578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMHzVGFGON-fkDAYcCzsE_8tzQNUeH6_dazv5qnXd9PPo52I8a9QKDvBoaeaPHKa8K4nXQgZlRrpmLtm7oC2nbOh82ihBL6Jy7KpqwhaqXHF6v5VgCcEHICqlFdOZuV7bOVAluJUQON-c/s320/11-28-2008+013.jpg" border="0" /></p>Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08068835043134713689noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750980978034155198.post-81707863318295293482008-11-27T21:17:00.001-08:002008-11-27T21:31:55.021-08:00Happy ThanksgivingWe had a really good Thanksgiving. My Baby Brother was home from school the last 3 days so he and K enjoyed some quality time. It was again another heart wrenching good-bye between them when it was time for him to leave for Grad school today. We were also amazed when K's Great-Grandma and YeYe showed up. He was released from the hospital on Tuesday and got the go ahead from all the doctors that he could travel. I just want to Thank everyone for their prayers because I really believe they helped. They have concluded that it wasn't a stroke (Thank you Lord!) but a very severe virus that attacked his central nervous system which cut off oxygen to his brain. This is actually a virus that is making it's rounds but is affecting everyone totally different. I do know the 2 most common signs is that you will have a severe headache and are super nauseated and beyond that is when everything is different. I'm pretty sure the same virus that attacked him, attacked me last week just I wasn't only nauseated but sick, heck my stomach and shoulder muscles still hurt.<br /><br />Otherwise I'm disappointed by the Black Friday Ads. I really was expecting some great deals, I mean don't get me wrong, they are pretty good but I expected spectacular since the economy sucks. But honestly I'm done with my Christmas shopping except maybe a few very little things for stockings. I actually finished my shopping Wednesday night by buying my last gift for my bosses Daughter. K decided that she would love this gift and so that is what we got her. Lucky for me it was in the Toys R Us ad at half off the regular price plus with the extra discount I got, I paid hardly nothing. I mean it's the thought that counts anyway. So Happy Thanksgiving everyone!Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08068835043134713689noreply@blogger.com2